Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cantera de lajas
English translation:
slab quarry
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Wendy Gosselin
Jul 22, 2020 15:01
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cantera de lajas
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This is from a treatment for a film project based in Argentina. "Lajas" is, apparently, slabs, but as far as I know they are not mined whole in quarries. The context is not technical, but is simply "quarries" too general? Many thanks
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | slab quarry |
neilmac
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slab quarry
Or maybe "slate quarry". The link below references one in Wales.
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Note added at 5 mins (2020-07-22 15:07:34 GMT)
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My search for "slab quarry" got over 20K hits.
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Note added at 5 mins (2020-07-22 15:07:34 GMT)
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My search for "slab quarry" got over 20K hits.
Example sentence:
The tramway got its name from the Deeside Slab Quarry, taking slabs to the Nant-y-Pandy works
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Actually this gets very few hits - it says there are over 20K, but there are only 79, and most don't contain this phrase.
8 mins
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| agree |
MPGS
: :-)
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| agree |
patinba
: Flagstone quarry might be more common, but slab works too.
1 day 6 hrs
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