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Oct 19, 2013 09:36
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Spanish term

centinela

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Again, this comes from a document on the Mexican lottery Pronósticos. This part is listing the internet files that have to be sent to Pronósticos.

centinela Tris Medio Día
centinela Tris Clásico

etc.

Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 sentinel

Proposed translations

+1
36 mins

sentinel

There's probably no other way to render this than literally. I'd hazard a guess it's a portmanteau "cen" (hundred) and "quiniela":
quiniela f
a (Esp) (boleto) sports lottery ticket (AmE), pools coupon (BrE); ¿echaste or sellaste la quiniela? did you send/hand in the pools coupon?
b (Esp) (juego): la quiniela or las quinielas the sports lottery (AmE), the football pools (BrE); jugar a las quinielas to play the sport’s lottery, to do the pools ...

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Note added at 39 mins (2013-10-19 10:15:40 GMT)
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It's also a file type: "In the push approach, a sentinel file is sent after the last true source file is pushed . When the ETL receives the sentinel file, it signifies that all of the source files ..."

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Note added at 40 mins (2013-10-19 10:17:04 GMT)
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Then again, I may be off course on this one, which is why my confidence level is medium...
Note from asker:
Thanks neilmac for the info and ideas.
Peer comment(s):

agree Phoenix III : excellent explantation
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