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rectificado

English translation: grinding

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Spanish term or phrase:rectificado
English translation:grinding
Entered by: gspcpt

18:26 Jul 31, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: rectificado
A text to translate with very little context and no drawings, from Spanish (Spain) to English, comes

"RECTIFICADO DEL SECADOR 38" (I don't know if a secador 38 is the company's way of indicating which dryer they are referring to or if it is a specific type of dryer)

"REGLAJES DE RECTIFICADO"

"MIENTRAS SE REALICE EL RECTIFICADO IN SITU, HABRA CONTINUAMENTE UN VIGILANTE EN EL SITIO EN CADA UNO DE LOS TURNOS"

"RECTIFICADO EN SITU"

I do not know what company this is, or what type of dryer, but they speak of using forklifts and cranes so it is a large machine. I appreciate your help.
gspcpt
Local time: 02:57
grinding
Explanation:
Perhaps the grinding track in a ring dryer.

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Note added at 4 days (2014-08-05 08:18:57 GMT) Post-grading
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I'm glad I guessed right :-)
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 01:57
Grading comment
After receiving different suggestions I still was not sure--due to the fact that there was not enough information in the source text--I asked the client. And you were right---he wanted "grinding". Thanks so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4repair
bigedsenior
3 +1grinding
DLyons
3adjustment
Chris Neill


Discussion entries: 1





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
adjustment


Explanation:
Difficult without more context, but "reglajes" is "settings" so "adjustment settings" would be logical, but of course not necessarily correct :)

Problem is rectificado is a participle and to make matters worse RAE gives a version of rectificar related to electricity as converting an alternative current to a continuous one


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/frames.aspx?es=rectificad...
Chris Neill
Spain
Local time: 02:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
repair


Explanation:
It is at least a major repair or possibly overhaul.

The fact that is on site (not at the factory) and requires heavy equipment plus a 24 hour security watch, would indicate something
of a major nature.

bigedsenior
Local time: 17:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 809
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
grinding


Explanation:
Perhaps the grinding track in a ring dryer.

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Note added at 4 days (2014-08-05 08:18:57 GMT) Post-grading
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I'm glad I guessed right :-)

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 01:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
After receiving different suggestions I still was not sure--due to the fact that there was not enough information in the source text--I asked the client. And you were right---he wanted "grinding". Thanks so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giovanni Rengifo
48 mins
  -> Gracias Giovanni.
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