Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

rodillos muy unidos

English translation:

set very close to each other

Added to glossary by schmetterlich
Jul 30, 2018 06:40
5 yrs ago
Spanish term

rodillos muy unidos

Spanish to English Other Agriculture
La textura del chocolate es un factor esencial en su calidad. Por eso resultan muy
importantes el triturado y la molienda (triturado fino); es decir, el grano obtenido se
hace cada vez más pequeño. Para tal efecto, los granos descascarillados pasan por
una batería de rodillos muy unidos y, después, continúan siendo desmenuzados en
molinos especiales hasta obtenerse una masa fina de color pardo brillante llamada
pasta o licor de cacao.

Discussion

Chris Ellison Jul 30, 2018:
@Wendy The Oxford English Dictionary seems to think that it's "good English": closely | Definition of closely in English by Oxford Dictionaries


https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/closely
Definition of closely in English: closely. adverb. 1With little or no space or time in between. 'closely spaced homes'.

Proposed translations

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set very close to each other

IMHO, "muy unidos" is a somewhat awkward formulation in Spanish when referring to inanimate objects.
Example sentence:

...go through a battery of rollers set very close to each other...

Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : ... rollers set very close to each other
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Thanks Neil!
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closely spaced rollers

I think this is a neater way of saying it.

8200 hits on google; only 185 for "rollers set very close to each other".

HTH :-)
Peer comment(s):

neutral Wendy Streitparth : Is that really good English? Of those hits, a large number appear to be by foreign authors. / OK, but it still sounds strange to my perhaps rather wonky ears!
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I think these are pretty reliable: https://books.google.es/books?isbn=0122004000 and https://books.google.es/books?isbn=1593703139 Both are technical dictionaries by native speakers.
agree MollyRose
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agree Terence Jeal
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(battery of rollers) in close proximity to each other

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