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Ensayos de precisión de los vidrios antes de espejar

English translation: polishing


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Spanish term or phrase:espejar
English translation:polishing
Entered by: Clifford Schisler
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16:43 Nov 7, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Solar Power
Spanish term or phrase: Ensayos de precisión de los vidrios antes de espejar
Ensayos de precisión de curvatura al 100% de los vidrios antes de espejar.
I have problem with ESPEJAR, this is in the context of testing the MIRRORS used for solar thermal stations.
Clifford Schisler
Local time: 22:13
polishing
Explanation:
espejeante means gleaming, glistening

http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/espejar

so 'Precision tests of the glass before polishing' could well make sense here

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Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2009-11-10 14:27:40 GMT) Post-grading
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a pleasure, Clifford
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Simon Harris
Spain
Local time: 02:13
Grading comment
Thanks Simon, your input was helful and I used it on this occasion.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2polishing
Simon Harris
3oprating the mirrors / mirror operation
Jessica Noyes
Summary of reference entries provided
liz askew

  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
oprating the mirrors / mirror operation


Explanation:
The lenses in the mirrors would need to be tested before they could function in their role of focusing light to provide heat for power production.

Jessica Noyes
United States
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
polishing


Explanation:
espejeante means gleaming, glistening

http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/espejar

so 'Precision tests of the glass before polishing' could well make sense here

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Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2009-11-10 14:27:40 GMT) Post-grading
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a pleasure, Clifford

Simon Harris
Spain
Local time: 02:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Simon, your input was helful and I used it on this occasion.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew
3 mins
  -> Thanks, liz!

agree  Wendy Petzall
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, wm!
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17 mins
Reference

Reference information:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H3otAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA389&lpg...

= to clean/polish


PROCURAR. (Del lat. procurare.) tr. Hacer diligencias o esfuerzos para lograr lo que se desea. II Ejercer el oficio de procurador. II Amér. Proporcionar, producir, causar. II r. Chile. Apresurarse.





http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:8ZMPsr1eZRkJ:www.iisg.n...


http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&safe=off&q=precision tests on...



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Note added at 18 mins (2009-11-07 17:01:54 GMT)
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sorry
ignore second ref. about "procurar"...seems to have crept in from another query I was researching!

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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