Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
banco de trabajo
English translation:
bench being worked/mined
Added to glossary by
BristolTEc
Oct 21, 2010 12:04
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
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banco de trabajo
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Mining & Minerals / Gems
Mining equipment
From Spain for translation to British English. In a report on open cast mining operations.
"Esto último significa que para un banco de trabajo con X m. de altura, la máquina tiene que subdividirlo en Y terrazas de X/Y m., la profundidad del avance es de Z m. "
So the whole zone being removed by the excavators, but bank, bed...?
"Esto último significa que para un banco de trabajo con X m. de altura, la máquina tiene que subdividirlo en Y terrazas de X/Y m., la profundidad del avance es de Z m. "
So the whole zone being removed by the excavators, but bank, bed...?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | bench being worked/mined |
bigedsenior
|
| 4 +1 | work bench |
business-center
|
| 4 | (operating / working / active) bench |
MPGS
|
| 4 | working bench |
MPGS
|
Proposed translations
9 hrs
Selected
bench being worked/mined
thus!
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5 mins
(operating / working / active) bench
'bench'
ref Modern College VOX
HTH
:)
ref Modern College VOX
HTH
:)
+1
6 mins
business-center
Accuracy is a must, timeliness too
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7 mins
working bench
'banco' = 'bench' (Mining)
ref Modern College VOX
HTH
:)
ref Modern College VOX
HTH
:)
Discussion
the text is talking about a different kind of bench:
banco (min), bench, cada uno de los escalones en que usualmente se realizan las labores de excavación de canteras, pozos, piques, grandes cavernas subterráneas, etc.
http://www.infomine.com/Dictionary/hardrockminers/spanish/we...
for the second one, you could put "working bench" as suggested by MPGS to avoid confusion