Apr 29, 2017 22:22
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Portuguese term
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Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Scottish, British, UK, Irish) 
, Portuguese (Variants: Angolan, European/Portugal, Brazilian, Mozambican) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
Lavaria de Tufos
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Geology
A term from diamond mining in Angola
I am trying to find the correct mining term in English for this term. It seems to be a machine or a process for washing "tuffs", which I understand are " A rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel."
My thanks in advance!
My thanks in advance!
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(English)
| 3 | tuff washing facility |
Emily Rengers
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| 3 | Tuffs wash |
Camilla Cardia
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Emily Rengers
Brazil
Brazil
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Brazil
Engineering and technical translations
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English
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tuff washing facility
Why is the tuff being washed? Is it a location of an acid bath or are they using water to hydraulically break the rock apart (or something else)? Maybe you can use some other context clues to refine what is actually happening at the location, or maybe you don't have enough information.
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Camilla Cardia
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
10 years of experience - EN-PT-EN
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
Tuffs wash
I also found the same reference: vulcanic tuffs. Lavaria de tufos would refer either to the place where the tuffs would be washed or to the washing process itself.
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