Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

residual

English translation:

residual (level)

Added to glossary by Lorna O'Donoghue
May 3, 2016 16:33
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Spanish term

residual

Spanish to English Other Agriculture Disinfectants
Mantener recirculando 1 hora controlando **residual cada 15 minutos y añadiendo la cantidad necesaria de PRODUCTO para mantener residual.
Deberá alcanzarse gradualmente la concentración precisa de **residual en el sistema, ya que altas concentraciones de inicio provocarán el desprendimiento del lodo y biofilm existente, pudiendo colapsar las lamas de los equipos y generar anomalías en funcionamiento
En instalaciones con baja contaminación mantener ***residual mínimo de producto en el sistema.

Not sure how to translate residual in this context. Any help would be much appreciated.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 residual (level)
4 +1 residual

Proposed translations

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residual (level)

It refers to the residual level, although you can omit "level", as it's implicit.

A chlorine residual is a low level of chlorine remaining in water after its initial application. It constitutes an important safeguard against the risk of subsequent microbial contamination after treatment—a unique and significant benefit for public health.
http://www.waterandhealth.org/chlorine-residual-public-healt...

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Note added at 13 mins (2016-05-03 16:47:10 GMT)
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Actually, after having checked a little further, the use of "residual" as a noun is standard:

residual
NOUN
1 A quantity remaining after other things have been subtracted or allowed for:
the Keynesian component is clearly a residual which is arrived at by subtracting the natural and classical components from overall unemployment'

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/resi...

How to measure chlorine residual
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/evaluation/watsan2005/annex_f...

Three types of chlorine residual can be measured
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/emergenci...


Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac
42 mins
Thanks, Neil.
agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
22 hrs
Thanks, Patricia.
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residual

I would go with : 'precise residual concentration' for the translation of your text. Here a some examples:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110093112000567
by N Dubey - ‎2013 - ‎Cited by 2 - ‎Related articles
Residual concentration was found to be linear in the range of 0.557–5.62 μg/mL, .... The method was validated for linearity, precision, limit of detection, limit of ...
[PDF]Residual solvent determination by head space gas ... - SciELO
www.scielo.br/pdf/bjps/v47n2/v47n2a19
by S Pandey - ‎Cited by 9 - ‎Related articles
prepared in such a way that it had a final concentration of. 3000 ppm for methanol, ... tem suitability and method precision of residual solvents as indicated in the ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac
37 mins
Hi Neilmac: Thanks for your confirmation! :))
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