Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Compensando
English translation:
trimmed
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Wendy Gosselin
Aug 25, 2019 16:53
4 yrs ago
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In the screenplay that takes place in an Argentine submarine in the 70s, this is term the technicaian uses when, after quite a struggle, he has managed to balance out the vessel (which has seen better days). It seems more technical than the obvious "balanced out" or corrected,
it is just one lines of dialogue:
ALVAREDO
Compensando, Capitán
Thanks
it is just one lines of dialogue:
ALVAREDO
Compensando, Capitán
Thanks
Proposed translations
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trimmed
"sub in trim, Captain"
Clear the Bridge! Dive! Dive!
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Antonino d'Este - 2010
The water has nowhere else to go, and the weight of the water helps to keep the sub in trim after the heavy torpedo is fired The Captain says, “Fire one!
We Were Pirates: A Torpedoman's Pacific War
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Robert Schultz, James Shell - 2010 - History
Water rushed in, too, hissing as it flooded the tube and adjacent bilges, helping to keep the sub in trim now that the weight of the torpedo was gone. Once the ..
Clear the Bridge! Dive! Dive!
- Page 28 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.ar › books
Antonino d'Este - 2010
The water has nowhere else to go, and the weight of the water helps to keep the sub in trim after the heavy torpedo is fired The Captain says, “Fire one!
We Were Pirates: A Torpedoman's Pacific War
https://books.google.com.ar › books
Robert Schultz, James Shell - 2010 - History
Water rushed in, too, hissing as it flooded the tube and adjacent bilges, helping to keep the sub in trim now that the weight of the torpedo was gone. Once the ..
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