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tartán

English translation: Tartan®


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Spanish term or phrase:tartán
English translation:Tartan®
Entered by: Kathleen Misson
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15:20 Nov 24, 2011
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Spanish term or phrase: tartán
Pista atletismo: ejecutada de tartán, con un campo de fútbol en su interior, y todas las instalaciones deportivas necesarias para el desarrollo de los deportes que en ella se llevan a cabo.

Appears in a document for a construction company that builds sports facilities.
Kathleen Misson
Local time: 07:42
tartan
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_track

Tartan Track is the trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane which is used for track and field competitions. It lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss (as opposed to running in what turns into mud) and improves their results over other surfaces. It also provides a more consistent surface for competition even under optimum weather. Such tracks have become the standard for most elite competitions. Because the "Tartan" brand name was the first and was widely successful in its time, the name Tartan has incorrectly become a genericized trademark for an all-weather running track.
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Andrés Martínez
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Local time: 07:42
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4 +4tartan
Andrés Martínez
5syntheticGreg Ahlswede


  

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tartan


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_track

Tartan Track is the trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane which is used for track and field competitions. It lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss (as opposed to running in what turns into mud) and improves their results over other surfaces. It also provides a more consistent surface for competition even under optimum weather. Such tracks have become the standard for most elite competitions. Because the "Tartan" brand name was the first and was widely successful in its time, the name Tartan has incorrectly become a genericized trademark for an all-weather running track.

Andrés Martínez
Spain
Local time: 07:42
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Thank you all for your help!
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Goldsmith
1 min
  -> Thanks Emma.
agree  Suzanne Donnelly
4 mins
  -> Thanks Suzanne.
agree  Charles Davis: Maybe better to say "with an all-weather surface" for "de tartán"; the term "tartan" is becoming outdated.
5 mins
  -> Thanks Charles.
agree  Christine Walsh: Agree with Charles too
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Christine.
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synthetic


Explanation:
Through all of my career as an athlete in track and field I have heard synthetic tracks as an equivalent to Tartan. It's true that the Tartan brand name has become essentially a name for all tracks of this type but it's possible that the construction company won't use Tartan for the track. There are other companies which create tracks, such as Mondo, which is supplying for the 2012 Olympics.


    Reference: http://www.mondoworldwide.com/index_am_en.cfm
Greg Ahlswede
Local time: 01:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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