Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Empresa de saneamiento
English translation:
sanitation company
Added to glossary by
Elsa Chu
Aug 5, 2008 21:08
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Empresa de saneamiento (de ríos)
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
Sé que normalmente se dice "cleanup" de un río, pero en el caso de empresas dedicadas a esto?
cleanup company?
sanitation company?
Gracias!
cleanup company?
sanitation company?
Gracias!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | sanitation compny |
Lisa McCarthy
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| 5 +2 | river clean-up company/contractor |
bigedsenior
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| 5 | river sanitation company |
Enrique Huber (X)
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| 4 | Environmental sanitation company |
beatriz707 (X)
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| 4 | river clean-up crews, or companies or firms |
José J. Martínez
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Proposed translations
2 mins
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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66
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sanitation compny
clean-up way too colloquial I think
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-08-05 21:17:20 GMT)
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Together with a charity called Pro-Tietê Union they successfully
channeled popular support and collected over one million signatures demanding a
clean up of the river in one of the largest petitions ever made in the country.
Faced by such popular pressure, in 1991, the Governor of the State of São Paulo
ordered the state’s **sanitation company** to set up a programme, called Project
Tietê, to clean the river.
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:48iVDDA4xCEJ:rivers.tha...
There is no risk of shortage in the short term. The Guandú River, expanded by the man-made shift of water from the Paraíba do Sul, provides a more than sufficient volume," said Edes Fernandes de Oliveira of CEDAE, the Rio de Janeiro state water and **sanitation company**
http://www.tierramerica.net/english/2006/1028/iarticulo.shtm...
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-08-05 21:17:20 GMT)
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Together with a charity called Pro-Tietê Union they successfully
channeled popular support and collected over one million signatures demanding a
clean up of the river in one of the largest petitions ever made in the country.
Faced by such popular pressure, in 1991, the Governor of the State of São Paulo
ordered the state’s **sanitation company** to set up a programme, called Project
Tietê, to clean the river.
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:48iVDDA4xCEJ:rivers.tha...
There is no risk of shortage in the short term. The Guandú River, expanded by the man-made shift of water from the Paraíba do Sul, provides a more than sufficient volume," said Edes Fernandes de Oliveira of CEDAE, the Rio de Janeiro state water and **sanitation company**
http://www.tierramerica.net/english/2006/1028/iarticulo.shtm...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! Based on the rest of the document, it really is "sanitation" in general, not only cleanup.
Thanks everybody for all your help."
6 mins
Environmental sanitation company
.
+2
14 mins
river clean-up company/contractor
I don't see anything wrong with "clean-up", it is widely used.
"Sanitation" usually refers to the treatment of sewage or waste waters. It could be part of a clean-up project.
We appreciate the quick work that the cleanup contractors have done to get the dangerous limbs and shattered trees in River City Park taken care of,” said ...
www.ci.sand-springs.ok.us/news-entry.php?cat=1063&id=1021
"Sanitation" usually refers to the treatment of sewage or waste waters. It could be part of a clean-up project.
We appreciate the quick work that the cleanup contractors have done to get the dangerous limbs and shattered trees in River City Park taken care of,” said ...
www.ci.sand-springs.ok.us/news-entry.php?cat=1063&id=1021
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Hollywood
: I would go with "clean-up" too :)
17 mins
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thanks, David
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| agree |
Egmont
1 hr
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thanks, AVRVM
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49 mins
river sanitation company
an option
54 mins
José J. Martínez
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
ENSP, More than 30 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
river clean-up crews, or companies or firms
debe usarse clean-up.
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