Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
"calas" (inspeccion de las calas del tunel)
English translation:
" Perforations/Excavations/ Borings
Added to glossary by
eski
Sep 10, 2008 22:41
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
Multilingual lawyer- exp. commercial law
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: French to English, Polish to English, Spanish to English
"calas" (inspeccion de las calas del tunel)
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
tunnel construction
If it were a ship, it would be the "hold" ...but am getting various inconsistent results as applied to a tunnel
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | " Perforations/Excavations/ Borings |
eski
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| 4 | bays |
swisstell
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| 4 | " Excavations" |
eski
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| 3 | test core / test boring / test pit |
Nikki Graham
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| 3 | inspection of tunel coves |
brenda_trans (X)
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| 2 | inlets |
Lisa McCarthy
|
Proposed translations
2 hrs
Selected
" Perforations/Excavations/ Borings
Consider:
Back then, there was no such thing as a tunnel-boring machine. ... “Right now we have four tunnel borings: two machines here, one for the Second Avenue ...
ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Down_in_the_hole/10680.html - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-09-11 01:06:15 GMT)
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TOOL FOR MEASURING PERFORATION TUNNEL DEPTH - Patent 20070104027 - [ Traducir esta página ]Various systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining the depth of a cavity in a wellbore using the Helmholtz Effect.
www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0104027.html - Páginas similares
Más resultados de www.freepatentsonline.com »
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-09-11 01:07:48 GMT)
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The only solution is use of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBMs) to achieve a time bound programme of tunnel excavation in long reaches. To gain confidence level ...
www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=13712 - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares
Back then, there was no such thing as a tunnel-boring machine. ... “Right now we have four tunnel borings: two machines here, one for the Second Avenue ...
ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Down_in_the_hole/10680.html - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-09-11 01:06:15 GMT)
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TOOL FOR MEASURING PERFORATION TUNNEL DEPTH - Patent 20070104027 - [ Traducir esta página ]Various systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining the depth of a cavity in a wellbore using the Helmholtz Effect.
www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0104027.html - Páginas similares
Más resultados de www.freepatentsonline.com »
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-09-11 01:07:48 GMT)
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The only solution is use of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBMs) to achieve a time bound programme of tunnel excavation in long reaches. To gain confidence level ...
www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=13712 - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thsnk you!"
14 mins
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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188
inlets
it may mean this (calas=coves)
Flow rates indicated contributions to channel storm hydrographs. The results, together with an inventory of tunnel **inlets** and outlets, suggest that about 10 per cent of the total water flow in the catchment may be routed through tunnel systems.
http://www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=198...
Flow rates indicated contributions to channel storm hydrographs. The results, together with an inventory of tunnel **inlets** and outlets, suggest that about 10 per cent of the total water flow in the catchment may be routed through tunnel systems.
http://www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=198...
Note from asker:
| gracias! |
20 mins
Spanish term (edited):
\"calas\" (inspeccion de las calas del tunel)
bays
those side bays used for safety purposes
Note from asker:
| gracias! sounds right in this context |
| gracias! sounds right in this context |
2 hrs
" Excavations"
Consider:
The excavations made at the site consisted of fifteen separate pits and ... sitos para hacer calas y cortes con fines de buscar la estratigrafia que acusara ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7316(194307)9:1%3C33:EEETCM%3E2.0.CO;2-H - Páginas similares
de E Noguera - 1943 - Citado por 3 - Artículos relacionados
The excavations made at the site consisted of fifteen separate pits and ... sitos para hacer calas y cortes con fines de buscar la estratigrafia que acusara ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7316(194307)9:1%3C33:EEETCM%3E2.0.CO;2-H - Páginas similares
de E Noguera - 1943 - Citado por 3 - Artículos relacionados
Note from asker:
| thanks! |
13 hrs
test core / test boring / test pit
The above translations come from Robb's diccionario para ingenieros.
You have not provided sufficient context to tell whether the above (and which of them) would be suitable here.
You have not provided sufficient context to tell whether the above (and which of them) would be suitable here.
22 hrs
inspection of tunel coves
maybe you should just keep it simple
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