libro blanco

English translation: white paper

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Spanish term or phrase:libro blanco
English translation:white paper
Entered by: Ryan Kelly

12:12 Dec 11, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Well drilling
Spanish term or phrase: libro blanco
OK, so this is taken from an emergency response plan for an offshore oil rig for a Mexican oil company. White papers would be my first guess, but I am not certain this fits for a translation into US English. If it is white papers, please confirm, but I am open to suggestions because the client sent this back to me asking me to double check that it is in fact "white papers."

Si la Etapa de Evacuación Parcial fue aplicada, pero no se alcanzara a aplicar la Etapa de Evacuación Total por cambio en la trayectoria del Huracán, con el pronóstico meteorológico favorable de que el fenómeno no afectará la Zona de Máximo Alertamiento, la actividad se tomará además como un ejercicio, integrando la documentación en el libro blanco.
Ryan Kelly
United States
Local time: 21:35
white paper
Explanation:
The following is an example of a Mexican White Paper about dredging work performed in a new LNG port.

http://www.sct.gob.mx/uploads/media/LB_DRAGADO_1_ETAPA_LAGUN...

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=white paper def...



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Ryan, thank you for selecting my answer. Ed S
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bigedsenior
Local time: 18:35
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5 +2white paper
bigedsenior
3 +1government report
Carolina Finley
3white book
philgoddard


  

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government report


Explanation:
White paper is a UK term: "A white paper is an authoritative report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper
I don't believe it is used in the US, so something like government report should suffice.
However, when looking it up found the following (same URL above): "The initial British term concerning a type of government-issued document has proliferated, taking a somewhat new meaning in business. In business, a white paper is closer to a form of marketing presentation, a tool meant to persuade customers and partners and promote a product or viewpoint." According to the larger context, you might decide between these definitions. "Government report" would seem to work in US English, if that is indeed what it is. Otherwise you might choose something to describe the promotional material, if that is what it appears to be from the larger context.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper
    Reference: http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-united-kingdom...
Carolina Finley
Local time: 03:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I don't think this makes sense in the context.
3 hrs

agree  bigedsenior: 'white paper' is also used in the USA
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white book


Explanation:
This is presumably an internal company term referring to a central record or set of procedures. I'd just translate it literally.

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Possibly a logbook, given the context. But I'd still translate it literally.

philgoddard
United States
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
white paper


Explanation:
The following is an example of a Mexican White Paper about dredging work performed in a new LNG port.

http://www.sct.gob.mx/uploads/media/LB_DRAGADO_1_ETAPA_LAGUN...

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=white paper def...



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Ryan, thank you for selecting my answer. Ed S

bigedsenior
Local time: 18:35
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Native speaker of: English
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Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian [email protected]
8 hrs
  -> thank you

agree  Robert Carter
2 days 3 hrs
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