Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
fangos sobrantes
English translation:
excess sludge
Added to glossary by
Robert Forstag
Oct 14, 2013 02:11
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
fangos sobrantes
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
Wastewater treatment - Spain
The term appears in an itemized budget list of a bid of Spanish company to construct a wastewater treatment facility in a West African country:
Fangos sobrantes (m3/año)
Thank you.
Fangos sobrantes (m3/año)
Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | excess sludge |
Nikki Graham
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| 4 +1 | residual muds |
José J. Martínez
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References
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Taña Dalglish
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Proposed translations
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excess sludge
Sounds like excess sludge to me, Robert. Sorry, no time to post any refs as on a tight deadline, but I think you should get some info from pasting this in Google
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Nikki. Thanks also to Jose."
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José J. Martínez
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
ENSP, More than 30 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
residual muds
That is the term.
Peer comment(s):
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Benjamin A Flores
: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955221906...
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Reference comments
58 mins
Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Jamaica
Native in English
Works in field
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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80
Reference:
Refs.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/environment_eco...
fango> also sludge
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/environment_eco...
Temperature effect on shear flow and thixotropic behavior of ...
link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11043-012-9191-z
by L Hammadi - Cited by 1 - Related articles
Aug 1, 2013 - The temperature and shear rate effects on rheological behavior of **residual sludge** from wastewater treatment plant was investigated in this ...
fango> also sludge
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/environment_eco...
Temperature effect on shear flow and thixotropic behavior of ...
link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11043-012-9191-z
by L Hammadi - Cited by 1 - Related articles
Aug 1, 2013 - The temperature and shear rate effects on rheological behavior of **residual sludge** from wastewater treatment plant was investigated in this ...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Charles Davis
: "Sludge refers to the residual, semi-solid material left from industrial wastewater, or sewage treatment processes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sludge; see also http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fango . Post it!
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Thank you Charles. I will leave it as it as Nikki has already posted! Again, thank you.
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