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PLAYA DE MANIOBRA DE CAMIONES DE CARGA

English translation: yard


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Spanish term or phrase:PLAYA DE MANIOBRA DE CAMIONES DE CARGA
English translation:yard
Entered by: Marina Lara Petersen
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Spanish term or phrase: PLAYA DE MANIOBRA DE CAMIONES DE CARGA
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Marina Lara Petersen
Argentina
Local time: 17:16
yard
Explanation:
It may not necessarily be a loading dock. It could be a yard where the trucks are loaded with forklifts. The word "yard" when is used in reference to a factory, pretty much covers diverse possibilities

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-02-01 20:10:13 GMT)
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Re: Teju´s answer
park, maneuver, and dock...hmmm. sounds to me like the kind of stuff that goes on in a YARD. The pictures..they look like pictures of a YARD to me too : )
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George Rabel
United States
Local time: 14:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1yard
George Rabel
4Parking area for Receiving Trucks/to load Trucksteju


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Parking area for Receiving Trucks/to load Trucks


Explanation:
I just finished doing a looong translation about warehousing, and this is what a Playa is, it's the whole area where they park, maneuver and dock.

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-02-01 20:00:51 GMT)
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Here are photos of a Playa:

Terminal Puerto San Pedro SA | ARGENTINA - [ Translate this page ]
Playa de Camiones. La empresa dispone de una moderna playa de camiones de 50.000 mts. cuadrados con capacidad para 700 equipos y ...
www.tpsp.com.ar/playacamiones.asp - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Terminal Puerto San Pedro SA | ARGENTINA - [ Translate this page ]
PLAYA DE CAMIONES | Galería de Fotos. ...
www.tpsp.com.ar/fotos_galeria/fotos_playacamiones.asp - 19k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.tpsp.com.ar ]

teju
United States
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
yard


Explanation:
It may not necessarily be a loading dock. It could be a yard where the trucks are loaded with forklifts. The word "yard" when is used in reference to a factory, pretty much covers diverse possibilities

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-02-01 20:10:13 GMT)
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Re: Teju´s answer
park, maneuver, and dock...hmmm. sounds to me like the kind of stuff that goes on in a YARD. The pictures..they look like pictures of a YARD to me too : )

George Rabel
United States
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 50
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agree  John Rynne: short and sweet
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