Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
La Fosa de Nazca
English translation:
Peru-Chile Trench
Added to glossary by
C. Heljestrand
Jun 18, 2010 09:41
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
Translating meaning, not words
Native in: Swedish
Works in: Spanish to Swedish, German to Swedish, English to Swedish, and 2 more.
la Fosa de Nazca
Spanish to English
Science
Geography
La Fosa de Nazca, fosa fuera de Peru-Chile.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | Peru-Chile Trench |
Richard Koenig
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| 4 | Peru-Chile Trench (of the Nazca Plate) |
Damian Hosford
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| 5 -1 | Nazca through |
Omar H (X)
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| 3 | (Cocos-) Nazca rift |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 1 | Nazca Trough |
Andres Larsen
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Proposed translations
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Richard Koenig
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Peru-Chile Trench
This is what the Brtiannica encyclopedia says below. This oceanic canyons are nearly all referred to as trenches. The deepest is the Mariana Trench, almost 7 miles deep, descended into by the Picard father and son team in the 60s.
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14 mins
Damian Hosford
Spain
Spain
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Works in field
Spain
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Works in: Spanish to English
Peru-Chile Trench (of the Nazca Plate)
Fosa means trench in this case. The term Nazcan trench does not exist, rather, as the source test suggests, the term Peru-Chile Trench does.
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Note added at 15 mins (2010-06-18 09:56:36 GMT)
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Apologies, should have said "source text"
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Note added at 15 mins (2010-06-18 09:56:36 GMT)
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Apologies, should have said "source text"
Example sentence:
The Peru-Chile Trench marks the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Nazcan trench may not exist, but Nazca trench does.
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Thanks for the comment Phil but there are very few references to Nazca trench to be found, Atacama trench is also a name used, however
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Nazca through
After safely landing, myself and a few others arranged a taxi to take us to the pre-Incan cemetery of Chauchilla. The 2000 year old cemetery is a 30 minute drive from **** Nazca through **** the parched desert.
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/christosp/1/124...
ext day I moved on to **** Nazca through **** this great scenery. Nazca, no big deal moving right along, moved on to Pisco and went out to see the Islands, Balletos, the poor mans gallapegos, it was great.
http://www.haenertsburg.co.za/bruce/index.php?paged=3
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Note added at 17 minutos (2010-06-18 09:58:48 GMT)
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Diccionario Espasa concise inglés-español © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
fosa
3 Geography (deep): trough
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=fosa
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/christosp/1/124...
ext day I moved on to **** Nazca through **** this great scenery. Nazca, no big deal moving right along, moved on to Pisco and went out to see the Islands, Balletos, the poor mans gallapegos, it was great.
http://www.haenertsburg.co.za/bruce/index.php?paged=3
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Note added at 17 minutos (2010-06-18 09:58:48 GMT)
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Diccionario Espasa concise inglés-español © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
fosa
3 Geography (deep): trough
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=fosa
Peer comment(s):
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polyglot45
: sorry but this is a complete misreading of your given context (from Nazca, passing through= via)
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Don't worry, you are right !! I have make a mistake !!
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philgoddard
: Could this be a mistake for "trough"?
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Yes, I think so.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: Careful with those bilingual dictionaries! A trough is not always a trench. (CL 5 answers should probably not be based on bilingual dictionaries.)
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OK, thanks. I will be careful the next time !!
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
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(Cocos-) Nazca rift
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13 hrs
Andres Larsen
Venezuela
Venezuela
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Venezuela
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to English, and 3 more.
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4
Nazca Trough
Nazca Trough
source:
Plio-Quaternary vertical motions and the subduction of the Nazca ... - J Macharé - 1992 -
3), similar to those which define the western boundary of the Ica-***Nazca Trough*** (Machare and Sebrier, in prep.). How- ever, there is no evidence that these ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/004019519290420B
source:
Plio-Quaternary vertical motions and the subduction of the Nazca ... - J Macharé - 1992 -
3), similar to those which define the western boundary of the Ica-***Nazca Trough*** (Machare and Sebrier, in prep.). How- ever, there is no evidence that these ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/004019519290420B
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