Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
planchado de autos
English translation:
bodywork
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Dec 28, 2010 00:00
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Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
planchado de autos
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
car repair
It is a letter specifying the services provided: car repair, "planchado de autos", this means repairing the body of the car that has had an accident, and making it "flat" so that it can be painted.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | bodywork |
Reed James
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| 2 +1 | panel beating / auto body repairs |
Charles Davis
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bodywork
A slightly more general term in English, but it fits the bill. Does the target audience need to know that the damaged part of the car body was flattened out and bent back into shape? If necessary you could add: (flattening out dents) or something along those lines.
Here is the definition for bodywork:
Wordnet: "the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies"
Here is the definition for bodywork:
Wordnet: "the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies"
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Comment: "Thank you, James"
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panel beating / auto body repairs
In the UK, and much of the English-speaking world, this is known as "panel beating": the use of various techniques, especially planishing (beating with a planishing hammer), to knock the body panels back into shape after an accident. However, I expect you want US English, and the term "panel beating does not seem to be used in the US, where this work is known as auto body repairs, or more simply, as Reed says, as "bodywork". However, I wanted to put "panel beating" on record, and it's certainly the right term outside the US.
"A panel beater is a term used in some Commonwealth countries to describe a person who repairs vehicle bodies back to their factory state after having been damaged (e.g., after being involved in a collision).[1] In the USA the same job is done by an auto body mechanic."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_beater
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Note added at 34 mins (2010-12-28 00:35:30 GMT)
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Sorry, I put confidence 2 by mistake; I meant to put 4!
"A panel beater is a term used in some Commonwealth countries to describe a person who repairs vehicle bodies back to their factory state after having been damaged (e.g., after being involved in a collision).[1] In the USA the same job is done by an auto body mechanic."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_beater
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Note added at 34 mins (2010-12-28 00:35:30 GMT)
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Sorry, I put confidence 2 by mistake; I meant to put 4!
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cranesfreak
: agree. panel beating/ car body repairs. see Panel beaters (aka car-body repairmen) ... The majority of more severe accidents sometimes require the panel beater to repair ... www.vehiclebodyshops.com/panel_beating.php Re: Feliz Año
Nuevo! :)
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Many thanks, cranesfreak, and Feliz Año Nuevo! :)
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