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discos, vertederas (in this context)

English translation: disk plows, moldboards

15:45 May 9, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / report on rising prices
Spanish term or phrase: discos, vertederas (in this context)
text from Spain, describing rises in cereal and steel prices and their effects on agriculture. In the steel section it mentions that the rise in steel prices as a raw material affects everyone who uses steel plates and then gives these as examples, so what would the most likely translation option be?
Here's the context and TIA!
El índice MEPS (referente en Europa para el precio de la bobina de acero base puesto en acería), ha experimentado un incremento de un 38,5% respecto
al comienzo del año. Este índice afecta directamente a todos los productos cuya materia prima es la chapa de acero (ej: *Discos, vertederas*, ....).
Edward Tully
Local time: 04:11
English translation:disk plows, moldboards
Explanation:
There are different types of plows, the traditional one with the moldboard to turn the earth over (hence, "vertedera"). Disk plows are newer, and are basically a concave disk that breaks up the earth and turns it over as it is dragged through the soil. Moldboard can be found in the dictionary
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E Gustafson
Local time: 21:11
Grading comment
thanks to both, but this fits perfectly - thank you Mr. Gustafson! ;-)
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Summary of answers provided
5disks, chutes/mill-hoppers
slothm
5disk plows, moldboards
E Gustafson


  

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disks, chutes/mill-hoppers


Explanation:
Both are valid.

slothm
Local time: 23:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
disk plows, moldboards


Explanation:
There are different types of plows, the traditional one with the moldboard to turn the earth over (hence, "vertedera"). Disk plows are newer, and are basically a concave disk that breaks up the earth and turns it over as it is dragged through the soil. Moldboard can be found in the dictionary

Example sentence(s):
  • Disk plows work in a similar manner to laterally displace and invert soil through the use of concave steel disk blades

    www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/cropsoil.html -
    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-165675/disk-plow
E Gustafson
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PRO pts in category: 25
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thanks to both, but this fits perfectly - thank you Mr. Gustafson! ;-)
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