Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

"Patologías"

English translation:

pathology

Dec 19, 2007 08:21
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Spanish term

"Patologías"

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering iNFORM PERICIAL SOBRE UNAS VIGAS
Hola,
¿Cómo se dice Patologías pero no referidas a una enfermedad sino a unas vigas. El contexto es un informe pericial y dice: se observan las siguientes patologías:
o Viga Ypsilon volcada.
o Vigas Ypsilon con anclajes en su base
Muchísimas gracias,
Ruth
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Dec 26, 2007 17:43: Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.) Created KOG entry

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Dicc. Pol. Díaz de Santos:

patología de las estructuras: structures pathology
patología del hormigón: concrete pathology
Peer comment(s):

neutral bigedsenior : structure (singular) pathology is in the realm of medicine, Building pathology applies to structures
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Spanish term (edited): Patologías

defects

While I agree that "pathology" can be used for the practice and profession of assessing buildings, when speaking about individual problems, I would use "defects". "Pathologies" for this use sounds a little Spanglish to my ear.
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