espacios punteados

English translation: dotted lines

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Spanish term or phrase:espacios punteados
English translation:dotted lines
Entered by: Maria Elisa Manfrino

07:24 May 2, 2005
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Manufacturing / general
Spanish term or phrase: espacios punteados
Sentence:

En este documento se cumplimentarán únicamente los "espacios punteados".

Son unas tablas, y hay que rellenar los espacios con puntitos poniendo temperaturas, presiones, fechas ¿cóomose podría decir en inglés "espacios punteados" Gracias. MPS
mps1 (X)
Spain
Local time: 21:36
dotted lines
Explanation:
los espacios provistos para suministrar datos, información, etc
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Maria Elisa Manfrino
Italy
Local time: 22:36
Grading comment
Gracias. Expresé la frase según la sugerencia de neilmac, pero espacios punteados, es dotted lines. Saludos. MPS
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Summary of answers provided
5dottet blanks
Ernesto de Lara
4dotted lines
Maria Elisa Manfrino
4spaces indicated
neilmac
4appropriate boxes
bigedsenior


  

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dotted lines


Explanation:
los espacios provistos para suministrar datos, información, etc

Maria Elisa Manfrino
Italy
Local time: 22:36
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in ItalianItalian
Grading comment
Gracias. Expresé la frase según la sugerencia de neilmac, pero espacios punteados, es dotted lines. Saludos. MPS
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spaces indicated


Explanation:
Another option: "Fill in only the spaces indicated" (perhaps by dotted lines, but could also be "tick/check" boxes, depending on the format...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 22:36
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dottet blanks


Explanation:
this is it

Ernesto de Lara
Local time: 13:36
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Giovanni Rengifo: "dotted"
9 hrs
  -> right Giovanni, a typo
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appropriate boxes


Explanation:
It sounds like a form sheet with lines and columns forming boxes, with the columns representing temp, pressue, humidity and the lines representing time, batch run, or s/t else. Of course the cols. and lines could be reversed.

bigedsenior
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