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earth screens

14:41 Aug 13, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: earth screens
I felt the same about xxx’s demand to dismiss our worker xxx for the concrete pouring incident of April 30, 2019.I also complained that xxx still did not have final plans for xxx, which forced it to revise certain components of the Civil Work like ***earth screens***, fuel tanks, motors, and pillars, and led to production delays.
Virginia Koolhaas
Uruguay
Local time: 04:24


Summary of answers provided
3 +1terraplenes
patinba
4 -1puesta a tierra
Antonella Perazzoni
2rejilla / tamiz / criba / malla para tierra
Neil Ashby


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
puesta a tierra


Explanation:
La puesta a tierra o conexión a tierra​ es la conexión de las superficies conductoras expuestas (gabinetes metálicos) a algún punto no energizado; comúnmente es la tierra sobre la que se posa la construcción, de allí el nombre.
Adjunto referencia de documento de una Facultad de Ingeniería Civil.

Example sentence(s):
  • La puesta a tierra de los equipos electrónicos y de control, consta de una serie de electrodos instaladosremotamente al edificio.

    https://www.academia.edu/7425576/PROTECCION_MEDIANTE_UN_SISTEMA_PUESTA_A_TIERRA
Antonella Perazzoni
Argentina
Local time: 04:24
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Según entiendo, se refiere a algún tipo de máquina (creo que a las cribadoras), no a la acción en sí.

Asker: Hay algunos errores en la redacción en inglés que denotan que quien lo escribió (se trata de una declaración de un testigo de parte en una demanda civil) es hispanohablante, y quizá por eso dice "screens" y no "screening machines/equipment" o algo así.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Neil Ashby: This is a construction site, nothing to with earthing electrical systems.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
rejilla / tamiz / criba / malla para tierra


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tamiz para tierra&tbm=isch&v...



Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 09:24
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 45
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think you're right, my choice was "cribadora"

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
terraplenes


Explanation:
En el sentido de una defensa.
terraplén
Del fr. terre-plein, y este adapt. del it. terrapieno, de terra 'tierra' y pieno 'lleno'.

1. m. Macizo de tierra con que se rellena un hueco, o que se levanta para hacer una defensa, un camino u otra obra semejante.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-08-13 17:37:49 GMT)
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Al referirse a "componentes de la obra civil" se ve que es algo más relevante que un tamiz o un mero aparato.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 04:24
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 192

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby: I agree Patinba, I think this is more likely, although "earth screen" is a bit unusual in English, we'd normally say "embankment" or similar. PS, please remember you should not comment on other suggestions in your own explanation.
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