Oct 30, 2005 02:53
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Argentina
COMMITMENT, VERSATILITY, RESOURCEFULNESS
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
persianas
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
trains
limpiar y lubricar movimiento de persianas (shutters) en trenes ..
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | vertical blinds |
Maria Karra
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| 4 +2 | slide shutters |
Refugio
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| 1 +2 | Pues shutters. |
Juan Jacob
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| 3 | Venetian blinds |
Daniel Burns (X)
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Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Maria Karra
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Engineer & Linguist
Native in: English , Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, French to English, and 5 more.
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12
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vertical blinds
Persianas are the vertical window blinds, but since your text already has "shutters" in parenthesis, I would use that.
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Marina Soldati
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:)
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LCK
: shutters, I would use this too...:-)
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Norbert Hermann
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Refugio
: Why vertical? // Horizontal blinds are certainly called persianas as well. But these are not blinds, they are shutters, and vertical blinds would be particularly impractical on a train.
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Hi Ruth. There are also the horizontal ones, and those aren't called "persianas" AFAIK.//They would definitely be inconvenient (whether vertical or horizontal) :))) I'd use shutters, as I wrote above.
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Maria Itati Encinas
: just blinds
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
5 mins
Juan Jacob
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
Mexico
Literatura, historia, subtitulaje
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Latin American) , French (Variants: Belgian, Standard-France)
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, French, and 5 more.
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7
Pues shutters.
Tú mismo lo sabes.
Suerte.
Suerte.
7 mins
Venetian blinds
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-10-30 03:03:33 GMT)
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World Trade Directory
... Velvets, Terciopelo. Vending Machines, Maquinas Expendedoras. Venetian Blinds, Persianas. Ventilating, Ventilacion. Verandas, Terrazas. Vertical Blinds, Persianas ...
www.worldtradedirectory.com/codes/v_code.asp - 10k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-10-30 03:03:33 GMT)
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World Trade Directory
... Velvets, Terciopelo. Vending Machines, Maquinas Expendedoras. Venetian Blinds, Persianas. Ventilating, Ventilacion. Verandas, Terrazas. Vertical Blinds, Persianas ...
www.worldtradedirectory.com/codes/v_code.asp - 10k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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33 mins
slide shutters
London, 11 August 2005: Metronet Rail has designed a new innovative tool to aid the maintenance cleaning of connecting studs that transfer power from one train carriage to another. The new tool will not only improve safety but help to reduce staff injuries, creating more efficient ways of working. The connecting studs are hidden behind two shutter windows as part of a metal box below the train buffer known as a ‘Dutch oven'.
Metronet Rail's in-house development workshop facility developed the new tool that's considerably lighter and opens the slide shutters individually, rather than together. This allows cleaning works to be done in half the time. In the past maintenance staff had to use a long steel bar, dating back to the 1960's, weighing around 5.8kg to open and close the doors that hide the stud connectors.
The new lightweight aluminium model is designed with more leverage and has advanced insulation to reduce the risk of the tool acting as a conductor.
Depot Production Team leader, Larry Kerby said today: “The battle we had was that the oven shutters were designed to remain shut and staff had to push against a spring to open them. The tool will definitely make life a lot easier for depot staff and help to change the way we work.”
Peter Keene, Safety and Environmental Advisor, added: “This will make a huge difference to how we operate in the depots.”
Metronet Rail's in-house development workshop facility developed the new tool that's considerably lighter and opens the slide shutters individually, rather than together. This allows cleaning works to be done in half the time. In the past maintenance staff had to use a long steel bar, dating back to the 1960's, weighing around 5.8kg to open and close the doors that hide the stud connectors.
The new lightweight aluminium model is designed with more leverage and has advanced insulation to reduce the risk of the tool acting as a conductor.
Depot Production Team leader, Larry Kerby said today: “The battle we had was that the oven shutters were designed to remain shut and staff had to push against a spring to open them. The tool will definitely make life a lot easier for depot staff and help to change the way we work.”
Peter Keene, Safety and Environmental Advisor, added: “This will make a huge difference to how we operate in the depots.”
Peer comment(s):
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Sandra Ruiz-Aguilar
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Gracias, Sandra
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Thanks, Muriel
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