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trazado

English translation: layout

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Spanish term or phrase:trazado
English translation:layout
Entered by: Noelia Calero Adalid

11:22 Apr 24, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / construcción de carreteras
Spanish term or phrase: trazado
Buenas tardes,

estoy traduciendo un folleto sobre un programa nuevo que ha creado mi empresa. Este software calcula las carreteras. La intención del texto es explicar un poco la función del software a la hora venderlo. Este término que aparece con muchísima frecuencia me trae por la calle la amargura.

Aquí van algunas partes en las que aparece el término:

1.- "XXXX es un software de inteligencia artificial aplicado al desarrollo automático de TRAZADOS de infraestructuras lineales." --> "xxx is an artificial intelligence software applied to the automatic development of TRACING of linear infrastructure."

2.- "El programa permite obtener de forma muy rápida el TRAZADO de alternativas de infraestructuras". -->"The program allows to obtain in a very fast way the tracing of alternative infrastructures"

3.- "Generación de una alternativa de TRAZADO de 75 km" --> "Generate of a ROUTE alternative of 75km with"

Como podéis comprobar, tengo varias opciones pero soy incapaz de decidirme:

- TRACING: Sin embargo, por todas las definiciones que encuentro, no parece significar a lo que se refiere mi texto, sino a las líneas que realizan los sismómetros y ese tipo de instrumentos.

- ROUTE: Ya que se refiere a trazados de carreteras.

- DESIGN: Este término no me desagrada, pero no sé hasta qué punto es demasiado general. Son aspectos muy específicos del software los que explico a lo largo del texto y no quiero quedarme corta explicando su función.

Esperando un halo de luz que alumbre mi camino...

Thank you very much in advance for your answers.
Noelia Calero Adalid
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:01
layout
Explanation:
I think this is probably the most useful default option, but in particular cases you may well have to translate "trazado" differently; sometimes it will be "route" (where a particular road goes) and sometimes routing (deciding where it should go), for example. I would forget about "tracing" entirely, and I agree with you that "design" will normally be too general, though it can probably work sometimes. But if you look for "road planning" and "road layout" I think you'll see that this is often the equivalent of "trazado".

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Note added at 17 mins (2014-04-24 11:39:46 GMT)
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Specifically, I would say that "layout" would work in your examples 1 and 2, and that in 3 "route" would be fine ("alternative route" rather than "route alternative").
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 17:01
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Finally I got it. =)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3layout
Charles Davis
4route plan/planner
Anne Patricia


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
layout


Explanation:
I think this is probably the most useful default option, but in particular cases you may well have to translate "trazado" differently; sometimes it will be "route" (where a particular road goes) and sometimes routing (deciding where it should go), for example. I would forget about "tracing" entirely, and I agree with you that "design" will normally be too general, though it can probably work sometimes. But if you look for "road planning" and "road layout" I think you'll see that this is often the equivalent of "trazado".

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Note added at 17 mins (2014-04-24 11:39:46 GMT)
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Specifically, I would say that "layout" would work in your examples 1 and 2, and that in 3 "route" would be fine ("alternative route" rather than "route alternative").

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 352
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Finally I got it. =)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba
28 mins
  -> Thanks, Pat :)
agree  Billh
32 mins
  -> Thanks, Bill :)
agree  philgoddard
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Phil :)
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
route plan/planner


Explanation:
I think this could fit in quite nicely and is a well -used term. The software obviously facilitates route planning.

Anne Patricia
Spain
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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