Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

molino de canal

English translation:

watermill (with mill race)

Added to glossary by Jane Martin
Oct 6, 2018 08:57
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

molino de canal

Spanish to English Other Tourism & Travel guía de sitios
Este término aparece en la descripción de un molino:

"Se trata de un molino de canal del que se conservan las paredes, sin cubierta. Para conocer qué cereales se molían tradicionalmente acudimos al Diccionario de Madoz, donde se indica que en esta zona se produce maíz, centeno y algo de trigo"

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Oct 19, 2018 07:34: Jane Martin Created KOG entry

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watermill (with mill race)

It appears that you can classify mills either by wheel orientation or by where the mills are located. A molino de canal is a mill that diverts the water from the river into a mill race where the water then turns the wheels.

En el (molino) de canal, se construía un caz o canal para desviar a través de él la corriente del río. Al principio del canal se podía disponer de una zona de embalse y mediante un sistema de compuertas permitir el acceso del agua al caz. La compuerta también permitía regular el caudal que entraba al canal. El final del canal descargaba al cárcavo o espacio situado bajo el molino, donde se encontraba el rodezno que recibía el chorro de agua y hacía girar toda la maquinaria.
https://blog.uclm.es/molinoferrera/pagina-ejemplo/el-molino-...

A mill race, millrace or millrun[1] is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_race

I do realise the watermill (with mill race) is not particularly elegant and I might be tempted just to use watermill, depending on the type of document you are translating.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I would have thought most have millraces, so you could leave it out.
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Thanks Phil.
agree AllegroTrans
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Thank you.
agree bigedsenior : 'Watermill' implies having a mill race, mill race can be omitted.
11 hrs
Thanks - you are right of course, I just wanted to show what the canal referred to.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think that I will leave watermill as you suggest. There is no need to explain further. Thanks a lot !"
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gristmill or grist mill

Just another idea. The video below translates the term as /gristmill/.

https://youtu.be/FadsKaYE9CU

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Note added at 32 mins (2018-10-06 09:29:52 GMT)
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http://bakerblockmuseum.org/heritage/gristmill/gristmill.htm
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neutral AllegroTrans : You need to include the fact that it is water powered
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Yes, quite right. Thank you for clarifying this.
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Hydraulic Mill

This is the more technical term to describe a mill that runs by channeling water to the waterwheel which then turns the grinding stone. The water then gets diverted back to its original path. You could also say watermill, but I believe hydraulic mill is much more specific.

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Note added at 37 mins (2018-10-06 09:34:53 GMT)
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Here is a short YouTube video which may also help to clarify any doubts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FadsKaYE9CU
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans : You are not wrong, but as this is tourist literature and not a technical document, "watermill" is by far the preferable term
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