Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
las cortas de arbolado
English translation:
pruning of trees ...
Added to glossary by
mediamatrix (X)
Apr 26, 2010 23:47
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
United Kingdom
las cortas de arbolado precisas con el fin de
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Tunnel Construction
It's been a long day and I could be reading this wrong but is it saying that trees will need to be felled but that they should try not to damage them if possible. It doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. Any ideas much appreciated.
"Una vez definida la necesidad de la ocupación ésta deberá presentarse para su aprobación a XXX, de forma que puedan confirmarse la no afección a los condicionantes ambientales identificados en las distintas zonas, **las cortas de arbolado precisas, etc. con el fin de evitar daños a estos en lo posible**, o se disponga del tiempo preciso para resolver la autorización correspondiente."
"Una vez definida la necesidad de la ocupación ésta deberá presentarse para su aprobación a XXX, de forma que puedan confirmarse la no afección a los condicionantes ambientales identificados en las distintas zonas, **las cortas de arbolado precisas, etc. con el fin de evitar daños a estos en lo posible**, o se disponga del tiempo preciso para resolver la autorización correspondiente."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | pruning of trees ... |
Jennifer Levey
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| 3 +1 | the needed/necessary cutting of trees so as to |
Donald Scott Alexander
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Apr 29, 2010 12:42: mediamatrix (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Jennifer Levey
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pruning of trees ...
Not 'felling' - just 'pruning' (or maybe coppicing or pollarding).
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Comment: "This made sense in the given context. Thanks to both of you who answered."
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Donald Scott Alexander
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the needed/necessary cutting of trees so as to
Earlier on Kudoz, we have "arbolado" => "trees":
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_ci...
There are various examples of "corta" => "cutting" (trees) here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Cy-Frn9-k6QC&pg=PA279&lpg=P...
I'll go out on bit of a limb here (sorry :-) and guess that "precisas" here means "needed/necessary" - rather than "precise/exact":
http://mw1.m-w.com/spanish/preciso
The phrase is a bit ungainly in both Spanish and English, which happens a lot with these kind of official documents:
"... de forma que puedan confirmarse la no afección a los condicionantes ambientales identificados en las distintas zonas, las cortas de arbolado precisas, etc. con el fin de evitar daños a estos en lo posible"
"... to enable confirming that there will be no impact / (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions in the various zones, the exact cutting of trees, etc. so as to avoid damaging them as much as possible..."
(I think that there are two things that being approved/confirmed here: the fact that there will be no be no impact or (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions, and exactly what trees are to be cut.
I'm still a little unsure about what "estos" means - is it the trees or "los condicionantes ambientales identificados en las distintas zonas"? If they're trying to do as little damage as possible to the trees, then "cortas" probably couldn't mean "cutting down" - since it's pretty hard to minimize damage to a tree if you're cutting it down. In that case, maybe "cortas" means a type of "cutting" or "cuts" which would be more than "poda" ("pruning") but less than "cutting down" completely.
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Note added at 31 mins (2010-04-27 00:19:05 GMT)
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TYPO:
"... to enable confirming that there will be no impact / (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions in the various zones, the exact cutting of trees, etc. so as to avoid damaging them as much as possible..."
SHOULD BE:
"... to enable confirming that there will be no impact / (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions in the various zones, the needed/necessary cutting of trees, etc. so as to avoid damaging them as much as possible..."
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_ci...
There are various examples of "corta" => "cutting" (trees) here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Cy-Frn9-k6QC&pg=PA279&lpg=P...
I'll go out on bit of a limb here (sorry :-) and guess that "precisas" here means "needed/necessary" - rather than "precise/exact":
http://mw1.m-w.com/spanish/preciso
The phrase is a bit ungainly in both Spanish and English, which happens a lot with these kind of official documents:
"... de forma que puedan confirmarse la no afección a los condicionantes ambientales identificados en las distintas zonas, las cortas de arbolado precisas, etc. con el fin de evitar daños a estos en lo posible"
"... to enable confirming that there will be no impact / (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions in the various zones, the exact cutting of trees, etc. so as to avoid damaging them as much as possible..."
(I think that there are two things that being approved/confirmed here: the fact that there will be no be no impact or (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions, and exactly what trees are to be cut.
I'm still a little unsure about what "estos" means - is it the trees or "los condicionantes ambientales identificados en las distintas zonas"? If they're trying to do as little damage as possible to the trees, then "cortas" probably couldn't mean "cutting down" - since it's pretty hard to minimize damage to a tree if you're cutting it down. In that case, maybe "cortas" means a type of "cutting" or "cuts" which would be more than "poda" ("pruning") but less than "cutting down" completely.
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Note added at 31 mins (2010-04-27 00:19:05 GMT)
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TYPO:
"... to enable confirming that there will be no impact / (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions in the various zones, the exact cutting of trees, etc. so as to avoid damaging them as much as possible..."
SHOULD BE:
"... to enable confirming that there will be no impact / (adverse) effects on the identified environmental conditions in the various zones, the needed/necessary cutting of trees, etc. so as to avoid damaging them as much as possible..."
Peer comment(s):
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Sergio Campo
: Bad bad spanish ST. IMO, as you say the sentence says "the necessary cutting of trees, and no more, to avoid unnecessary damage to the tree mass". Cut as few as possible, spare as many as you can, so you damage the "forest" as little as possible".
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