bay

20:29 Aug 25, 2004

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: bay

¿Qué podría ser "bay" en un hotel? Aparece un listado con tipo de habitación por un lado y "keys" and "bays" por otro.

Keys Keys Bays
Double Double 24 29
Kings 36 54
added rooms 16 15
Suite 12 24
Exec Floor King 2 8
Presidential Suite 2 12
Cualquier idea será bienvenida.

Silvia Calderón KudoZ activity Questions: 109 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 470 Argentina
Local time: 10:52

English translation:bahía

Explanation:
se trata, me parece, de la indicación de la locación. Aqui se habla de vista sobre la bahía (y del otro lado se trata de vista a los cayos)

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SwissTell
United States
Local time: 08:52

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

bahía

SwissTell

terraza cerrada

biblios

alcove ???

Deborah Workman

zona de aparcamiento

Penelope Ausejo

parking space

Tom2004

bay window???

Baadshah

Discussion entries: 7

Answers

3 mins confidence:

zona de aparcamiento

Explanation:
una idea...

Penelope Ausejo
Spain
Local time: 14:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

bay window???

Explanation:
not at all sure, and its too late at night to work out if its a feasible suggestion in terms of how many windows each type of room ought to have!!

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Note added at 1 hr 30 mins (2004-08-25 22:00:29 GMT)
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my dictionary translates it as a ventana salediza

Baadshah
France
Local time: 14:52
Native speaker of:

English

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

bahía

Explanation:
se trata, me parece, de la indicación de la locación. Aqui se habla de vista sobre la bahía (y del otro lado se trata de vista a los cayos)

SwissTell
United States
Local time: 08:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 23

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Lucinda: Creo que es esto; con vista sobre la bahía

7 mins

-> gracias, Lucinda, así lo creo también

agree

Baadshah: could be- keys meaning islands. is the hotel in florida??

10 mins

-> thanks Rusto. Keys - cayos (dune islands really) are not only here in Florida, where I live, but also in the other Gulf of Mexico States y en las BAHAMAS

agree

AnaAngelica Amador: No sólo las describe por la vista, sino por las actividades diferentes que se hacen en la bahía (donde hay playas tranquilas) o en los cayos o penínsulas (donde hay olas fuertes buenas para surfing, etc.)

50 mins

-> gracias, AnaAngelica

neutral

Tom2004: well sounds good but how does it work exactly? 2 presidentia suites overlooking the islands and 12 presidential suites overlooking the bays! or, well, you explain it, PLEASE!

2 hrs

-> I don't have to explain anything. I do not know the hotel's layout but it is possible that most of the suites overlook the water rather than the land. And why would anybody make a big advertising story out of parking spaces (unless you're in Japan)?

agree

Cecilia Fraga: si, creo q asi es. Suerte!!

5 days

6 hrs confidence:

alcove ???

Explanation:
A recessed area, where one might choose to put, say, a bed or a dresser or a small sitting area. Maybe it has do to with flexibility/modularity of how the rooms can be configured/furnished?

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Note added at 6 hrs 1 min (2004-08-26 02:31:52 GMT)
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On second thought, maybe not. The numbers don\'t seem to work out.

Deborah Workman
United States
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

50 mins confidence:

parking space

Explanation:
maybe I am gullible for buying into pepis' answer but it does seem "kind of" feasible to me, ie. 2 presidential suites each with its own key and with 6 parking spaces available for each one. (Consider the possible number of required spaces for a presidential entourage) Two executive floor king-size rooms each with 4 available parking spots (Admittedly a bit much but maybe guests?) Twelve regular suites with 2 available parking spots.... etc. [Note my level of confidence... I'll be interested in seeing the correct answer!]

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Note added at 7 hrs 35 mins (2004-08-26 04:05:14 GMT)
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I am beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, \"bays\" is a reference to available structural space within the hotel. There is nothing in the context to indicate that this is \"advertising\" in a post-construction sense. Maybe it is pre-construction. Maybe the hotel space is easier to contemplate if the total space of the hotel (let\'s say 100,000 sq. ft.)is deemed to be (for example) 500 bays. Then with 2 keys to Presidentials (that is to say 2 Presidential suites) each would occupy 6 bays of space. The executive floor kings would occupy 8 ÷ 2 = 4 bays of space; suites 24 ÷ 12 = 2 bays of space, etc.

Admittedly a long shot! But at least it gets the numbers going (sort of!)

If Asker could provide a few more clues, it might help!

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Note added at 16 hrs 54 mins (2004-08-26 13:24:21 GMT)
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\"Bay\" appears to be a term used in construction as per the following:

http://www.911review.org/Wget/www.nerdcities.com/guardian/wt... The column grid for the building consisted of approximately twelve 26-foot-wide bays in the north-south direction with non-typical bays at the south end of the building and at the location of the plan angle change. In the east-west direction, there were three bays with column spacings of 18 feet 9-7/8 inches, 22 feet 6 inches, and 18 feet 9-3/4 inches.

http://www.qmfound.com/construction_index.htm It is assumed that buildings constructed will be of the cantonment type in use during the World War. Modifications to suit a peculiarity of the building site are determined in the field. In designing these buildings standard commercial lengths of lumber are used, hence widths for one story buildings are 20 feet, with seven foot bays, and widths of 30 to 42 feet, with bays of 8 or 10 feet in the case of two story buildings. Doors are 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 8 inches. The standard sash of six, l0x15 inch lights is used.

http://www.foam-tech.com/theory/noise_reduction.htm Urethane foam also has the flexibility to be injected into, or spray-applied onto the surfaces in sound isolation bays of stud walls and between the joists of floors and ceilings.

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC/nyc3b.html The massive 54-storey building of black steel and darkened glass rises to 226.5 m over Broadway. The main client, U.S. Steel, wanted to use steel-structures in a clearly visible way also on the facade, and thus there are 2-meter deep steel girders (covered in a fire-protection of another layer of steel) as heavy-weight spandrels, spanning the 15-meter bays. The structure results in large floorplates of 3,700 m².

http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/caut/html/SBC/front.htm Slab spans one-way from the core to the perimeter columns. A shallow perimeter beam was used to smooth out the variations of the faceted facade. The slab extends beyond this form the cantilevered bays between columns.

http://enr.construction.com/features/buildings/archives/0301... The building\'s frame is mostly 50-ksi steel with composite metal decking. Typical 90-ft-sq bays are supported by trusses up to 14 ft deep and built-up column sections. Exhibit floors are designed for 350 psf of live load. Upper exhibit hall roof trusses, 10 ft apart, are arched and span 180 ft. Ballroom bowstring trusses also span 180 ft and are 20 ft deep.

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Note added at 17 hrs 52 mins (2004-08-26 14:22:32 GMT)
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By the way, about the word \"keys\". In my opinion, they are not talking about islands, peninsulas, or even keys in the real sense of the word, ie. the physical key used to get in the room. I think, perhaps, key is being used in a metaphorical sense here to indicate the number of units of each particular type. That is to say, Presidential suite, 2 keys, means 2 units of that type of unit. Exec floor suite, 2 keys, means 2 units of that type. Suites, 12 keys, means 12 units of that type, etc. Just another thought...

Tom2004
Local time: 08:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

22 hrs confidence:

terraza cerrada

Explanation:
Me parece que se refiere a un espacio cerrado, con ventanales que se proyectan hacia afuera y que tiene una vista del paisaje privilegiada.
Espero sea lo que necesitas :)

Reference: http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/vocab.html

biblios
Chile

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