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suministro (in this context)

English translation: Service

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Spanish term or phrase:suministro (in this context)
English translation:Service
Entered by: Stuart Allsop

15:50 Jun 14, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Energy / Power Generation / power supply contract
Spanish term or phrase: suministro (in this context)
This term is used in a contract for supplying electrical power to an industrial plant. Throughout the contract, all of the clauses refer to the electrical power as "El Suministro", but translating it as "The Supply" seems rather clumsy to me, and I'm looking for a better way.

Here are a few examples:

"Durante la vigencia del Contrato de Suministro, el Proveedor deberá dar cumplimiento a las exigencias de calidad y confiabilidad del Suministro que le impone la regulación eléctrica... "

"A partir de la Fecha de Inicio del Suministro y hasta la terminación del Contrato ..."

"El precio por el Suministro será igual a la suma de las cantidades se indican ..."

"El Cliente deberá pagar el precio pactado por el Suministro de cada mes, dentro de ..."

"Todas las operaciones del Proveedor que estén relacionadas con el Suministro, materia del presente Contrato..."
Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 06:09
Service
Explanation:
In some cases you could use supply, but I would recommend just going with "Service":

Contrato de Suministro = Service Contract
Fecha de Inicio del Suministro = Service Commencement Date
El precio por el Suministro = The price for Service
el precio pactado por el Suministro de cada mes = the agreed price for each month's Service
con el Suministro, materia del presente Contrato = with the Service included under this Contract


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Note added at 16 mins (2006-06-14 16:06:26 GMT)
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The "Service", of course, is supplying electric power.
Selected response from:

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 04:09
Grading comment
Thanks, Henry. That definitly makes the most sense. It worked great in this document. Thanks to everyone else for their suggestions too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5supply
Roxana Cortijo
5Service
Henry Hinds
4provisioning
Valérie Oliveira (X)
4[power] delivery
Grace Gagnet
4Supply (dispense with 'the')
Dominic Gourd


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
supply


Explanation:
it's the energy supply you're talking about.

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Roxana Cortijo
Local time: 07:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laura Iglesias
0 min
  -> gracias, Laura
agree  Alex Boladeras: Totally agree with Roxanna. I've seen it many times in real-life contracts
1 min
  -> So have I (I'm the translator of a power distribution company). Thanks.
agree  María José Cerdá
5 mins
  -> gracias, MaJo
agree  Susana Mate
7 mins
  -> gracias, Susana
agree  Joss Heywood: yes - supply contract, supply price, supply start date, etc
9 mins
  -> many thanks, Joss
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
provisioning


Explanation:
Another suggestion

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-06-14 15:57:21 GMT)
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http://filebox.vt.edu/users/yshi/papers/Secon05.pdf


    Reference: http://www.3gnewsroom.com/3g_news/may_01/news_0598.shtml
Valérie Oliveira (X)
Portugal
Local time: 11:09
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[power] delivery


Explanation:
Whenever there is some awkwardness in the translation, I like to bracket a supplemental term that will clarify the meaning and make it a better translation in English.

Grace Gagnet
United States
Local time: 05:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Supply (dispense with 'the')


Explanation:
Supply is what it is - my suggestion would be to dispense with 'the', giving 'supply price', 'supply start date', etc.

Dominic Gourd
Local time: 07:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Service


Explanation:
In some cases you could use supply, but I would recommend just going with "Service":

Contrato de Suministro = Service Contract
Fecha de Inicio del Suministro = Service Commencement Date
El precio por el Suministro = The price for Service
el precio pactado por el Suministro de cada mes = the agreed price for each month's Service
con el Suministro, materia del presente Contrato = with the Service included under this Contract


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Note added at 16 mins (2006-06-14 16:06:26 GMT)
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The "Service", of course, is supplying electric power.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 194
Grading comment
Thanks, Henry. That definitly makes the most sense. It worked great in this document. Thanks to everyone else for their suggestions too.
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