Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
VAR
Spanish translation:
variación/declinación
Added to glossary by
Andrés Barros
Mar 7, 2019 17:21
5 yrs ago
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English term
Ecuador
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VAR
English to Spanish
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Naval Form Terminology
Hello everyone,
Context: The name of the form is LOG-NAVIGATION DATA SHEET. It can even be downloaded empty on pdf from google. In the one I have, the information for a ship´s journey is filled in. There are many terms here I cannot find in my dictionaries.
The term:
In one column, this is written.
"VAR"
I assume it could be "variation", because one column is named "gyro crs/brg", while another is called "true crs/brg".
Maybe this column should show the variation between both, but it´s all blank.
Every line under "gyro" was filled in with an "M". Every line under "true", was filled in with a "V".
I would assume a lot of this naval vocabulary, is standardized. So...
My try:
"VAR"
Thank you for any help.
Context: The name of the form is LOG-NAVIGATION DATA SHEET. It can even be downloaded empty on pdf from google. In the one I have, the information for a ship´s journey is filled in. There are many terms here I cannot find in my dictionaries.
The term:
In one column, this is written.
"VAR"
I assume it could be "variation", because one column is named "gyro crs/brg", while another is called "true crs/brg".
Maybe this column should show the variation between both, but it´s all blank.
Every line under "gyro" was filled in with an "M". Every line under "true", was filled in with a "V".
I would assume a lot of this naval vocabulary, is standardized. So...
My try:
"VAR"
Thank you for any help.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 2 | variación/declinación |
Maximiliano Vaccaro
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| 5 +1 | Desvío |
Peter Guest
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Change log
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Proposed translations
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variación/declinación
Hola, Andrés:
Coincido en que podría ser variation. He encontrado el término magnetic variation o magnetic declination, que, según las fuentes que he consultado, se traduce como variación magnética o declinación magnética.
Aquí hay una definición en español:
• “Como hemos visto la diferencia entre el norte magnético y el norte verdadero en cualquier lugar concreto de la Tierra se denomina declinación magnética”. Fuente: https://thetrekkinglife.com/articulos/orientacion/111-los-tr...
Esto parece coincidir con estas definiciones de magnetic variation:
• “Magnetic Variation - The angular difference between true north and magnetic north. Also known as declination”. Fuente: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/aircraft-navigation-terms-...
• “Magnetic declination, or magnetic variation, is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (…) and true north”. Fuente: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-03-07 19:27:34 GMT)
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En el siguiente documento, donde utilizaban el término desvío, de la consulta anterior, también usan declinación magnética: http://sitiowcontingencia.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/web/es/html...
Coincido en que podría ser variation. He encontrado el término magnetic variation o magnetic declination, que, según las fuentes que he consultado, se traduce como variación magnética o declinación magnética.
Aquí hay una definición en español:
• “Como hemos visto la diferencia entre el norte magnético y el norte verdadero en cualquier lugar concreto de la Tierra se denomina declinación magnética”. Fuente: https://thetrekkinglife.com/articulos/orientacion/111-los-tr...
Esto parece coincidir con estas definiciones de magnetic variation:
• “Magnetic Variation - The angular difference between true north and magnetic north. Also known as declination”. Fuente: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/aircraft-navigation-terms-...
• “Magnetic declination, or magnetic variation, is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (…) and true north”. Fuente: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-03-07 19:27:34 GMT)
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En el siguiente documento, donde utilizaban el término desvío, de la consulta anterior, también usan declinación magnética: http://sitiowcontingencia.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/web/es/html...
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Peter Guest
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
33 yrs Ships, Engineering Marketing
Native in: English
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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Desvío
This is an intersting subject.
There are plenty of texts that describe what a cpmpass displays and the way it needs adjusting to draw on a chart.
There are plenty of texts that describe what a cpmpass displays and the way it needs adjusting to draw on a chart.
Discussion
VAR - Variation
VAR - Visual-aural Radio Range
So, it is what fits your context!