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English translation: skilled labourers / workers

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Spanish term or phrase:	gremios
English translation:	skilled labourers / workers
Entered by:	Comunican

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14:51 Sep 14, 2007

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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering

Spanish term or phrase: gremios

here is another of those tricky words that does not - in this case - mean what all the dictionaries say that it means! Here, it is not guilds or unions or professions (or at least, I don't think it is)
I am pretty sure that it refers to skilled tradespeople - like plumbers, electricians etc - something between labourers and professionals... but what would be the right word in the following context:
• "se estudia el documento proyecto, divide la obra en unidades controlables, agrupa unidades de obra, analiza los gremios del mercado y realiza los comparativos necesarios y suficientes"
Thanks!

Comunican KudoZ activity Questions: 988 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (98 closed without grading) Answers: 136 United Kingdom
Local time: 13:30

skilled labourers / workers

Explanation:
used in this type of searching for specialized workers

Selected response from:

Enrique Huber
Mexico
Local time: 07:30

Grading comment

skilled workers covers it for me - many thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

trades

Margarita Palatnik

5 +1

trades

Henry Hinds

trades and crafts groups

trnet

4 +1

(market) sectors

aceavila - Noni

skilled labourers / workers

Enrique Huber

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

trades

Explanation:
analiza los gremios = analysis is made of trades in the market

Aquí usaría yo "trades".

Henry Hinds
Local time: 06:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 732

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

trades

Explanation:
different trades involved in the project

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-09-14 15:00:30 GMT)
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by trades I mean the carpenter, the welder, the brick-layer, ACHV technicians, etc...

Margarita Palatnik
Local time: 11:30
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(market) sectors

Explanation:
It´s still quite close to the original contextual meaning - businesses working in the same area

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-09-14 15:09:33 GMT)
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Or, pondering over Henry and Margarita´s contribs, maybe even *trade sectors"...

aceavila - Noni
Local time: 14:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 125

26 mins confidence:

trades and crafts groups

Explanation:
The way it is phrased, it means the trades and crafts that will be needed for the project, and there is a very strong correlation here with "trade unions" (sindicatos).

trnet
Local time: 13:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 152

3 days51 mins confidence:

skilled labourers / workers

Explanation:
used in this type of searching for specialized workers

Enrique Huber
Mexico
Local time: 07:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 19

Grading comment

skilled workers covers it for me - many thanks

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