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spridning kan ske pga vattengenomströmning

English translation: spreading may occur as a result of seepage

03:01 Sep 30, 2017
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Swedish term or phrase: spridning kan ske pga vattengenomströmning
How would you translate the phrase "spridning kan ske ... på grund av vattengenomströmning" in the context below?

"Muddringen [...] kommer att ske innanför vågbrytarna. Vågbrytarna kommer att förhindra spridning av sediment till det öppna havsområdet utanför hamnen, men viss begränsad spridning kan ske genom hamninloppet på grund av vattengenomströmning."

I have seen "vattengenomströmning" translated as "water flow" or similar in other cases. However, in this context, the "vågbrytarna" are supposed to *prevent* water flow (to some extent, at least), so it seems to me that "vattengenomströmning" must refer to a more specific type of flow.

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G. L.
United States
Local time: 22:22
English translation:spreading may occur as a result of seepage
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 07:22
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1spreading may occur as a result of seepage
Sven Petersson
4 -1spreading may occur ... as a result of water through-flow
TechLawDC
3waterflow may cause sediment to propagate into
Per-Erik Nordström
3 -1diffusion can occur due to water flows
Thomas Johansson


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
spreading may occur ... as a result of water through-flow


Explanation:
("diffusion" is technically incorrect. It is extremely unidiomatic in English, because "diffusion" is an engineering term of art (see below). It is also ambiguous, because the colloquial meaning of "diffusion" is "distribution", which the author has not asserted and is non-obvious.
Complete rendering:
The dredging [...] will occur inside the breakwaters. The breakwaters will prevent the spreading of sediment to the open sea area outside the port, but some limited spreading may occur through the harbor inlet as a result of water through-flow.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diffusion -- (chemistry): the process whereby particles of liquids, gases, or solids intermingle as the result of their spontaneous movement caused by thermal (see "1 thermal 1b") agitation and in dissolved substances move from a region of higher to one of lower concentration.


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Note added at 1 hr (2017-09-30 04:37:43 GMT)
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https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/13669156.pdf
Sep 21, 2016 - Spreading of sediment due to underwater blasting and dredging - DTU Orbit (21/09/2016). Spreading of sediment due to underwater blasting ...

TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 01:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Thomas Johansson: "Spridning" here means "diffusion" in the sense of the water with the dissolved sediment extending slowly in different directions and especially out from the harbor area to the clean water outside the harbor.
2 days 14 hrs
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
spreading may occur as a result of seepage


Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 07:22
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 167
Notes to answerer
Asker: Do you think that "dispersion" might be a better term than "spreading" here?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Johnson
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Michele Fauble
10 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
neutral  TechLawDC: "vattengenomströmning" might mean "through-flow", "penetration", or "bypass flow". I seriously doubt it means "seepage", which would make minimal technical sense. The volume of spreading by seepage would be near zero.
1 day 2 hrs
disagree  Thomas Johansson: This doesn't make sense. There is no mention of any seepage, and to speak of "seepage" through a harbor inlet doesn't make sense.
1 day 11 hrs
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
waterflow may cause sediment to propagate into


Explanation:
verbet spread känns fel

Per-Erik Nordström
Sweden
Local time: 07:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 17
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
spridning kan ske p.g.a. vattengenomströmning
diffusion can occur due to water flows


Explanation:
Hamninloppet är förmodligen en öppning som ligger mellan vågbrytarna. Vågbrytarna hindrar sediment från att spridas där de är placerade men sediment kan fortfarande läcka ut genom hamninloppet.
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vågbrytare
Se bilden från Lerbergets hamn i Skåne:
http://lerberget.se/hamnen

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-09-30 03:27:46 GMT)
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Correction: "diffusion can occur due to the water flow"

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Note added at 2 days16 hrs (2017-10-02 19:20:05 GMT) Post-grading
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I would appreciate if people could be a little bit more serious before they start throwing criticisms around. KudoZ is about helping people find the best translations and there should be no need to make false statements about other people's answers.

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 00:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 5

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: spridning ≠ diffusion
5 hrs
  -> What do you mean? Pick up a dictionary.
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