Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Subestación o extación auxiliar
Spanish translation:
subestación
English term
Argentina
Words and beyond
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Subestación o extación auxiliar
¿Será lo mismo una estación auxiliar que una subestación? Por lo que puedo ver, no, pero necesitaría una base sólida para defender mi posición. Alguien me puede ayudar?
Muchas gracias.
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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| 5 | subestación |
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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| 3 | electrical substation or booster station |
Taña Dalglish
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Taña Dalglish
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Proposed translations
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
subestación
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
: Cuando dices que "pueden ser lo mismo", ¿podrías dar ejemplos de "estación auxiliar" usado en contexto y referido a este mismo significado? ¡Gracias!
14 hrs
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Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
electrical substation or booster station
tureng.com/es/espanol-ingles/booster%20station
booster station. Play ENESENus ... Significados de "booster station" en diccionario español inglés : 10 resultado(s) ... 9, booster station · estación auxiliar.
Per references.
Spain
BA in Translation, ATA, DipTransIoLET
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
subestación
En la Electropedia, el término es "subestación":
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
En las traducciones sobre las normas aplicables (por ejemplo, la IEC 61850) y en los textos de las normas del sector se habla siempre de "subestaciones". Se me escapa el motivo de que tu cliente quiera poner "estación auxiliar".
Opino que la respuesta en este caso es informar al cliente de que el término habitual en el sector --y no solo en España, sino también en América Latina-- es "subestación", pero que si ellos desean "estación auxiliar", no tienes problema en usarlo. ¡El cliente manda (aunque a veces esté equivocado)!
Reference comments
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Refs.
I assume you need to differentiate "subestación" from "estación auxiliar", or perhaps I am off base. Robert has addressed the issue of "subestación" (Wiki link).
Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa, Volume 1, page 103 provides "auxiliary station" for "estación auxiliar":
https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA103&l...
Another link: "estación auxiliar" refers to a "booster station", which is what I personally would use.
b.xls
personales.upv.es/lalonso/psismica/b%20anexo.xls
by LÁ Alonso Matilla - 2009
35, backup line, cable de sosten de las tenazas-pinzas- en un equipo de perforación. 36, backup post .... 143, baseload power station, central de base,; para proporcionar la carga de base. 144, base ..... 437, booster station, estación auxiliar.
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https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=vl7aLDkpKAwC&pg=PA151&l...
estacion auxiliar > booster station.
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I am totally confused. Susie, what language are you translating into? The context is in Spanish, and it would be logical to assume you are translating into English, and if so the language pair should be reversed yet again. Regards.
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Susie: While this document is in English, this explains the function(s) of an electrical substation: http://www.slideshare.net/qwerty25ty/electric-power-substati...
(see page 19 under glossary for "substation") to page 23. IMO, a "booster station" is different (and what I am trying to find is information to support the difference between the electrical substation and the booster station). However, perhaps someone more knowledgeable in this field can pitch in and help to clarify! Please help!
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Suzie:
Merely from an English standpoint (but the issue is you are going into Spanish, so my concern may well be moot), if you translate estación auxiliar (which to me is a "booster station), I think they are different things:
For example:
Patent US1335541 - Booster system - Google Patents
www.google.com/patents/US1335541
On the other hand, if the substations are spaced too far apart, the efficiency of the ... **Booster station D is shown as located between substations A and B while ...**
| Sorry if I´ve confused you. I´m translating into Spanish, and as much as I would prefer to say "Subestación" for substation in english, the client is suggesting "Estación auxiliar", so I´m not sure if I should just obey orders or pick a fight. Bottom line, the questions is can "Estación auxiliar" in Spanish be used as an equivalent of "Subestación"? Do these two words refer to the same thing or are they different? Thank you for your concern Taña. You´re always there to help and I highly appreciate that. |
Discussion
Subcentral/subestación: Estación auxiliar donde se cambia el voltaje de una corriente eléctrica y se transforma de continua en alterna.
http://www.parro.com.ar/definicion-de-subcentral
Se llama subcentral eléctrica y, también, subestacion eléctrica, al conjunto de aparatos y dispositivos de transformación, conversión y distribución de energía eléctrica, instalados en un edificio o al aire libre y cuya misión es alimentar una red eléctrica.
My own suggestion here would be "subestaciones". See: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subestación_eléctrica