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p.p de medios auxiliares

English translation: proportional amount of auxiliary equipment/resources

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Spanish term or phrase:p.p de medios auxiliares
English translation:proportional amount of auxiliary equipment/resources
Entered by: Nikki Graham

12:56 Jul 21, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: p.p de medios auxiliares
Context: Excavación en zanjas en terrenos de consistencia
media/blanda, por medios mecánicos, incluso con
agotamiento de aguas, con extracción de tierras sin carga ni
transporte a vertedero y con p.p de medios auxiliares
Ben Curtis
proportional amount of auxiliary equipment
Explanation:
p.p. = parte proporcional

I have just looked up p.p. in the glossaries (I knew it was there at least once). Below are the results:

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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/420576

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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:49
Grading comment
thanks
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4 +4proportional amount of auxiliary equipment
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proportional amount of auxiliary equipment


Explanation:
p.p. = parte proporcional

I have just looked up p.p. in the glossaries (I knew it was there at least once). Below are the results:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/26414

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/420576

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/574245


Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 1726
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MPGS: / auxiliary resources (may also be materials or labor eg cleaning-up) :) ... :)
35 mins
  -> yes, I suppose so, although in my experience the "medios" has been equipment (usually obvious from rest of context)
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez
3 hrs
agree  Philippe Maillard
9 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 2 hrs
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