Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Sirena ecológica
English translation:
Decibel-controlled siren
Added to glossary by
James A. Walsh
Feb 11, 2010 13:23
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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A cut above the rest in translation...
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Sirena ecológica
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Spanish Royal Decree (Ambulance Regulation)
I wonder if anyone can help me shed some light on this term. It's from a regulation for the technical specifications for ambulances in Spain. My understanding of "ecológica" in this context is that the siren must be "environmentally friendly" somehow, i.e., it doesn't deafen people basically, and should be quiter at night time.
Here's the context:
"1.2. Señalización luminosa y acústica.
Señalización luminosa y acústica de preferencia de paso ajustada a lo dispuesto por la normativa vigente. Señales acústicas de prioridad con regulador de potencia generador de al menos 3 tonos y equipo de megafonía incorporado con altavoz de al menos 35 vatios de potencia localizado en la parte anterior del techo del vehículo. Sirena ecológica de día y noche."
Obviously "environmentally friendly" or "eco-friendly" don't work in this context...
Any ideas anyone? Many thanks in advance.
Here's the context:
"1.2. Señalización luminosa y acústica.
Señalización luminosa y acústica de preferencia de paso ajustada a lo dispuesto por la normativa vigente. Señales acústicas de prioridad con regulador de potencia generador de al menos 3 tonos y equipo de megafonía incorporado con altavoz de al menos 35 vatios de potencia localizado en la parte anterior del techo del vehículo. Sirena ecológica de día y noche."
Obviously "environmentally friendly" or "eco-friendly" don't work in this context...
Any ideas anyone? Many thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | decibel friendly |
John Marais
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| 4 +3 | eco - friendly sirens |
Constantinos Faridis (X)
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| 3 +1 | Ecological siren |
T o b i a s
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| 3 | sirens which will not cause noise pollution |
John Marais
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Proposed translations
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42 mins
Selected
decibel friendly
how about that one?
Note from asker:
| Thanks again John. Ha, this gave me a chuckle too :)) Might be a bit too jovial for a Decree though. I love your idea of introducing 'decibel' into the rendition. I'm getting fairly reasonable hits for 'decibel-controlled', so might go for that... Cheers. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
neilmac
: Could be seen as taking the jollity it a bit too far but again, why not?
53 mins
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Cheers John, I went for "decibel-controlled" in the end, after speaking to the client, who agreed it made the most sense."
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9 mins
eco - friendly sirens
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Note from asker:
| I'm sorry, but I fail to see how a sound can be "eco-friendly" or "environmentally friendly" or "ecological" in any way... Most of your links don't work, and I'm not even remotely convinced of this answer, regardless of what others might think. Thanks. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
José Patrício
: http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&q= eco siren&btnG=Pesqu...
3 mins
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thank you so much
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| agree |
neilmac
: The asker doesn't like it but I don't see why not. Nowadays almost everything can be "ecological". It's not our job to improve client content.
1 hr
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thanks
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| agree |
eski
: Nice: I used to work in the Coral Gables Zoning department & I think your answer's right on. eski
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thaks
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14 mins
sirens which will not cause noise pollution
Damn, I was hoping for something about mermaids when I opened the topic.
Note from asker:
| Haha, I wish!! I'd much prefer to be translating something about mermaids than this godforsaken Decree! Thanks, John :) |
+1
26 mins
Ecological siren
"Ecological siren" accurately captures the full breadth of the meaninglessness of the original.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Tobias. Yep, this is just one term from a 16k+ word Royal Decree, which the authors seem to have invented their very own language for! Totally agree, it's a term that is completely meaningless... however, I needed to make it, somehow, meaningful in English, as it's for Brussels... I was tempted to just put "ecological", but just couldn't bring myself to! |
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