Sep 19, 2019 02:43
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

revoque / revoco de cal

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
I'm translating a text on an "industrial mortar" described as follows:

"Revoco de cal hidrofugado en capa fina para el revestimiento de soportes enfoscados en exteriores e interiores."
and later in the text
"Mortero industrial para revoco/enlucido".

Most references (including previous KudoZ) seem to translate "revoco" or "revoque" (same thing) as "plaster" - but that is also given as the translation for "yeso", "enlucido", "enfoscado", all of which also appear in this text, so I need to make a distinction ("plaster" seems to be a catch-all term).

Basically the three layers of plastering are as follows (and according to https://soyreforma.com/paredes/enfoscado-revoque-enlucido/):
1. enfoscado (rendering) 2. revoque (???), 3. enlucido (plaster/skim coat?)

For the time being, I have "plastering mortar" for "revoco", since that's essentially what it is, and then "plastering/skim coating" for "revoco/enlucido", which I *believe" works here, but would like to check.
"Water-repellent thin-layer lime plastering mortar for coating rendered indoor or outdoor supports."
"Industrial mortar for plastering/skim coating."

Any experts around who can give me any pointers?
I also have to translate this into French (and have posted the same problem on the Spanish-French board), so any help in French is also appreciated...
Source: Spain. Translation into U.S. English.
Proposed translations (English)
4 lime render
4 overcoat

Discussion

Toni Castano Sep 19, 2019:
A helpful reference Hi Joshua, I think it´s worth taking a look at this reference, where the differences between "enfoscado", "revoque/revoco" and "enlucido" are distinctly explained:
https://bombarelyedificacion.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/alguno...
The different materials used in every technique seem to be the key point here.

Proposed translations

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lime render

My try
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Sorry for the delay - I was waiting to hear back from the client and never did. Note that in the end I used "plastering mortar" for "revoco", and enlucido = skim coat; enfoscado = render. Toni's link is very helpful."
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overcoat

The 'overcoat' is applied ove the 'scratch coat'.

https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-scratch-coat.htm#didyoukn...
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