Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
hay que cambiar las guayas
inglés translation:
you [also] have to change the steel cables/cabling
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James A. Walsh
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-02-16 23:54:12 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Feb 13, 2011 16:18
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español term
Reino Unido
Legal & Business Specialist
Native in: inglés
Works in: español al inglés, inglés al español
Hay que cambiar las guayas
español al inglés
Técnico/Ingeniería
Minería y minerales / Gemas
The context is a recommendation related to mining equipment, for a Latam based company. "If you have to change the winches and pulleys, you also have to change the..........
Any ideas on what these "guayas" may be?
Any ideas on what these "guayas" may be?
Proposed translations
(inglés)
| 4 +3 | steel cables.cabling |
James A. Walsh
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Feb 16, 2011 23:56: James A. Walsh Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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James A. Walsh
España
España
Native in español
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inglés
España
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: inglés (Variants: Irish, US, UK) 
, español (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: español al inglés, francés al inglés, inglés al español, and 2 more.
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steel cables.cabling
From Oxford Spanish dictionary:
guaya femenino (Colombia, Venezuela) steel cable
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Note added at 7 mins (2011-02-13 16:26:45 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be a forward slash between 'cables' and 'cabling', not a dot...
guaya femenino (Colombia, Venezuela) steel cable
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Note added at 7 mins (2011-02-13 16:26:45 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be a forward slash between 'cables' and 'cabling', not a dot...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Fantastic, thanks makes complete sense in the context and clearly I need an engineering dictionary............"
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