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entrada en operación

English translation: startup of operations

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Spanish term or phrase:entrada en operación
English translation:startup of operations
Entered by: Henry Hinds

01:03 Jul 5, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Other / proyectos mineros - ampliación
Spanish term or phrase: entrada en operación
El sector crecería 6,0% en el 2007 por la mayor producción de cobre proveniente de la ampliación de XYZ y la entrada en operación de ABC (cobre, zinc, plomo).

Cada vez que me encuentro con términos como puesta en marcha, puesta en funcionamiento, entrada en operación/funcionamiento me duele la cabeza!! Help please! Cuando veo la expresión parece fácil ... y sin embargo no encuentro nada que me llene.
Marcela Raffo
Peru
Local time: 23:09
startup of operations
Explanation:
y la entrada en operación de ABC = and startup of operations at ABC
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 22:09
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Summary of answers provided
5startup of operations
Henry Hinds
2 +2the launch of ABC
Robert Forstag
4implementation
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
4entry into service / operation / production
Stuart Allsop


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
la entrada en operación
the launch of ABC


Explanation:
I would feel more confident of this answer if I knew that "ABC" stood for a company.

Suerte.

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Note added at 24 mins (2006-07-05 01:28:21 GMT)
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Given your note:

"the beginning of operations at ABC"
or
"startup", "launch", etc.

:)

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 00:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 126
Notes to answerer
Asker: I don't know if it is the company or the mine. I think it's the mine -- is "operation start up" too literal?? Thank you!!

Asker: Thank you very much Robert! ;o)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Copeland
23 mins
  -> Thank you, Robert.
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
33 mins
  -> Thank you, clb.
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
startup of operations


Explanation:
y la entrada en operación de ABC = and startup of operations at ABC

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 714
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Henry!

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
implementation


Explanation:
It depends on context. If what they are putting into operation is a new system, or a strategy, then "implementation" is your term.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-05 02:44:33 GMT)
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COMMISSIONING if it is a new plant or a huge, company-wide system.

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 00:09
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 104
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Maria Eugenia!! (It was not a new system or strategy).

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
entry into service / operation / production


Explanation:
I don't see anything wrong with translating it literally. I come across mines and industrial plants "going into operation" and "going out of service" fairly often. I also see "service life" of plants and mines all the time.

I don't think that "startup" is the right term here either, since the mine will be started up and running for weeks or months before it actually goes into service. Thre are many, many processes that have to be completed before the mine can actually start producing anything. To start with, you have to dig out all of the overlay before you even get to the ore itself: so when the mine is started up, all that it will "produce" for a long time is rocks and dirt, until it eventually goes into full operation once they reach the actual ore and commence processing.



Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 00:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your comment.

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