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Mar 8, 2008 23:18
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Spanish term

cables fiadores

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Health and Safety PPE
Tejados. Cubiertas. Planos inclinados en altura
El trabajo realizado en tejados, cubiertas o superficies con más o menos pendientes en altura conlleva situaciones de alto riesgo pues aquí, en la mayoría de ocasiones no podremos disponer de andamios, plataformas u otros elementos auxiliares como cestas elevadoras; además muchas cubiertas no disponen de barandillas, etc, con lo cual tendremos que recurrir al uso de sistemas específicos de sujeción como son las líneas de vida, cables fiadores, anclajes móviles o flotantes.
http://www.borrmart.es/articulo_laboral.php?id=523&numero=82

These are not life lines, as I have that in the text already. Anybody any idea?

Term is Spanish in Spain, and I need UK English, although I'd be grateful for any ideas.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +2 (galvanised steel) safety cables / fall arresters
5 lanyards
4 life line

Discussion

Daniel Parra Mar 9, 2008:
My best guess would be "retaining/retainer cable".
Daniel Parra Mar 9, 2008:
My Louis A. Robb Engineer's Dictionary has fiador = fastener, retainer, toggle, catch.
I've used harness and lifeline working on towers, but only in an English speaking environment, so don't know the exact Spanish equivalent.
Nikki Graham (asker) Mar 9, 2008:
Interesting idea. Actually, I have taken the text above as an example, and in my actual text it appears twice as fiador. There are more references to "cables fiadores" on the Internet, so fiador may not be a mistake. I rather understood it as a "cable you can rely on"
Taña Dalglish Mar 9, 2008:
Nikki: While this may seem like a stupid question, could it be possible that the term you need is "cables fiJadores"?. In the link you provided, it makes reference to "6. Líneas de vida (anclaje móvil) cables fijadores, ….

Proposed translations

+2
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(galvanised steel) safety cables / fall arresters

I'm not sure, Nikki. But I had a look and found a few references to these cables. And they seem to be what I believe the cables fiadores are. Another possibility is fall arresters. But I could be completely wrong.

Good luck!

HTH


Sheila


http://www.northernsafety.com/cart/cart.cfm?PROD_NUM=165-228...



http://www.google.com/search?hl=ca&lr=&newwindow=1&sa=X&oi=s...



Precios de Conductores de cobre de 0,6/1 kv - Construmática
Cuando el cable ha de recorrer un tramo sin soportes, como por ejemplo, pasar de un edificio a otro, se colgará de un cable fiador de acero galvanizado ...
www.construmatica.com/bedec/f/6672 - 29k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
[PDF]
ET/5020 Conductores aislados, cableados en haz para líneas aéreas ...
Format del fitxer: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versió HTML
conductores equivalentes en haz con neutro fiador, incorporando al mismo el correspondiente. cable fiador de acero galvanizado, y éste sin cubierta aislante ...
www.asturias.es/Asturias/ DOCUMENTOS%20EN%20PDF/PDF%20DE%20TEMAS/ET5020.pdf - Pàgines semblants

http://www.davronline.co.uk/catalogue/fall-protection-safety...
Note from asker:
I think you might be right!
Peer comment(s):
agree Marcos Bernardo : You did good, Sheila. I have found another site which supports your approach: http://www.directindustry.com/prod/capital-safety-group/self...
1 hr
agree Taña Dalglish : I too support your answer after looking at several sites including these: http://www.mtas.es/insht/revista/A_04_ST01.htm y http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/boc/1998/001/010.html. Un abrazo.
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much everyone for your help. I used fall arrester for the following: retráctil autoblocante = self-retractable fall arrester"
1 hr

life line

Dear colleague,

according to my research, that's what I found and I am sure you meant the right translation.

Good work!

Reference:

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:QWxWUtRiwSIJ:www.cepis.ops-oms.org/foro_hispano/Diccionario_de_Construccion.pdf+l%C3%ADnea+de+vi

http://images.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://www.abcsafetymart.com/fall-protection/76473.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.abcsafetymart.com/fall

Note from asker:
Thank you, but life line is already in the text. I think they may be very similar, but not exactly the same.
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20 hrs

lanyards

A fall protection system on a high pitched (steep slope) roof consists of a horizontal lifeline which is anchored in place. Lanyards are attached to the lifeline. Usually the lanyards are retractable, but not always.

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2008-03-10 13:35:39 GMT) Post-grading
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The reason that they are referred to as fiadores in this context is to differentiate them from the horizontal lifeline to which they are attached on the roof. If you only had an anchor point on the roof and you did not have a horizontal lifeline, then you would attach directly to the anchor point, but it is not as good a system, since it is harder to move around on the roof and you can be subject to a swing fall. I have authored a book and a course on this subject.

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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2008-03-10 20:04:55 GMT) Post-grading
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So glad you figured out the configuration of the fall arrest system. If the cable fiador is the horizontal lifeline to which the other lines are attached, it makes perfect sense to me, but you might want to footnote that the life lines are vertical and the other cable is horizontal.
Note from asker:
I think these are cabos de vida, and I'm not sure they're the same as the fiadores
Thank you for your addition. In my research I found the cable fiador referred to as the horizontal cable and it did not look like any of the lanyards I had seen. But, of course, I may be wrong...
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