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Spanish translation: materiales extraños


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:foreign materials
Spanish translation:materiales extraños
Entered by: Leonardo Lamarche
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23:23 May 6, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Education / Pedagogy / technical text
English term or phrase: foreign material
how do i translate ...
foreign material' into Spanish in a context like:
foreign material like debris, tools etcwhich are not part of the dozer (this text is about track dozers
lorcerrini
materiales extraños tales como...
Explanation:
Mi sugerencia.
Selected response from:

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 10:38
Grading comment
thank you very much i will go with materiales extraños
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10materiales extraños tales como...
Leonardo Lamarche
4materia extraña
traductorchile
3 +1otros materiales
Claudia Hoepelman
3materiales ajenos
Sebastian Wasserzug


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
materiales extraños tales como...


Explanation:
Mi sugerencia.

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 10:38
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 67
Grading comment
thank you very much i will go with materiales extraños

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Hoepelman
0 min
  -> Muchas gracias Claudia.

agree  Roberto Lipani
10 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Roberto.

agree  Adriana Martinez: Si, agree!
13 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Adriana.

agree  Pequis: agree
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias Pequis.

agree  marideoba: Extraños, sí.
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias marideoba.

agree  Maria Mercau: materiales extraños - bien!
6 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias guillemercau.

agree  Laura Rodriguez
9 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Laura.

agree  Guillermo Julio
16 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Guillermo.

agree  Tomás Cano Binder, CT
18 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Tomas.

agree  David Girón Béjar
2 days15 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias David.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
otros materiales


Explanation:
or just "otros" as is, it will depend on the source text and the context.

Good luck!

Claudia Hoepelman
United States
Local time: 11:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Martinez: También me gusta tu sugerencia. ¡Saludos!
10 mins
  -> Gracias, saludos también.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
materia extraña


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-05-06 23:31:37 GMT)
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Sorry I hadn't seen the dozers.

It would be better in this case: objetos duros

traductorchile
Chile
Local time: 11:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
materiales ajenos


Explanation:
Elementos o materiales ajenos (a la maquinaria/tarctor/etc.). "Extranos" no suena... extrano?!

Sebastian Wasserzug
Thailand
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Changes made by editors
May 13, 2010 - Changes made by Leonardo Lamarche:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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