Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

compensado de madeira

inglês translation:

Engineered wood

Added to glossary by laurash2610
Oct 20, 2010 21:54
13 yrs ago
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português term

compensado de madeira

português para inglês Outra Materiais (plásticos, cerâmicas etc.)
usa-se um compensado de madeira, e nao madeira nobre.
Proposed translations (inglês)
5 -1 Engineered wood
4 +8 plywood
Change log

Oct 21, 2010 08:36: P Forgas changed "Language pair" from "inglês para português" to "português para inglês"

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Discussion

Nick Taylor Oct 21, 2010:
Having spoken to the representative of Sonae Portugal, just for my own curiosity "compensado de madeira" in Portugal is "particle board, or chipboard" and not plywood, I guess there is a difference in Brazil :-)

Proposed translations

-1
9 horas
Selected

Engineered wood

Engineered wood
Engineered wood,also called composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board; includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding together the strands, particles, fibers, or veneers of wood, together with adhesives, to form composite materials.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-10-21 07:22:38 GMT)
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The answer is ENGINEERED WOOD not PLYWOOD which is contraplacado, a specific type of engineered wood. In this case the differentiation between COMPENSADO DE MADEIRA, and MADEIRA NOBRE is very clear, it could be any derivative of wood.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-21 08:06:47 GMT)
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If anyone wants to check Google - Cerca de 1.320.000 resultados

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-21 08:09:08 GMT)
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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-engineered-wood.htm

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-10-21 08:11:58 GMT)
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It depends on the translation quality of course. For some translations plywood is neither here nor there. For a "throw-away" translation anything goes.
Peer comment(s):

disagree P Forgas : http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_compensada
1 hora
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+8
2 minutos

plywood

According to Google translator.. ;)
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
4 minutos
Thank you. :)
agree Ivan Rocha, CT
8 minutos
Thank you. :)
agree Airton J Souza : http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/plywood.aspx
1 hora
Thank you. :)
agree Claudio Mazotti
1 hora
Thank you. :)
agree Luiz Honma (X)
3 horas
Thank you. :)
agree cristinamarinho
5 horas
Thank you. :)
agree Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
8 horas
Thank you. :)
disagree Nick Taylor : The answer is ENGINEERED WOOD not PLYWOOD which is contraplacado
9 horas
According to Wikipedia, compensado de madeira and contraplacado are the same thing.
agree airmailrpl : "plywood" About 15,400,000 results
9 horas
Thank you. :)
agree Carlos Quandt : não há mistério
16 horas
Thank you. :)
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