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garantías

English translation: additional point of support

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Spanish term or phrase:garantías
English translation:additional point of support
Entered by: Simon Charass

17:14 Oct 1, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / health and safety
Spanish term or phrase: garantías
On the use of ladders:

Sobrepasará en un metro una plataforma.
Inclinación 75 grados sobre la horizontal.
No sobrepasará los 5 m. **sin tener garantías**.

I think this means that the ladder should not be longer than 5 m unless there is some kind of "guarantee" but I have no idea what this is actually referring to. Any ideas?
JudyK
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:54
additional point of support
Explanation:
I think that “sin tener garantías” means that the ladder will not be safe over 5 m. if it does not have an additional point of support.
I might be wrong, so do not shoot at me.


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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-10-01 22:49:05 GMT)
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I think of it as the Greek letter lambda – λ.
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Simon Charass
Canada
Local time: 02:54
Grading comment
Thanks Simon - this makes sense
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4guarantees
Claudia Perla
3no guarantee that the ladder will not pass 5 metres
Amy Moreno
1 +2additional point of support
Simon Charass


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sin tener garantías
no guarantee that the ladder will not pass 5 metres


Explanation:
I asked my husband who is a native Spanish speaker and DIY enthusiast!

Amy Moreno
Local time: 07:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Neil Ashby: double negative in English, not sure about that one
3 hrs
  -> It does sound quite clumsy, I agree.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
guarantees


Explanation:
sugerencia

Claudia Perla
United States
Local time: 02:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: This is not a very helpful answer!
43 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
additional point of support


Explanation:
I think that “sin tener garantías” means that the ladder will not be safe over 5 m. if it does not have an additional point of support.
I might be wrong, so do not shoot at me.


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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-10-01 22:49:05 GMT)
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I think of it as the Greek letter lambda – λ.

Simon Charass
Canada
Local time: 02:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Simon - this makes sense

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby: It fits well for me
1 hr
  -> Thank you Dr Neil.
agree  Thayenga
11 hrs
  -> Thank you Thayenga.
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