Jul 4, 2022 08:57
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Spanish term
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Spain
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Banquetas
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Agriculture
Water
Buenos días:
En un texto de español a inglés sobre la sostenibilidad del agua, buscan a trabajadores que se dediquen a la construcción y mantenimiento de parques, camellones (waru waru) y "banquetas". La duda viene por el término banquetas, que entiendo que es parecido a un canal que se hace al lado de los cultivos, pero no encuentro una traducción equivalente a inglés. He encontrado términos como: terrace (que parece que en español sería bancal), o bench (pero las imágenes no parecen referirse a lo mismo.
¿Me podríais echar una mano?
Gracias de antemano
En un texto de español a inglés sobre la sostenibilidad del agua, buscan a trabajadores que se dediquen a la construcción y mantenimiento de parques, camellones (waru waru) y "banquetas". La duda viene por el término banquetas, que entiendo que es parecido a un canal que se hace al lado de los cultivos, pero no encuentro una traducción equivalente a inglés. He encontrado términos como: terrace (que parece que en español sería bancal), o bench (pero las imágenes no parecen referirse a lo mismo.
¿Me podríais echar una mano?
Gracias de antemano
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | walkways (paths) |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | trenches |
neilmac
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Proposed translations
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15 mins
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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United States
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
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walkways (paths)
Not too terribly sure, but in view of the fact that this has to do with construction in parks, might be a possibility.
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/construction-c...
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/construction-c...
10 mins
trenches
This seems a likely option given the description and the context of raised field agriculture/sustainable water use.
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Note added at 12 mins (2022-07-04 09:10:50 GMT)
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Zanja, fosa, cuneta are other Spanish terms that may be used for similar things, depending on the context (roadbuilding, farming…).
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-07-04 10:18:02 GMT)
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NB: Barbara's suggestion of "walkways" might also be appropriate; it all depends on the rest of the context.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-07-04 13:30:06 GMT)
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NB: The "banquetas" shown in Althea's Discussion note are ditches or trenches. A "berm" would be formed on either side of the ditch.
Berm: flat strip of land, raised bank, or terrace bordering a river or canal.
a path or grass strip beside a road.
an artificial ridge or embankment, such as one built as a defence against tanks.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-07-04 13:31:03 GMT)
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Also "walkways" is more commonly found in texts dealing with underground water systems, like sewage tunnels.
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Note added at 12 mins (2022-07-04 09:10:50 GMT)
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Zanja, fosa, cuneta are other Spanish terms that may be used for similar things, depending on the context (roadbuilding, farming…).
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-07-04 10:18:02 GMT)
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NB: Barbara's suggestion of "walkways" might also be appropriate; it all depends on the rest of the context.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-07-04 13:30:06 GMT)
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NB: The "banquetas" shown in Althea's Discussion note are ditches or trenches. A "berm" would be formed on either side of the ditch.
Berm: flat strip of land, raised bank, or terrace bordering a river or canal.
a path or grass strip beside a road.
an artificial ridge or embankment, such as one built as a defence against tanks.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-07-04 13:31:03 GMT)
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Also "walkways" is more commonly found in texts dealing with underground water systems, like sewage tunnels.
Example sentence:
A mini digger is used to dig a trench around the field...
Reference:
Discussion
https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/egle/Docum...
https://www.alevelgeography.com/landforms-of-deposition/
Manmade swales and berms are widely used as part of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). Swales can be filled with eg large stones/gravel to act as a temporary sink for holding the water and letting it soak into the ground. Alternatively, they can be grassed or filled with soil and plants which allows some of the water to be taken up by the vegetation. In the photo you refer to, they are using the soil they dig up to form the berm on the 'downward' side of the slope and the ditches that result from this are then used to form swales.
A better view of the two Spanish and English diagrams here
https://www.iagua.es/sites/default/files/images/medium/carpe...
https://i0.wp.com/santacruzpermaculture.com/wp-content/uploa...
Here is a 'banqueta' in a Spanish language article with drawings
https://www.iagua.es/blogs/javier-navarro/efecto-tragico-llu...
Here is an English article about berms - also with drawings
https://santacruzpermaculture.com/2019/08/berms-swales/
Dictionary translations here
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrNXJNMP0mEC&pg=PA26&lpg...
https://www.academia.edu/36977355/Engineers_Dict_ionary (page 40)
In landscaping of parks, gardens, municipal areas they are usually used in combination with swales and bioswales which can contain plants to further retain the water.
https://rescue.earth/infiltration-swale-systems/