Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
buzon de vertido
English translation:
waste receptacle // dumpster
Added to glossary by
Robert Forstag
Sep 2, 2006 14:29
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
External Translator European Commission
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
buzon de vertido
Spanish to English
Science
Environment & Ecology
The context is funding from the European Commission for the installation of 1 "Punto Limpio" (household waste recycling centre) and 96 BUZONES DE VERTIDO.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | waste receptacles // dumpsters |
Robert Forstag
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| 4 | waste containers/dumps |
Laura Iglesias
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| 3 | skip |
Carol Gullidge
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Proposed translations
+4
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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waste receptacles // dumpsters
If the *buzones* are actually large dumpsters, then *waste receptacles (>2 million Yahoo hits) would probably work better than *containers*. *Dumps* definitely does not work but *dumpsters* itself might.
Suerte.
Suerte.
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SMLS
: agree.
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Thank you, Justin.
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Robert Copeland
: yes!
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I thought there was no doubt about it, but I don't want to be accused of talking trash.... ;)
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Flavia Scafatti
: yup
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Grazie, Flavia.
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TRANZsmart
: yes... waste receptacles (dumpsters sounds less european)
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Depends on the target market. *Dumpsters* is usual in US for large commercial waste containers. On the other hand, I've never heard of *skips*. Thank you, Henry.
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Laura Iglesias
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
Spanish/Galician translator /Interpreter
Native in: Spanish , Galician
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Galician, Spanish to Galician, and 6 more.
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waste containers/dumps
good luck!
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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skip
just a plausible suggestion. Depending on the context, it might also be a recycling box - the sort that are distributed by councils to households. But the context isn't specific...
My first guess would be 96 skips - large containers that would be distribited in prominent, accessible places for communal use, unless there are only 96 households in the vicinity, in which case, it would be recycling boxes.
I'm talking UK English here, I'm afraid I don't know what a dumpster is!
My first guess would be 96 skips - large containers that would be distribited in prominent, accessible places for communal use, unless there are only 96 households in the vicinity, in which case, it would be recycling boxes.
I'm talking UK English here, I'm afraid I don't know what a dumpster is!
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