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frente de "mordaza"

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18:50 Mar 21, 2000
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: frente de "mordaza"
Contexto: Procedimientos para la realización de ensayos de maquinabilidad.
El párrafo es el siguiente:... "se carga la barra, la cual debe asomar del frente de mordaza aproximadamente 21 mm".
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Explanation:
More machinability testing, eh? <grin> This one is fairly straightforward, with two options for idiomatic English, depending on the context. If the rest of the Spanish text is descriptive, I'd suggest "the bar is loaded in such a way that it extends approximately 21 mm beyond the front of the clamp." If the Spanish is written in the form of a set of instructions, the imperative form would be more appropriate: "Load the bar so that it extends approximately 21 mm beyond the front of the clamp." (The most literal rendering -- "the bar is loaded, which must extend..." -- is very clumsy in English.) Best regards, H.C.
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Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 15:15
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Thank you HC for everything. Again your explanation has been very clarifying. Next time I will try something else.
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Explanation:
More machinability testing, eh? <grin> This one is fairly straightforward, with two options for idiomatic English, depending on the context. If the rest of the Spanish text is descriptive, I'd suggest "the bar is loaded in such a way that it extends approximately 21 mm beyond the front of the clamp." If the Spanish is written in the form of a set of instructions, the imperative form would be more appropriate: "Load the bar so that it extends approximately 21 mm beyond the front of the clamp." (The most literal rendering -- "the bar is loaded, which must extend..." -- is very clumsy in English.) Best regards, H.C.


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Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 15:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 843
Grading comment
Thank you HC for everything. Again your explanation has been very clarifying. Next time I will try something else.
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