Aug 5, 2003 17:47
21 yrs ago
Spanish term

need help translating this sentence

Spanish to English Other
This is the sentence:

"Entre los inertes de la obra se hace una clasificación de tierras por una parte, ferralla sobrante, por otra, y maderas también, pues se les puede dar salida por separado con objeto de valorizarlos."

The inerts of the job are classified, separating the soil from the leftover metalwork and wood...

what do I do with the rest of the sentence??

how do I translate it?

Proposed translations

1 hr
Selected

..which can be issued separately in order to acertain their value...

Among the non-reactives at the site we find three classifications: soil, metallurgy and wood, which can be issued separately in order to acertain their value...
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2 mins

because they can be removed separately for doing an appraisal on them

pues se les puede dar salida por separado con objeto de valorizarlos."

...because they can be removed separately for doing an appraisal on them.

That should finish it.
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3 mins

as we can separate and recover in order to increase their value

This is the way I see it..
Peer comment(s):

agree Jorge Rubino
7 hrs
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4 mins

in order to obtain a separate estimation of their value...

There could be a better word for "separate" here.
If you want to be more literal, you could say "because you can obtain a separate..."

There's redundany in the source sentence, you could simplify it in this manner and no sense is lost.

good luck,

Rb
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
1 hr
Muchas gracias Patricia!!
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5 mins

because, to increase their value, they can be sold separately / they can be given a separate outlet

...That's what I understand.

HTH

Elena
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11 mins

they can be set aside for an appraisal

I'd put it this short.
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18 mins

because we can increase their value by selling them separately

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1 hr

as these can be disposed of separately to increase their value

The whole sentence would be "The inert wastes (inert in English is an adjective so it needs a noun)are segregated into earths, on the one hand, excess metalwork, on the other, and woods too, as these may be disposed of separately to increase their value".

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Note added at 2003-08-05 20:41:53 (GMT)
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In construction \"woods\" would probably be called the more general lumber
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12 hrs

among the waste materials of the work

a seleccion of grounds by one hand, scraps iron by another hand and also woods has to be made, in this way we can sell them separately in order to put up their price.
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