Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Túneis de adução
English translation:
headrace tunnels
Added to glossary by
Douglas Bissell
Nov 25, 2013 15:14
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Túneis de adução
Portuguese to English
Science
Geography
Geology Hydroelectric schemes
Túneis de adução dos grupos 1 a 3 (Miranda I) - 6 m de diâmetro característico útil (64 m2); Central em caverna (Miranda I) –19,6 m de largura x 42,7 m de altura; Túneis de restituição – 9m de diâmetro; Túnel de adução do grupo 4 (Miranda II) - circular com 10,8 m de diâmetro de escavação (92 m2); Túnel de restituição grupo 4 - secção variável com o máximo de180 m²; Poço do grupo 4 – circular com 24,5m de diâmetro.
Inlet tunnel? delivery tunnel?
Inlet tunnel? delivery tunnel?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | headrace tunnels |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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| 4 | (water) conveyance tunnels |
liz askew
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| 4 | adduction tunnels |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 | supply tunnels |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 | inlet tunnels..intake tunnels |
airmailrpl
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Proposed translations
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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headrace tunnels
Ver (apesar de ser em ES, o termo é igual a PT): http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_ci...
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T o b i a s
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Tatiana Elizabeth
: Tatiana Elizabeth
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Obrigada, Tatiana!
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Gilmar Fernandes
: IATE also uses this term for "túnel/canal de adução".
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Comment: "Nice one, thanks"
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(water) conveyance tunnels
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=adduction d'eau water suppl...
1. Scheme Modernisation Project « Snowy Hydro
www.snowyhydro.com.au/energy/hydro/scheme-modernisation-pro...
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Modernisation of the Snowy Mountains Scheme Power Stations will ... and engineering solutions for water conveyance tunnels are enabling future tunnel ...
adduction d'eau translation English | French dictionary | Reverso
dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/adduction%20d'eau
adduction d'eau translation english, French - English dictionary, meaning, see also 'adduction',eau douce',eau',EAU', example of use, ... nf water conveyance.
1. Scheme Modernisation Project « Snowy Hydro
www.snowyhydro.com.au/energy/hydro/scheme-modernisation-pro...
o
o
Modernisation of the Snowy Mountains Scheme Power Stations will ... and engineering solutions for water conveyance tunnels are enabling future tunnel ...
adduction d'eau translation English | French dictionary | Reverso
dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/adduction%20d'eau
adduction d'eau translation english, French - English dictionary, meaning, see also 'adduction',eau douce',eau',EAU', example of use, ... nf water conveyance.
19 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
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English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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33
adduction tunnels
http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2012/Porto/FWREM/F...
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Note added at 45 minutos (2013-11-25 15:59:49 GMT)
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Another link.
http://www.acciona-engineering.com/activity-areas/civil-infr...
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Note added at 45 minutos (2013-11-25 15:59:49 GMT)
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Another link.
http://www.acciona-engineering.com/activity-areas/civil-infr...
Peer comment(s):
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T o b i a s
: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/other/135706...
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Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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supply tunnels
supply tunnels
23 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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inlet tunnels..intake tunnels
Túneis de adução => inlet tunnels..intake tunnels
NEELUM JHELUM HYDROPOWER PROJECT - Wapda
www.wapda.gov.pk/vision2025/htmls_vision2025/njhp.html
Oct 31, 2013 - Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHEP) is located in the vicinity ... A six gate tunnel intake structure of 280 cumecs capacity will be ...
Problems posed to a Moroccan hydroelectric facility inlet tunnel by ...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/088677989190144S
Some 130 km east of Marrakech, Morocco, in the High Atlas Mountains, the Ammougguez hydroelectric facility comprises, in part, a 7-km-long ..
TÚNEL DE ADUÇÃO - Eletrobras
www.eletrobras.com/.../FileDownload.ThrSvc.asp?...
TÚNEL DE ADUÇÃO. Arranjos com Túnel de Adução. Quando a casa de força da PCH não é incorporada ao barramento, poderá ser cogitada a adução das ...
O Projeto - Consórcio Empresarial SALTO PILÃO
www.usinasaltopilao.com.br/obra/projeto.asp
O túnel de adução representa o principal trecho do sistema de canalização subterrânea e, no seu emboque, está a tomada de água com comportas, instaladas ...
NEELUM JHELUM HYDROPOWER PROJECT - Wapda
www.wapda.gov.pk/vision2025/htmls_vision2025/njhp.html
Oct 31, 2013 - Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHEP) is located in the vicinity ... A six gate tunnel intake structure of 280 cumecs capacity will be ...
Problems posed to a Moroccan hydroelectric facility inlet tunnel by ...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/088677989190144S
Some 130 km east of Marrakech, Morocco, in the High Atlas Mountains, the Ammougguez hydroelectric facility comprises, in part, a 7-km-long ..
TÚNEL DE ADUÇÃO - Eletrobras
www.eletrobras.com/.../FileDownload.ThrSvc.asp?...
TÚNEL DE ADUÇÃO. Arranjos com Túnel de Adução. Quando a casa de força da PCH não é incorporada ao barramento, poderá ser cogitada a adução das ...
O Projeto - Consórcio Empresarial SALTO PILÃO
www.usinasaltopilao.com.br/obra/projeto.asp
O túnel de adução representa o principal trecho do sistema de canalização subterrânea e, no seu emboque, está a tomada de água com comportas, instaladas ...
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_ci...
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/other/135706...