Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a pie de (astillero)
English translation:
on site (at the shipyard)
Added to glossary by
Stuart Allsop
Apr 14, 2007 16:48
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Chile
17 years in technology and mining
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
a pie de astillero
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
This phrase occurs in the job description for a post in a company that builds ocean wave-driven electrical power generation plants.
CONTEXT: "Con formación de Ingeniero técnico, su misión es verificar y supervisar los trabajos de montaje y ensamblado de componentes de la central ***a pie de astillero***, o remolcador de transporte, según la secuencia del plano de montaje detallado. "
I must be running on way too many hours of pure coffee fuel, because I can't seem to figure out the "a pie de astillero" bit...
CONTEXT: "Con formación de Ingeniero técnico, su misión es verificar y supervisar los trabajos de montaje y ensamblado de componentes de la central ***a pie de astillero***, o remolcador de transporte, según la secuencia del plano de montaje detallado. "
I must be running on way too many hours of pure coffee fuel, because I can't seem to figure out the "a pie de astillero" bit...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | on site |
Lia Fail (X)
|
| 4 | offshore (generating) platform or station |
esing (X)
|
Proposed translations
+2
3 mins
Selected
on site
It means the person will have to work on site in the shipyard...
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Comment: "Thanks! that makes perfect sense."
11 hrs
offshore (generating) platform or station
It is not shipyard. Yet something similar.
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