<p><strong>"元投资" = "Metadata investment"</strong></p>

<p>I don't think "Metadata investment" is clear to people with English speaking background too.</p>

<p>For example the sentence you've used:</p>

<p><strong>"making a smart investment based on (knowledge from) metadata"</strong> is not equivalent to simply as "元数据投资" or "元投资", its actually "making 投资(investment) based on 元数据(metadata)".</p>

<p>or the full sentence should be:</p>

<p><strong>"利用(using)元数据(metadata)去做(to do)有效的(smart)投资(investment)"</strong></p>

<p>I think the above sentence will make it way clearer to what you are trying to say.</p>

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2016-04-14T01:16:29.740Z
2016-04-14T01:16:29.740Z
Mindless
<p>I think <strong><em>元数据投资</em></strong> is a proper one. 元 is the unit of Renminbi, it may mislead people, but 元数据 doesn't.</p>

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2016-03-23T06:53:47.310Z
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thinwa
<p>in simplified Chinese.
'investment' I believe is 投资
meta 元 as in metadata 元数据
The concept I am looking for in Chinese is 'making a smart investment based on (knowledge from) metadata'
I was told by a Chinese friend that 元投资 would not come across as being immediately clear to a Chinese speaker.
Any ideas?</p>

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2016-03-23T05:05:11.467Z
More context would be helpful with special regards to metadata of what?
NS.X.
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2016-03-23T08:15:35.260Z
As in good metrics. The soundest investments are built on good data plus knowledge about which data are relevant and which are just noise.
codervince
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Looking for the right way to combine concepts of (smart) investment and metadata
# Looking for the right way to combine concepts of (smart) investment and metadata

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-23)

in simplified Chinese.
'investment' I believe is 投资
meta 元 as in metadata 元数据
The concept I am looking for in Chinese is 'making a smart investment based on (knowledge from) metadata'
I was told by a Chinese friend that 元投资 would not come across as being immediately clear to a Chinese speaker.
Any ideas?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: More context would be helpful with special regards to metadata of what?  
> **username_0**: As in good metrics. The soundest investments are built on good data plus knowledge about which data are relevant and which are just noise.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-14. Score: 1

**"元投资" = "Metadata investment"**

I don't think "Metadata investment" is clear to people with English speaking background too.

For example the sentence you've used:

**"making a smart investment based on (knowledge from) metadata"** is not equivalent to simply as "元数据投资" or "元投资", its actually "making 投资(investment) based on 元数据(metadata)".

or the full sentence should be:

**"利用(using)元数据(metadata)去做(to do)有效的(smart)投资(investment)"**

I think the above sentence will make it way clearer to what you are trying to say.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-03-23. Score: 0

I think ***元数据投资*** is a proper one. 元 is the unit of Renminbi, it may mislead people, but 元数据 doesn't.


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