vehiculo niñera escopolamina

English translation: scopolamine

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Spanish term or phrase:	escopolamina
English translation:	scopolamine
Entered by:	Lynda Tharratt

00:13 Dec 8, 2003

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Spanish term or phrase: vehiculo niñera escopolamina

This is from a Colombian transport document. I believe that it is an armored vehicle that accompanies a convoy but I´m not sure. I need this answer urgently, please help. Cannot find this term anywhere.

Lynda Tharratt KudoZ activity Questions: 103 (1 open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 259
Local time: 14:23

scopolamine sitter vehicle (?)

Explanation:
Lynda,

Escopolamina is a drug, scopolamine, similar in effects to atropine, and used mainly to treat severe motion sickness (sea sickness, mountain road sickness, air sickness).

I'm not sure how "escopolamina" would fit together with "vehículo niñera" (sitter vehicle), unless it refers to the transportation of people with severe motion sickness who are under the effects of scopolamine, whose side effects (in high doses) include psicosis....

In any case, I haven't heard of such a vehicle. Maybe someone from Colombia can enlighten us?.......

Good luck
Elena

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Note added at 2003-12-08 00:45:42 (GMT)
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:::: Sorry: above I meant \"psychosis\" (though I spelled in Spanish).....

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Note added at 2003-12-08 03:18:53 (GMT) Post-grading
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Lynda, thanks for the kudoz and for the clarification! The term \"vehículo niñera escopolamina\" certainly had me puzzled. I\'m glad to know there was a missing comma. Tx :-))

Elena

Selected response from:

Elena Sgarbo (X)

Grading comment

Thanks for the answer. It never occurred to me that it could be the name of a pharmaceutical. I just realized that there is a comma missing in the document and so the crime was the robbery of an escort vehicle using scopalamine to drug the driver. Hate translating police reports, alway full of errors :) Thanks again.
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Summary of answers provided

infantile scopolamine vehicle

Katerina Kallitsi

scopolamine sitter vehicle (?)

Elena Sgarbo (X)

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30 mins confidence:

scopolamine sitter vehicle (?)

Elena Sgarbo (X)
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3539

Grading comment

58 mins confidence:

infantile scopolamine vehicle

Explanation:
I guess it is a medical not transport context. So, vehicle here is the vector

Katerina Kallitsi
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in pair: 158

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