holguras de las actividades

English translation: Scope of the activities

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Spanish term or phrase:holguras de las actividades
English translation:Scope of the activities
Entered by: Camara

04:17 Sep 4, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: holguras de las actividades
This is from a document about project programming for a power station.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sarah Brenchley
Local time: 16:54
Scope of the activities
Explanation:
"holgura" = "allowance, clearing". My suggested translation in this context is: scope.
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Boudewijn van Milligen
Local time: 16:54
Grading comment
Thanks for your help. I did add more context but it doesn't seem to have got posted. In the end I went for allowance.
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Summary of answers provided
na +1Slackness in activities
FJPN
naScope of the activities
Boudewijn van Milligen
naalternation of activities?
Parrot


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Scope of the activities


Explanation:
"holgura" = "allowance, clearing". My suggested translation in this context is: scope.


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Boudewijn van Milligen
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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Thanks for your help. I did add more context but it doesn't seem to have got posted. In the end I went for allowance.
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11 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Slackness in activities


Explanation:
From the very little information you provide I gather they are refering to the periods of time when the the power plant is not running at full load. Hope this helps. Good luck!

FJPN
Spain
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Spanish
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agree  Jorge Alvarez Spencer: This seems to be right
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5 hrs
alternation of activities?


Explanation:
This is a reading. As you can see, your question gives too much leeway for interpretation.

Parrot
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Native speaker of: English
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