Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a manera de techos colgantes
English translation:
roofing
Added to glossary by
Chris Ellison
Nov 21, 2008 18:49
15 yrs ago
Spanish term
a manera de techos colgantes
Spanish to English
Science
Geology
geological report
presenta ademas en el sector NE, grandes bloques de cuarcita a manera de techos colgantes sobre el intrusivo.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | roofing |
Chris Ellison
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| 3 +1 | in the form of overhangs/overhanging |
Christine Walsh
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| 3 | as if (they were) suspended ceilings |
Steven Huddleston
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Change log
Nov 27, 2008 10:16: Chris Ellison Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
23 hrs
Chris Ellison
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Geology and environment specialist, PhD
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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276
Selected
roofing
An igneous intrusion is often said to have a "roof" which is formed by the melting/stoping of the underlying rock.
These quartzite blocks could be the remains of the roof. Otherwise - why are they there? Tectonics?
So... in the NE, large quartzite blocks are found roofing the intrusion.
Geological Structures and Maps: A Practical Guide - Google Books Resultby Richard J. Lisle - 2004 - Science - 106 pages
Dykes are sheet intrusions which are discordant, ie they cut across the ... By erosion removing the roof of country rock, the igneous rocks making up the ...
Geoscience - The Earth - Shaping the Earth - Magmatic processes ...The magma forces its way into the cracked roof and fragments of the wallrock ... Radial dykes usually converge on volcanic centres or igneous intrusions. ...
www.amonline.net.au/geoscience/earth/magmatism.htm
A description of the form of a Geological Unit or Geological ...... layered igneous intrusion whose floor is convex-down and whose roof may be ... sheet a large upward projection of the roof of an igneous intrusion into ...
https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/subversion/GeoSciML/tags/1.0.0/... -
These quartzite blocks could be the remains of the roof. Otherwise - why are they there? Tectonics?
So... in the NE, large quartzite blocks are found roofing the intrusion.
Geological Structures and Maps: A Practical Guide - Google Books Resultby Richard J. Lisle - 2004 - Science - 106 pages
Dykes are sheet intrusions which are discordant, ie they cut across the ... By erosion removing the roof of country rock, the igneous rocks making up the ...
Geoscience - The Earth - Shaping the Earth - Magmatic processes ...The magma forces its way into the cracked roof and fragments of the wallrock ... Radial dykes usually converge on volcanic centres or igneous intrusions. ...
www.amonline.net.au/geoscience/earth/magmatism.htm
A description of the form of a Geological Unit or Geological ...... layered igneous intrusion whose floor is convex-down and whose roof may be ... sheet a large upward projection of the roof of an igneous intrusion into ...
https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/subversion/GeoSciML/tags/1.0.0/... -
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Chris
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+1
22 mins
in the form of overhangs/overhanging
could it be: ...blocks overhanging the...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lucano Alvares
: Seems right
9 hrs
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Thanks, Lukane
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| neutral |
Chris Ellison
: Hmm...overhanging is not exactly a ceiling...but in the absence of anything better ;)
23 hrs
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4 hrs
Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Mexico
Dual-Native English & Spanish Translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US, Canadian) 
, Spanish (Variants: Cuban, Puerto Rican, Argentine, Chilean, Venezuelan, Costa Rican, Mexican, Standard-Spain, US, Ecuadorian , Dominican, Latin American, Peruvian, Colombian, Uruguayan)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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35
as if (they were) suspended ceilings
Tough metaphor! This is my best attempt. I hope it is useful.
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Ellison
: I know what you mean, I only meant that if a technical word exists it would be better to use it in a scientific report such as this one of lbotto's. I didn't want to criticise your trans (note the neutral status - no offence intended ;)).
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Nevertheless it seems the author is doung his best to describe what he sees through metaphors, don't you think? As such, I say my translation has merit. Don't let the trees block the forest, hey?
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