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Elija la traducción adecuada: “The term “vessel constrained by her draught” means a power-driven vessel which, because of her draught in relation to the available depth un width of navigable water, is severely restricted in her ability to deviate from the course she is following”.Choose the accurate Spanish translation of COLREG Rule 3(h): “The term ‘vessel constrained by her draught’ means a power-driven vessel which, because of her draught in relation to the available depth and width of navigable water, is severely restricted in her ability to deviate from the course she is following”:
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Correct answer: d) La expresión “buque restringido por su calado” significa un buque de propulsión mecánica que, por razón de su calado en relación con la profundidad y la anchura disponible del agua navegable, tiene una capacidad muy restringida de apartarse de la derrota que está siguiendo.
Why it is correct
This is the official Spanish text of COLREG Rule 3(h): 'draught' is 'calado', 'available depth and width of navigable water' is 'la profundidad y la anchura disponible del agua navegable', and 'is severely restricted in her ability to deviate' is 'tiene una capacidad muy restringida de apartarse'.
Why the others are not
- a) Mistranslates 'draught' as 'diseño' and 'width' as 'velocidad'.
- b) Omits 'severely' ('muy restringida') and changes 'navigable water' to 'canal navegable'.
- c) Mistranslates 'is severely restricted' as 'has no ability'.
How to work it out in the exam
- Rule 3(h) (constrained by her draught): severely restricted = capacidad muy restringida de apartarse.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de febrero · CY Test 2 · question 35 Official paper · Official answer key
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.