Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
poner a punto
English translation:
refine, fine tune, perfect,
Added to glossary by
Lia Fail (X)
May 11, 2002 21:39
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term
poner a punto
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
TEXTILES (HISTORY)
la variada estructura productiva del sector abría la posibilidad de adoptar distintos tipos de tecnología ****en el momento en que la industria mundial los pusiera a punto.
I cannot think of a nice way to say this.
...as soon as industry ...?
I cannot think of a nice way to say this.
...as soon as industry ...?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | fine tune |
RSI EN-ES (AA)
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| 4 +5 | could make them available |
Maria
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| 5 | ...would release them... |
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
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| 4 | puts them in place |
jerryk (X)
|
| 4 | puts them in place |
jerryk (X)
|
| 4 | set them to work |
two2tango
|
Proposed translations
+1
2 mins
RSI EN-ES (AA)
Other
Other
Native in Spanish
&
English
Other
Rem tene, verba sequentur
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
221
Selected
fine tune
might be one way.
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Note added at 2002-05-11 21:44:08 (GMT)
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make ready
adjust
are other options.
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Note added at 2002-05-11 21:44:08 (GMT)
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make ready
adjust
are other options.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great, I have used refine, perfect, etc but it comes up a lot and I needed alternatives, thanks!"
3 mins
puts them in place
Seems fairly simple.
15 mins
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Native in Spanish
Ready Comprehensive 30 year experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
552
19 mins
puts them in place
A fairly common way to describing the process of applying new procedures or technologies, and consistent with the Spanish.
+5
21 mins
could make them available
at the time the world industry could make them available.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
jmf (X)
7 mins
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| agree |
Andrea Bullrich
: :-)))
11 mins
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| agree |
MJ Barber
1 hr
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| agree |
Valeria Verona
1 hr
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| agree |
Massimo Gaido
1 hr
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2 hrs
set them to work
at the time the world industry could set them to work.
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