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English translation: designer


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Spanish term or phrase:proyectista
English translation:designer
Entered by: Mara Ballarini
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16:16 Nov 24, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / German architecture
Spanish term or phrase: proyectista
En gran parte ha sido suplantado por proyectistas que ofrecen todas las prestaciones del proyecto, incluidas las funciones del arquitecto y del ingeniero
Emily Tell
United States
Local time: 21:29
designer
Explanation:
I think they're called designers, they design the project, ie 'think it out', draw it, and do everything, including architects and engineers functions

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-11-24 16:26:01 GMT)
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They can also be called 'engineering designers" but it will depend on your context.

http://dizionario.reverso.net/spagnolo-inglese/proyectista

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-11-24 16:30:04 GMT)
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in a previous kudoz question (http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/mechanics_mech_... an 'ingeniero proyectista" was also translated as "Design Engineer" - I would simply call it designer here, so that than you can differentiate from 'architects' and 'engineers' which follow in your description
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Mara Ballarini
Italy
Local time: 03:29
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6designer
Mara Ballarini
4draughtsman/draftsman
Eileen Banks
3 -2schemerYasutomo Kanazawa


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
draughtsman/draftsman


Explanation:
A draughtsman or draftsman (the former more often in the UK, the latter more often in the US), also known as a draughtsperson or draftsperson is a person skilled in drawing, either:
drawing for artistic purposes, or
technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering. Many modern draughtsmen use computer aided design (CAD) software to produce drawings. Wikipedia

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 23:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gilla Evans: often called an architectural draughtsman or draughtsperson
7 mins
  -> Thank you very much Gilla :)!
disagree  Laureana Pavon: Un "draughtsman" no es un proyectista, no puede como dice la pregunta "incluir las funciones del arquitecto y del ingeniero" (un "draughtsman" es un dibujante, un proyectista es un ingeniero o un arquitecto)
54 mins
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
schemer


Explanation:
A person who draws plans on paper or CAD for building the house or a building and as a result of this, designers, architects, and engineers are involved.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Local time: 11:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: This sense of the word died out about a hundred years ago. It now has connotations of "plotter" or "conspirator".
38 mins
  -> Did it? I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip anyway.
disagree  Jim Tucker: I think "proyectista" does (also) have this meaning ("complotador") in Spanish, but surely not in this context. It's probably best to avoid bilingual dictionaries if you can.
1 hr
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
designer


Explanation:
I think they're called designers, they design the project, ie 'think it out', draw it, and do everything, including architects and engineers functions

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-11-24 16:26:01 GMT)
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They can also be called 'engineering designers" but it will depend on your context.

http://dizionario.reverso.net/spagnolo-inglese/proyectista

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-11-24 16:30:04 GMT)
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in a previous kudoz question (http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/mechanics_mech_... an 'ingeniero proyectista" was also translated as "Design Engineer" - I would simply call it designer here, so that than you can differentiate from 'architects' and 'engineers' which follow in your description


Mara Ballarini
Italy
Local time: 03:29
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
44 mins
  -> thank you Phil!
agree  Laureana Pavon
54 mins
  -> thank you Laureana!
agree  Ian Jones
2 hrs
  -> thank you Ian!
agree  eski: Most likely :)) eski
4 hrs
  -> thank you eski!
agree  Isabelle17
4 hrs
  -> thank you Isabelle!
agree  K Donnelly
17 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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