"Buying interest is very low at the current quoted price levels"

Does the above "to" mean something like "compared to"?

"Buying interest is very low, compared to the current quoted price levels"?) Correct? If not, could you please re-write the sentence the way I could understand?

Thank you in advance!

Ah, I think I now understand it a bit more.

And I put it this way:

"Teklif edilen satış fiyatı(quoted prices) düzeylerinde hisse alımları çok düşÃ¼k."

Thank you very much for your help, Marion.

Fine!

Just 2 points to help you with getting to grips with this technical English:

1. Quoted prices is not like a quote made by a plumber or electrician when trying to get a job, but prices "quoted" on the Stock Exchange i.e. borsadaki fiyatlar.

2. You know from the sense of the whole piece of news whether we are talking about shares or not. (hisse). We could be talking about anything traded on the stock exchange e.g. barrels of oil, futures and options, steel, wheat etc etc.

Isn't there anyone who could help me with the above question?

Saar Ferngas; bu almanyada gaz dağıtrımı işini yapan alaman enerji şirketi RAG'a bağlı bi kuruluş. (PTT RAG ise turk telekom Saar Ferngas gibi) RAG yeniden yapılanmaya giriyo ve iş hacminin %77sini Saar Ferngas2tan sağlar hale geliyo(sanırım burası acık karışık çünkü)
ArcelorMittal de çelik üreten bi şirket (yani paragraftaki steelmaker)
sonuçta ArcelorMittal RAG'dan Saar Ferngas'ı 367 milyon euroya alıyo..
haa ama çelik şirketi gaz dağıtımını da napçakmış kardeşim dersen orasını bilemiyorum ..Posta gazetesi bilir bunları..

Hmmm...

oeince, çok sağol ya, açıklaman mantıklı. şimdi anladım sanırım. teşekkür ederim.

Please help me!

Ok...

RAG had previously acquired Saar Ferngas (as part of a realignment) which "was spinning off its 77% stake" and then ArcelorMittal bought Saar Ferngas from RAG at the purchase price of 267m euros.

Its confusing because they have used the phrase "the purchasing price for ArcelorMittal...." which makes it sound like it was ArcelorMittal that was purchased, when in fact it actually means that ArcelorMittal had to PAY 367m euros".

I hope that answers your question, if not let me know.

Your first post re:
"Buying interest is very low at the current quoted price levels".

means buying interest is very low at (meaning "because of") current quoted price levels.

Ok third question first

"its 77% stake..." means it had a 77% share in the company. "Stake" is used in gambling and stock exchange terms and means "vested interest" or, put simply, they invested money in 77% of the company, which because such actions are always a risk, it is a "stake".

Ok. I am now sure that it is like "share". thank you. And waiting for answers to the others...

Aenigma, nereye kayboldun ya! I have been struggling with this bloody news to translate it for more than one hour while I have normally, at most, only 20 minutes to translate each of such news! Pahh!

Pagliaccio I am sorry, I dont have much time

"Which" is the first example you gave.
"Stake" is not like "share". Stake is more of a gamble.

It is difficult for me to determine the meaning of "spinning off" in this paragraph. It could mean that it was dramatically going higher, or dramatically going lower. Without more details about the company, how can we know? I assumed it was going higher.

That nuance is not important, and at least I don't know how to show the nuance in turkish. So, it is ok. There remained only bloody "spin off"!

Please don't mistake "spin off" with "spinning off".

The phrase "spin off" means related action, usually favourable. For example:
My car broke down today, but the "spin off" was that I really enjoyed the walk!!

"Spinning off" is not a common phrase so should almost be taking literally! It was "spinning off" and therefore was racing off.... get it?

Sorry I am not very articulate today, its affecting my ability to explain!

Ok. I give up!

But thank you very much for all your time and help. That "because of" also was very understandable for me and made the stuation clearer. Thank you so much again.

Pagi - DONT DO ANYTHING YET!!! I just discovered that "spin off" is a term used in business and shares...I am just trying to find out what exactly it means, but I suspect it means "selling off"....

Pagi - ignore everything said about "spinning off" previously. It is also terminology in business meaning the following:-


SPIN OFF:-
The separation of a subsidiary or division of a corporation from its parent company by issuing shares in a new corporate entity. Shareowners in the parent company receive shares in the new company in proportion to their original holding and the total value remains approximately the same.

You will need to find the Turkish equivilent in business to the above. THere must be a term for it in Turkish...!

(1) Dont understand your question.
(2) Yes, Ferngas WAS a subsidiary of RAG which is why Arcelor Mittal are buying them FROM RAG, i.e. ArcelorMittal are paying RAG for Ferngas.
(3) The 77% is the share that RAG own. Thus...RAG are "spinning off" (separating the sibsidiary) their 77% - they can do this because they are the majority shareholder.

Sorry Aenigma, I still can't understand it! And I give up!

Yeah, a perfect explanation for imbeciles like me! You will think I am kidding, but no, I am serious. It would be very good for me to understand things if everyone who helps me with translations explains things the way you did or you explained the things like this every time.

Thank you very much once again. I did appreciate your help.

Arrrggghhh! Aenigma, I will kill you! How come you can think your explanations weren't good enough for me? They were good! And I did appreciate them and also your help, you know. As long as you keep it in mind that you must make your explanations the way an imbecile could understand when you help me with translations, I will find your explanations good enough as well as useful, whether or not I ask specisific questions.

Thank you once again for all you have done for me.