three sides of a sheet

Spanish translation: tres caras de la hoja (plegada)

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English term or phrase:three sides of a sheet
Spanish translation:tres caras de la hoja (plegada)
Entered by: MAR SORIA

18:05 Nov 17, 2017
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: three sides of a sheet
(...) showing him an essay on one of the subjects, occupying three sides of a sheet of foolscap, asked his opinion of it.


¿tres carillas/caras?

Tipo de documento: histórico
Pais origen: UK
País meta: España

Muchísimas gracias
MAR SORIA
Spain
Local time: 08:15
tres caras de la hoja
Explanation:
Apparently, the sheet of paper in question has been folded once (or perhaps twice), creating four “sides.”
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 02:15
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2tres caras de la hoja
Robert Forstag
3tres caras de folio // un folio y medio
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3tres cuartillas de (ambas caras de) un folio
Chema Nieto Castañón


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tres caras de la hoja


Explanation:
Apparently, the sheet of paper in question has been folded once (or perhaps twice), creating four “sides.”

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 02:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 63
Notes to answerer
Asker: Muchísimas gracias, por la propuesta, Robert


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Probably just once, making four sides in all. This was normal practice; a standard sheet of British foolscap was 13¼ x 16½ inches and it was often folded to give a more manageable page size of 8¼ x 13¼ inches (the size of modern American "foolscap").
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Charles!

agree  JohnMcDove: Sin estar super seguro, tiendo a estar de acuerdo con esta idea... :-) Saludos cordiales.
7 hrs
  -> Gracias, John. Tampoco yo estaba muy seguro, pero con el apoyo de Charles me siento mejor.
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tres caras de folio // un folio y medio


Explanation:
foolscap n (printing-paper format) folio
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=foo...

Normalmente se considera un folio al conjunto de las dos caras, por lo tanto tres caras de folio equivalen a un folio y medio.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 08:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1556
Notes to answerer
Asker: Muchísimas gracias, Beatriz. Un saludo

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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
three sides of a sheet of foolscap
tres cuartillas de (ambas caras de) un folio


Explanation:
Creo que se refiere específicamente a ocupar tres cuartillas de un folio (a sheet of foolscap). Esto es, tres de las cuatro cuartillas que pueden ocuparse en ambas caras de un folio.

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 08:15
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 31
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