ubicar

English translation: locate

12:32 Mar 31, 2004

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / Zoology, species determination

Spanish term or phrase: ubicar

Here's the context, from one scientist to another (no se dice dónde se ubica): "Por este motivo no me ha parecido oportuna su pretensión de **ubicar** la lista de Odonatos de [país/región] de nuestras colecciones no sólo porque [está pendiente la publicación del estudio] sino además porque me ha sorprendido comprobar que en su visita al Museo apenas ha identificado el material, o al menos no constan las etiquetas suyas de determinación. De más de 1500 ejemplares y unas 80 especies de la colección, sólo he visto 65 ejemplares (26 especies) con etiqueta de identificación ..."

Parrot KudoZ activity Questions: 1398 (2 open) (8 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 10565 Spain
Local time: 05:19

English translation:locate

Explanation:
there must me no other hidden meaning here;

I am an entomologist myself; he is referring to dragonflies (order Odonata). When an insect is collected, by a scientist, student, or a plain amateur, there are three things that must go on the mandatory label, attached to the pin:

1. date
2. location
3. collector's name

The list here must be located, i.e., it must be referred to geographically:

Odonata from such and such region, based on the labels of each individual specimen in the collection.

Different lists based on insects from different regions could be produced then.

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Note added at 2004-03-31 13:10:09 (GMT)
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sorry, there must BE no other hidden meaning...

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Note added at 2004-03-31 13:21:42 (GMT)
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I do not see how \"ubicar\" should be translated as publish here, unless the author was tripping on words, which IS a possibility. But you\'re right, had he used \"publicar\", the whole paragraph would make a lot of sense. Are you sure this was written by a native Spanish speaker?

Selected response from:

Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 21:19

Grading comment

No, it was "publicar". After about 3 kudoZ questions I began to see it wasn't the scientist's obscure language, it his obscure penmanship and the secretary who was typing things she didn't quite understand and making all sorts of typos (see my other recent questions on non-existent Latin genera and species). Thanks for so much effort.
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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

locate

Henrique Serra

classify/identify

Sandy T

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

13 mins confidence:

classify/identify

Explanation:
Tambien podria ser simplemente 'place the list..'

Sandy T
United States
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

locate

Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 21:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

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