Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
hundimientos ni desprendimientos
English translation:
collapses or landslides
Added to glossary by
Heather Oland
Feb 26, 2006 22:53
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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hundimientos ni desprendimientos
Spanish to English
Science
Geology
Puerto Rico
En la cantera que nos ocupa hemos examindo los cortes en sus extremos superiores e inferiores sin haber detectado signo alguno de inestabilidad. No existen grietas de tension, desplazamientos laterales, *hundimientos, ni desprendimientos.*
For this last sentence I've come up with: "There are no tension cracks, lateral displacements, slumping or separations." But "slumping" doesn't really work with the string of nouns, and I'm not sure if "separations" is the best choice. Any suggestions are appreciated!
For this last sentence I've come up with: "There are no tension cracks, lateral displacements, slumping or separations." But "slumping" doesn't really work with the string of nouns, and I'm not sure if "separations" is the best choice. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | collapse or landslides |
jllanguages
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| 5 +1 | collapses or rockfalls |
Kelly-Jane Wallis
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| 4 | sink holes or landslips |
Maria Police (X)
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| 4 | subsidenses or landslides |
Sergio Gaymer
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Proposed translations
+4
8 mins
jllanguages
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collapse or landslides
This could be an option
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I went with "collapses or landslides." The other options are good as well. (spelling correction: subsidence)
Thank you, everyone, for your input."
3 hrs
sink holes or landslips
hundimientos=sink holes
desprendimientos=landslips or landslides
Landslides refers to the earth already coming down. Landslips refers to places where the earth is loose and there is a possibility of a landslide.
desprendimientos=landslips or landslides
Landslides refers to the earth already coming down. Landslips refers to places where the earth is loose and there is a possibility of a landslide.
+1
14 hrs
Kelly-Jane Wallis
Native in English
Specializes in field
10 years experience in Hydrogeology
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
collapses or rockfalls
*un deslizamiento* is a landslide
*un desprendimiento* is a rockfall (see reference)
*un desprendimiento* is a rockfall (see reference)
2 days 13 hrs
Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
Chile
Over 25 years translating technical docs
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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8
subsidenses or landslides
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