letrinas de arrastre

English translation: pour-flush latrines

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Spanish term or phrase: letrinas de arrastre
English translation:pour-flush latrines
Entered by: Mike Yarnold (X)

16:38 Jun 2, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Medical: Health Care / This is a document for a mining company helping the local community
Spanish term or phrase: letrinas de arrastre
I am not sure how to translate "a través de letrinas de arrastre"
Arrastre means alluvial or drag which I can't fit in to the meaning.

Whole para is :- Facilita a las familias el acceso a agua potable de calidad y a un sistema para el tratamiento de las aguas residuales, a través de letrinas de arrastre
Mike Yarnold (X)
Peru
Local time: 16:08
pour-flush latrines
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrine

HTH
:-)

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" Volumen de agua que se arroja al aparato sanitario luego de cada uso (lt) (se sugiere adoptar el valor de 3 lt). "
ESPECIFICACIONES TÉCNICAS PARA EL DISEÑO DE LETRINAS CON ARRASTRE HIDRÁULICO
http://www.bvsde.ops-oms.org/tecapro/documentos/sanea/etLetr...

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Thank you
:-)

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Thank you
:-)
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MPGS
Local time: 22:08
Grading comment
Not really hydraulic but of an environmental standard in the Amazon Rainforest.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1[Hydraulic] drag latrines
Hugo Rincón
4flushing toilets
Chris Neill
3 +1pour-flush latrines
MPGS
3water latrine
patinba
2 +1(hydraulic) drag latrines
Katy Robinson
Summary of reference entries provided
see
liz askew

  

Answers


15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
water latrine


Explanation:
They are "letrinas con arrastre hidráulico" in full, I believe.

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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
books.google.com.ar/books?id=qytcAAAAQAAJ - Traducir esta página
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1870
There are good urinals with water laid on ; but the cesspit privy is an offensive nuisance, and can only be remedied by its conversion into a water latrine, ...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 18:08
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(hydraulic) drag latrines


Explanation:
Referring to the mechanism by which the waste is moved down the pipe?

In any case, this document seems to have a description of the term (in Spanish) which may help in understanding: http://tech-action.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&tas...


    Reference: http://www.tendersinfo.com/details-17068386.php
Katy Robinson
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr

neutral  philgoddard: See my comment below.
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[Hydraulic] drag latrines


Explanation:
The drag is water-powered. That's why it's called "hydraulic".

Hugo Rincón
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr

neutral  philgoddard: I'm not convinced by this. All the Google hits appear to come from Spanish and Portuguese sites.
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
flushing toilets


Explanation:
or is that just too obvious

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toilets that flush away waste, but instead of the water coming from a tank, it is poured by the user

http://www.alianzaporelagua.org/Compendio/tecnologias/u/u4.h...

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By the way, I do apologise if i sounded pretentious...rereading my entry above and the response from Joseph made me realise I may have appeared that way..It wasn't my intention

Chris Neill
Spain
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joseph Tein: and what makes this one "obvious"? do you have any explanation or references that show that this is the correct translation?
24 mins
  -> Good point Joseph, deduction really: arrastre means to carry something away and hydraulic means using the force of liquids
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pour-flush latrines


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrine

HTH
:-)

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" Volumen de agua que se arroja al aparato sanitario luego de cada uso (lt) (se sugiere adoptar el valor de 3 lt). "
ESPECIFICACIONES TÉCNICAS PARA EL DISEÑO DE LETRINAS CON ARRASTRE HIDRÁULICO
http://www.bvsde.ops-oms.org/tecapro/documentos/sanea/etLetr...

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Thank you
:-)

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Thank you
:-)

MPGS
Local time: 22:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Not really hydraulic but of an environmental standard in the Amazon Rainforest.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanke to MKGS and Liz Askew. "Hydraulic" is a bit too modern for the Amazon rainforest and a system like the Police Box toilets seems to be the right direction. Only they are permanent so have to be flushed into a container which is later processed. THANKS TO ALL


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Hard to argue with such a good reference!
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Phil. Best. :-)
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Reference comments


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Reference: see

Reference information:
http://www.bvsde.paho.org/bvsacg/guialcalde/2sas/d24/050_Dis...

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4 Nov 2009 - (KudoZ) English to Spanish translation of Pour Flush Latrine: letrina con arrastre/cierre hidráulico >>> letrina de sifón [Sanitation - Engineering ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 657
Note to reference poster
Asker: Many thanks for this Liz. I can see what it is but couldn't quite "find the words" There are many pictures of the type in Google but no translation.


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agree  MPGS: :-)
5 mins
agree  franglish
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