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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

central azucarero

English translation:

sugar mill; sugar company

Added to glossary by Wendy Gosselin
Jul 5, 2006 15:35
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

central azucarero

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Agriculture sugarcane production
El central azucarero "El Palmar" de la familia Vollmer, comenzó a funcionar en 1956 y ha marcado siempre un hito fundamental en cuanto a organización, administración y calidad de los productos finales se refiere.
IS THIS SIMPLY AN ESTATE, OR SOME SORT OF COOPERATIVE, OR WHAT?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 sugar mill; sugar company
5 +3 sugar cane mill
3 +1 central sugar mill / sugar refinery/ sugar mill
3 sugar plantation/manufacturing/plant

Discussion

Muriel Vasconcellos Jul 5, 2006:
I agree with Marian about "sugar mill." "Sugar cane mill" sounds like an awkward translation. I've had a lot of experience with agricultural texts, and I've never heard "sugar cane mill."
Marian Greenfield Jul 5, 2006:
if you really need to distinguish between the old and the new, you could always say "modern sugar mill" for the "central". I really don't think you want to use "sugar cane mill", as "sugar mill" is exponentially more common...
Susana Mate Jul 5, 2006:
From reading your comments to Yaotl´s response, I think that you might want to change your term for "ingenio". I understand that "ingenio" refers to the machine, whereas the "central" is the whole facility or even the company

Proposed translations

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sugar mill; sugar company

could process either sugar cane or sugar beets...

lots of instances on the web of El Palmar being called a sugar company, but I believe mill is more precise.

Interestingly, I'm doing a ton of stuff on sugar mills, but in Mexico they're called ingenios....

2002 SPRI CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS MARCH 10-13, 2002 ...In the cane raw sugar mill, it is expected that ultrafiltration of the clarified ... Update on the Use of Hydrogen Peroxide at Central El Palmar Refinery, ...
www.spriinc.org/buton7abs2002.html - 80k - Cached - Similar pages


[DOC] sugar annualFile Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
... are Central Azucarero Portuguesa, Central El Palmar, and Central La Pastora. ... of the creation of a state-owned sugar mill in the state of Barinas, ...
www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200405/146106323.doc - Similar pages


[PDF] GAIN ReportFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Central Azucarero Portuguesa, Central El Palmar, and Central La Pastora. ... in 2002 of the creation of a state-owned sugar mill in the state of ...
www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200405/146106323.pdf - Similar pages


..::Tablopan - An Opportunity::..It is adjacent to a large sugar mill, Central El Palmar, from which it obtained its bagasse in the past. Central El Palmar is now burning all its bagasse to ...
www.elpalmar.com.ve/tablopan/pages/opportunity.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages


[PDF] Literature Review on Use of Nonwood Plant Fibers for Building ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Summary: The energy balance in an integrated sugar mill- ... plant of central El Palmar. The Sugar Journal. 3: 12-16. (no abstract available) ...
www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr80.pdf - Similar pages

Peer comment(s):
agree Stuart Allsop : Absolutely. // Well, at least you can't complain that your life isn't "sweet"!!! :)
2 hrs
thanks... you have no idea how tired I am of sugar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been "devouring" it (vicariously) for weeks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Marian! Could I contact you again if I have any doubts? I am translating a book on rum production in Venezuela. My e-mail is [email protected] "
4 mins

sugar plantation/manufacturing/plant

It sounds to me like this is a family-owned business.
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2 mins

sugar cane mill

sugar cane mill.- It could be a cooperative or a private property mill where sugar is achieved through an elborated process.

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http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/florida/photos/cities/ccountry/cra...
Note from asker:
The thing is, I need to find some way to distinguish between the earlier "ingenio" of the 19th century and the "central" of the 20th century. And they're both "sugar cane mills" as far as I can tell!
Peer comment(s):
agree George Rabel : sí
0 min
Grazie mille :)
agree Juan Jacob : As said yesterday, yes. Don't think there is a difference between ingenio and central azucarera.
9 mins
Thank you my beloved compadre !
agree Susana Mate
38 mins
Obrigado, colega :)
neutral Muriel Vasconcellos : I agree with Marian that "sugar mill" is exponentially more common.
7 hrs
Thank you :)
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+1
3 hrs

central sugar mill / sugar refinery/ sugar mill

According to Oxford dic.:
ingenio azucarero: sugar refinery
central azucarero: sugar mill


Ingenio is the property with a sugar cane plantation and the machinery/facilities to process raw sugar.

See the following link about the history of a sugar refinery in Australia. You might get some ideas:
http://www.queenslandsugar.com/page.cfm?pageid=169

"1864 - Hope operated Australia's first commercial sugar mill
Cane growing spread along the coast of Queensland and northern New South Wales

System of large central sugar mills in northern New South Wales, supplied with cane by independent farmers, was introduced by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR)"

Personally I would use sugar mill for the earlier "ingenio" and sugar refinery for the present day organization.

Google also has some hits for "sugar refinery mill"

Peer comment(s):
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : I agree with your two suggestions. "Sugar refinery" is a more modern term.
4 hrs
Thanks Muriel
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