Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cuyas curvas generatrices y directrices son catenarias

English translation:

of which the generatrix and the director curve are catenaries

Added to glossary by coolbrowne
Apr 14, 2011 16:27
13 yrs ago
Spanish term

curva generatrices y directrices son catenarias

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering lightweight structures
"La forma propuesta obedece a un cascarón reticulado de traslación (CRT), cuyas **curvas generatrices y directrices son catenarias**."

My proposed translation is as follows:

"The proposed form is a translation-grid shell (TGS), the generatrix and directrix curves of which have a catenary profile."

Can anybody confirm or does anyone have any different ideas?

Many thanks!

Sarah
Change log

May 13, 2011 16:43: coolbrowne changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/642942">Sarah Weston's</a> old entry - "curva generatrices y directrices son catenarias"" to ""generatrix and director curve are catenaries""

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): curvas generatrices y directrices son catenarias
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generatrix and director curve are catenaries

Not the typo in the original: "curva" must be plural. In English it's more common to use director curve, the curve along which the generatrix moves to generate the surface. The translation would benefit from breaking free from a Spanish pattern, and the word "profile" does not apply at all:

The proposed form is a generated wireframe shell, where both the generatrix and the director curve are catenaries.

Note that generatrix already contains the "curve" element, so the noun curve is in the singular, as it refers only to the director curve.
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generatrices and directrices are catenaries

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Computational Methods for Tension Structures
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generate a translation surface where the generatrix and directrix are catenaries. ... used for the directrix and generatrix curves of both. translation surfaces. ...
ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/11525/1/...

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