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utilidades

English translation: usable elements/materials

23:11 Feb 2, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Environment & Ecology
Spanish term or phrase: utilidades
Aprovechamiento: Todo proceso industrial o manual cuyo objeto sea la recuperación o transformación de los recursos o utilidades contenidos en los residuos.
jmf
United States
Local time: 13:03
English translation:usable elements/materials
Explanation:
En este contexto, sería lo que yo pondría. Pienso que se refieren a la recuperación de los recursos o elementos/materiales utilizables.
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Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 11:03
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4 +3usable elements/materials
Adriana de Groote
4beneficial elements
Claudia Vera
3utility
Deborah Workman


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
usable elements/materials


Explanation:
En este contexto, sería lo que yo pondría. Pienso que se refieren a la recuperación de los recursos o elementos/materiales utilizables.

Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 11:03
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
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agree  patricia scott
9 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias y saludos!
agree  Eileen Brophy
1 hr
  -> ¡Muchas gracias!
agree  David Cahill
12 hrs
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utility


Explanation:
I understand your sentence as saying: "Any industrial or manual process aimed at recovering or transforming the resources or utility of [/contained in] residues." Retreading tires would be an example of recovering utility whereas recycling tires would be an exaple of transforming the resources.

Deborah Workman
United States
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of: English
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beneficial elements


Explanation:
Se refiere a sacar provecho de los mejores elementos, es decir de los más beneficiosos. Es mi modesta opinión. Espero te sea útil. Un saludo.

Claudia Vera
Argentina
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: Spanish
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