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canería

English translation: cannery


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:canería
English translation:cannery
Entered by: Jenni Lukac
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16:52 Jan 27, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Business/Commerce (general) / place of work with vegetables
Spanish term or phrase: canería
the context says: estaba sorteando zanahorias en la linea, trabajo en una caneria.
Gladys McKernan
Local time: 01:13
cannery
Explanation:
Educated guess.
Selected response from:

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:13
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3cannery
Jenni Lukac
3 +2canning factory
Simon Bruni
3 +2cannery
Paul García


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cannery


Explanation:
Educated guess.

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 111
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steven Huddleston
10 mins
  -> Thanks, Steven.
agree  Simon Bruni
1 hr
  -> Cheers and thanks, Simon.
agree  neilmac: Spanglish. As any fule kno.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil. There are many people in Spain who don't know what a plomero does.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cannery


Explanation:
bueno, si no es "cañería" será el spanglish de "cannery", ¿no?

Paul García
United States
Local time: 01:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steven Huddleston
7 mins
  -> Thank you, Steven.
agree  neilmac: "We eat what we can, and what we can't, we can."
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil; humor's good medicine...
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
canning factory


Explanation:
Must be a calque from English

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: As in Steinbeck
16 hrs
  -> Cheers Neil
agree  Agnes Grand Fay
22 hrs
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PRO / non-PRO		Non-PRO (2): gallagy2, AllegroTrans


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Changes made by editors
Feb 10 - Changes made by Jenni Lukac:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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