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HellenVare Posted 19 years ago
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00 I am translating this technical text on concrete, from English into Spanish, but there is this parragraph which I cannot understand very well. Would you help me? 02 br
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00 "If the testing laboratory has not been selected after a prequalification test program, in which it has demonstrated without any doubt that it can correctly test high-performance concrete, but rather as the cheapest one, it is better for the concrete producer to proceed in parallel to the control of the quality of the concrete he is delivering. This duplication is not a waste of money. The concrete producer can follow day by day the quality of his high-performance concrete production…" 02 br
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00 If the lab has not been selected (after the test program in which it demonstrated a good job), but rather as the cheapest one??? To me... there is probably something missing in the original. 02 br
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00 My first interpretations were: "If the lab has not been selected (after....) because of its good job, but rather as the..." or "If the lab has not been selected (after...) but rather IS the..." 02 br
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00 What do you think? Is the original ok? Is there something missing? 02 br
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00 Thanks! 05 0 02 br
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00 I am translating this technical text on concrete, from English into Spanish, but there is this parragraph which I cannot understand very well. Would you help me? 02 br
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00 "If the testing laboratory has not been selected after a prequalification test program, in which it has demonstrated without any doubt that it can correctly test high-performance concrete, but rather as the cheapest one, it is better for the concrete producer to proceed in parallel to the control of the quality of the concrete he is delivering. This duplication is not a waste of money. The concrete producer can follow day by day the quality of his high-performance concrete production…" 02 br
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00 If the lab has not been selected (after the test program in which it demonstrated a good job), but rather as the cheapest one??? To me... there is probably something missing in the original. 02 br
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00 My first interpretations were: "If the lab has not been selected (after....) because of its good job, but rather as the..." or "If the lab has not been selected (after...) but rather IS the..." 02 br
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00 What do you think? Is the original ok? Is there something missing? 02 br
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00 Thanks! 05 0 02 br
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00 Hellen 010id 1
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0 The original is not overly well expressed, but I think that this is what is being said: 02 br
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01 font 00 If the testing laboratory has been selected on the criterion of low charges rather than on the quality of its testing procedures, the concrete producer should himself, in parallel to the laboratory, carry out tests for quality. 02 font
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01 font 00 If the testing laboratory has been selected on the criterion of low charges rather than on the quality of its testing procedures, the concrete producer should himself, in parallel to the laboratory, carry out tests for quality. 02 font
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0 I think the lab would be selected primarily because of the cost consideration, even though it was pre-qualified as one that could "without any doubt correctly test high-performance concrete." The author therefore subsequently recommended the concrete producer adopt the parallel implementation of the quality control program and suggested the 00 "duplication" would "not" be " a waste of money
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0 Thanks for your help! It really helped. 02 br
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