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obrador d'un molí paperer

English translation: workroom (workshop)

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Catalan term or phrase:	obrador d'un molí paperer
English translation:	workroom (workshop)
Entered by:	Ross Andrew Parker

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23:53 Jul 1, 2008

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Catalan term or phrase: obrador d'un molí paperer

l'obrador (d'un molí paperer - paper mill)

(on es feia el procés productiu del paper. estava ubicat al subterrani). Zona de la Riba (Alt Camp)

-- A la planta inferior, normalment soterrani, s’hi ubicava l’obrador, espai on es feia el procés productiu del paper.

-- The ground floor, usually the basement, housed the workshop, where the paper production process/ the process of paper production took place.

Pilar Gili Ferré KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (2 open) Answers: 5 Spain
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workroom (workshop)

Explanation:
I haven't found any evidence that "obrador" means "operator".

Three dictionary definitions suggest that this is not so:

obrador

[c. 1260; de obrar]

m OFIC Lloc on treballa algú en les feines d'un art, d'un ofici, d'una indústria o d'un comerç, especialment taulell o oficina on hom fa algun treball manual.

Translation ES>EN: workshop / workroom (http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/obrador)

Oxford says workroom

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-07-02 04:48:02 GMT)
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The test itself also appears to clearly indicate that "obrador" refers to the place, not the person who does the work (i.e., obrador = espai on es feia el procés productiu del paper).

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-07-02 08:14:11 GMT)
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Ross Andrew Parker
Spain
Local time: 21:51

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Tens raó, Ross. Jo me'n vaig adonar més tard. Gràcies a tots dos de tota manera!
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Summary of answers provided

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workroom (workshop)

Ross Andrew Parker

paper mill operator

Milena Bosco

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

paper mill operator

Explanation:
Have a nice week. Milena

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Note added at 35 mins (2008-07-02 00:29:07 GMT)
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It does not mean "workshop" but "operator". It sounds a bit weird but the construction of the sentence has an underlying subject, the ground floor. (planta inferior, soterrani, hi, espai). In English I would go for a slightly different approach:
"The ground floor, usually the basement, is where the operator was: there the paper production process took place".

Milena Bosco
Italy
Local time: 21:51
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