plataforma de pista
English translation: (access) road
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(access) road Explanation: I think this is the meaning here. One of the things plataforma can mean is a road passable to vehicles. It doesn't necessarily imply a surfaced road, as far as I can tell; it just refers to the carriageway(s) plus the shoulders if any: "El conjunto de la calzada y los arcenes forman una plataforma." https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcén Here again are the references I quoted in the discussion area; the first, in particular, seems relevant, since it refers to what seems to be a mountain road running through forest in Huesca: "El peralte es la inclinación que se le da a la plataforma de la pista hacia el centro de la curva." (p. 18) "El conjunto denominado plataforma está formado por la calzada y los arcenes. En el caso de la pista objeto de este proyecto, la calzada contará únicamente con un carril y no se establecerán arcenes, debido a que, como en todos los caminos forestales, se intenta producir el menor daño al medio natural" (p. 65) "Son el conjunto de operaciones necesarias para excavar y nivelar las zonas donde se ha de asentar la pista, incluyendo la plataforma y los taludes" (p. 191)" https://repositori.udl.cat/bitstream/handle/10459.1/45905/S_... There is also this from the Canaries, with "plataforma" apparently used in the same sense: "Mejorar las condiciones y la seguridad de la conducción, actuando sobre la plataforma de la pista y la capa de rodadura" http://heytenerife.es/es/propuestas-de-gobierno/Mejora-de-ta... Termium gives plataforma with this meaning, offering "roadway" or "roadbed" as equivalents: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la... However, I think that just "road" would be better here. "Roadway" is really a synonym of "road", with the drawback that in American English it means what we call a carriageway in British English, and in this case I don't think it's referring specifically to the roadbed, but just to a road that vehicles can use, and not necessarily a surfaced road, as far as I can see. I think you might add "access", since perhaps that idea is implicit in "pista". |
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