Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Association with skilled professionals
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Costa Rican, Dominican, Argentine, Salvadoran, Puerto Rican, Nicaraguan, US, Ecuadorian , Cuban, Mexican, Paraguayan, Standard-Spain, Honduran, Colombian, Canarian, Uruguayan, Guatemalan, Latin American, Panamanian, Peruvian, Rioplatense, Chilean, Bolivian, Venezuelan) 
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roofing
they face similar challenges, and depend on teamwork to reach their goals
Cómo traducirían roofing? como techado?????
| 4 | techador |
George Rabel
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| 5 | (el) hacer el tejado / (el) hacer el techo |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 | techar |
Juan Martín Fernández Rowda
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Proposed translations
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
techador
I would rephrase as follows:
De diversas maneras, aunque las profesiones de corredor de autos y techador son completamente differentes, ambas encaran retos similares y dependen del trabajo en equipo para alcanzar sus objetivos.
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
(el) hacer el tejado / (el) hacer el techo
roofing / "ru:fIN / n [u]
a (task): to do the roofing hacer* el tejado or (esp AmL) el techo
b (roof) techumbre f, tejado m, techo m (esp AmL)
c (materials) materiales mpl para techar
Hola Silvina, gusto de verte.
Mike :)
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Note added at 3 mins (2003-12-10 20:27:11 GMT)
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When putting on a roof or in certain types of racing (crew, for example), teamwork is necessary. The asphalt cannot be poured on the roof until the material is there and everyone is in place to put it down, etc.
United States
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Native in: Spanish
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techar
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cebice
: En España se dice tejado para la parte de fuera y techo para la parte dentro de la casa
1 hr
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