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sala

English translation: saloon car, saloon coach (of train)

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Spanish term or phrase:sala
English translation:saloon car, saloon coach (of train)
Entered by: Carol Gullidge

06:11 Apr 20, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Spanish term or phrase: sala
spec for trains in Mexico, part of the train, paired with cabina - 'en cabina y sala'
Joanna Waller
Local time: 11:22
saloon car
Explanation:
without more context, this has to be a guess - educated or otherwise!

We don't even know if - as I have assumed - that these do in fact refer to open or closed types of railway carriage.

Confirmation or further context would be helpful!

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Note added at 6 days (2021-04-26 09:36:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Many thanks!
Alternatives could be "saloon carriage" or even "saloon coach", although I don't believe other passengers can walk through these.... I'm thinking back to the days of good old British Rail dining cars, etc, which you could walk through... These would be contrasted with the cabins with connected corridor that I think you might be referring to.

However, there is no problem at all regarding the "Englishness" of the term, as Mark seems to imply! This is all perfectly "UK English" and is old as some of the trains themselves!
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:22
Grading comment
this in the answer I went with thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1carriage car, passenger car
Mark Possemiers
3saloon car
Carol Gullidge


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
carriage car, passenger car


Explanation:
more UK English ...

Mark Possemiers
Spain
Local time: 12:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks for your answer, I didn't use this one as space was a premium in the context but it was useful anyway


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agree  James Swan
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
saloon car


Explanation:
without more context, this has to be a guess - educated or otherwise!

We don't even know if - as I have assumed - that these do in fact refer to open or closed types of railway carriage.

Confirmation or further context would be helpful!

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 days (2021-04-26 09:36:18 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

Many thanks!
Alternatives could be "saloon carriage" or even "saloon coach", although I don't believe other passengers can walk through these.... I'm thinking back to the days of good old British Rail dining cars, etc, which you could walk through... These would be contrasted with the cabins with connected corridor that I think you might be referring to.

However, there is no problem at all regarding the "Englishness" of the term, as Mark seems to imply! This is all perfectly "UK English" and is old as some of the trains themselves!

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
this in the answer I went with thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, these are through trains, so connected corridors, HS type, with first and standard class

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