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operating or operational

English translation: operating power


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Spanish term or phrase:operating or operational
English translation:operating power
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23:09 Dec 12, 2011
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Science - Energy / Power Generation
Spanish term or phrase: operating or operational
Greetings everyone!

I'm translating a text for my scientific translation class where I found this sentence "potencia eléctrica total instalada operativa a 1/12/2000." The text is about energy power produced by power plants, and this particular sentence stands for a list with the total energy power/ourput at that date.
I assume the last thing is a date, then my question is, how can I express "operativo a (date)" in this case? I thought operating would be a nice one but then my research brought me there, where I found a few posts with the same question but not in the same context. I'd like to know what it indeed more suitable "operating", "operational" or whatever a more especialized translator thinks.

Thank you all in advance, your work is awesome!
Aixalma
Local time: 04:01
operating power
Explanation:
Total installed operating electric power "as of" 01/12/2010.

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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 21:01
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4operating power
Giovanni Rengifo
4 +2operational as of (date)peninsular
4operationalkarencv
3operative
Alex Lago


Discussion entries: 3





  

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operativo
operative


Explanation:
Operative would be the correct term in my opinion.

Operating is not correct as operative means it can operate not that it is in actual operation. Operational could be a possible choice as it means something that is ready for use.

However if you look at the definitions of operativo in Spanish and operative in English in the links I included, they match almost perfectly.


    Reference: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=ope...
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=operative&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&a...
Alex Lago
Spain
Local time: 04:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tom2004: so how do you answer the question: "operativo a (date)" ?
21 mins
  -> operative on 12/01/2000 if us date format

neutral  Rosa Paredes: hard to tell without context
1 day4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
operational


Explanation:
En merriam-webster on-line:
operating(adj): of, relating to, or used for or in operations <operating expenses> <a hospital operating room>
operational (adj): 3 b : ready for or in condition to undertake a destined function


Example sentence(s):
  • The new airport should be fully operational by next year, taken from merriam-webster URL (see below)

    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operational?show=0...
karencv
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
operating
operating power


Explanation:
Total installed operating electric power "as of" 01/12/2010.



Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 21:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 148
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I think you're right
16 mins

agree  Tom2004: most certainly in agreement with "as of" (well, the first part too!)
1 hr

agree  bigedsenior
17 hrs

agree  Gabriella Bertelmann: agree
18 hrs

neutral  Rosa Paredes: how can you tell without context?
1 day4 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
operational as of (date)


Explanation:
installed electric net capacity operational as of 1/12/2000

peninsular
Local time: 07:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara L Pavlik
13 mins
  -> Thanks

neutral  Rosa Paredes: No way to know without context
21 hrs

agree  Giles Bickford
23 hrs
  -> Thanks
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