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English translation: to open for business with N bedspaces

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Spanish term or phrase:	comenzar a operar N camas
English translation:	to open for business with N bedspaces
Entered by:	Deborah Lockett

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23:07 Apr 12, 2010

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Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: operar cuarenta camas

Finalmente en enero del año 1983 comienza la construcción del centro de ski y con gran esfuerzo y trabajo duro ese mismo año comienzan a **operar 400 camas** distribuidas en tres hoteles.

¿Cómo se dice ésto en idioma "turístico"?
Gracias desde ya por su ayuda.
Claudia

claudia bagnardi KudoZ activity Questions: 721 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 1171
Local time: 16:16

our operation/the company/we opened for business with XXX bedspaces spread between 3 hotels

Explanation:
it sounds like the operation was opening for business (to the public) for the first time

Selected response from:

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 20:16

Grading comment

Thanks Deborah! I really liked your version. And many thanks to everyone out there! Caludia
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

operations with 400 (40?) beds

Henry Hinds

bed capacity: 40

Rosa Paredes

3 +2

our operation/the company/we opened for business with XXX bedspaces spread between 3 hotels

Deborah Lockett

400 beds will (then) be available for booking

Beatriz Candil Garcia

from this very year on we'll start operating with 400 beds distributed between 3 hotels.

imatahan

We will open 40 rooms...

manuel seixo

400 beds became operational

James A. Walsh

400 beds begin/began to be available

margaret caulfield

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

operations with 400 (40?) beds

Explanation:
ese mismo año comienzan a operar 400 camas distribuidas en tres hoteles.
that same year they started operations with 400 (40?) beds in three hotels

Henry Hinds
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 173

10 mins confidence:

400 beds begin/began to be available

Explanation:
The tense depends on which tense you choose to do the translation in, considering they're talking about 1983. Even so, sometimes, both in English and Spanish, both tenses can be used as long as they're consisten throughout the text.

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-04-12 23:18:52 GMT)
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I meant "consistent".

margaret caulfield
Local time: 21:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Margaret! As it is an advertising text, it uses the historic present. Thanks for your input! Claudia

21 mins confidence:

400 beds will (then) be available for booking

Explanation:
I would say "available for booking", either beds or rooms, is the standard hotel jargon used - at least what I use when I work with it. Hope this helps, please see examples and also:

www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/scotland/edinburgh/3716

We have 30 beds available in single, double and shared rooms, so "Rivendell" is ideal for ...
www.rivendellguesthouse.fi/accomodation.htm

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Note added at 22 mins (2010-04-12 23:30:20 GMT)
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Or beds/rooms available for booking that same year....

Something along those lines...I think what u need to use is either beds or rooms + available (for booking)

Example sentence(s):

The other two are available for booking by guest groups
We currently have 4 apartments with beds available for us to rent out and will fill one

Reference: http://www.mnrc.org.uk/bookings.htm
Reference: http://www.ski-beds.com/index.php?pg=accomodation

Beatriz Candil Garcia
Local time: 21:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

1 hr confidence:

operar cuatrocientos camas 400 beds became operational

Explanation:
I'm guesstimating here with the 40/400 mystery...

Suerte :)

Example sentence(s):

Finalmente en enero del año 1983 comienza la construcción del centro de ski y con gran esfuerzo y trabajo duro ese mismo año comienzan a operar 400 camas distribuidas en tres hoteles.
In January of 1983 works finally began on the construction of the ski resort, and with a great deal of effort and hard work, 400 beds became operational in three hotels that very year.

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 21:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 31

2 hrs confidence:

bed capacity: 40

Explanation:
O variaciones de lo mismo.Suerte!

Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 12:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

our operation/the company/we opened for business with XXX bedspaces spread between 3 hotels

Explanation:
it sounds like the operation was opening for business (to the public) for the first time

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 20:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 155

Grading comment

Thanks Deborah! I really liked your version. And many thanks to everyone out there! Caludia

6 hrs confidence:

from this very year on we'll start operating with 400 beds distributed between 3 hotels.

Explanation:
sugg.

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 16:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 day14 hrs confidence:

We will open 40 rooms...

Explanation:
It has to be translated to what it means in English. Rooms not beds.

manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 04:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

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Changes made by editors

Apr 14, 2010 - Changes made by Deborah Lockett:
Edited KOG entry	Deborah Lockett's old entry - "comenzar a operar N camas" => "to open for business with N bedspaces"
Apr 14, 2010 - Changes made by Deborah Lockett:
Edited KOG entry	claudia bagnardi's old entry - "operar cuarenta camas" => "our operation/the company/we opened for business with XXX bedspaces spread between 3 hotels"

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