Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

con o sin tensión

English translation:

power on/off

Added to glossary by William Pairman
May 1, 2008 08:11
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

con o sin tensión

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
Talking about inspecting turbines for maintenance

La comprobación y/o apriete de los terminales, se puede realizar con o sin tensión, pero es recomendable hacerlo sin tensión.

How do you express this neatly - the best I can do so far is "at or without voltage?" which is no good really :o/
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 power on/off
4 live or dead

Proposed translations

+6
18 mins
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power on/off

another approach

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Note added at 18 mins (2008-05-01 08:29:51 GMT)
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energised - de-energised

Live or dead sounds like a "Wanted" poster !
Peer comment(s):

agree Nikki Graham : I was just about to say switched on or off
1 min
agree Daniel Parra : "Switched on" of course has another connotation.
2 hrs
agree Rebecca Hendry
2 hrs
agree RichardDeegan
3 hrs
agree Egmont
4 hrs
agree e_cuesta
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks, thats perfect!"
16 mins

live or dead

imho

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Note added at 23 mins (2008-05-01 08:34:28 GMT)
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Note added at 24 mins (2008-05-01 08:36:02 GMT)
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