Mar 2, 2015 13:43
9 yrs ago
Spanish term

Compartimiento de depósito

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Furniture / Household Appliances Household appliances: Refrigerators and freezers
Hello fellow translators,

I hope you are able to help me out with this term "Compartimiento de depósito". I'm translating a technical standard intended for manufacturers from Spanish into English (US).

So it reads as follows:

Esta norma técnica definirá los requisitos de calidad para refrigeradores y sus compartimientos:

- Compartimiento de almacenamiento de alimentos frescos
- Compartimiento de almacenamiento de alimentos congelados
- Compartimiento de enfriamiento
- Compartimiento de baja temperatura
- Compartimiento para fabricación de hielo
- Compartimiento de depósito

I've found some technical standards in English and I've been able to determine the translation of all the above except for "Compartimiento de depósito":

This technical standard will define the quality requirements for refrigerators and their compartments:

- Fresh food storage compartment
- Frozen food storage compartment
- Cooling compartment
- Low-temperature compartment
- Ice production compartment
- "Compartimiento de depósito"

I initially thought of translating it as "Storage compartment" but that would clearly cause confusion to the reader; another option I've thought of is "Tank compartment" but I'm not quite sure as I have been unable to find such compartment in English documents relating to refrigerators; I must say I have also been unable to find what a "Compartimiento de depósito" is in any Spanish documents as well; it seems they call it like this in this document only and they never explain what it is exactly.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Discussion

bigedsenior Mar 4, 2015:
Ice production compartment would be fine for a commercial refrigerator, but for a domestic unit, it would be "Ice Maker Compartment"
Christian Esquivel (asker) Mar 2, 2015:
Good point... I must say this is quite a good option. I initially wanted to translate it as storage compartment anyway...and certainly, leaving storage out in those two won't pose a problem at all. If translation submission time closes in and I haven't received a better suggestion I= think this one will work quite well indeed. Thanks Liz!
Elizabeth Slaney Mar 2, 2015:
Remove storage from other compartments I'm not too keen on "deposit compartment". Sounds like a translation. How about omitting storage from "fresh food compartment" and "frozen food compartment"? I do not think it is needed in English anyway. "Storage compartment" for the last item in list would not be wrong and would not cause confustion.
Christian Esquivel (asker) Mar 2, 2015:
Definetely not the ice storage compartment... Through further reading I noticed that they mention the ice storage compartment separately and relating to shared space with the frozen food storage compartment while the "depósito" compartment relates to the fresh food storage compartment...Maybe leave it as a literal translation such as "deposit compartment"? What do you guys think?
Christian Esquivel (asker) Mar 2, 2015:
More info... Thanks Denise, Ray and Liz! I found some more context: "Cuando los volúmenes del compartimiento de depósito y el compartimiento de almacenamiento de alimentos frescos son ajustables en relación de uno y otro por el usuario, el volumen de almacenamiento de estos compartimientos deben ser determinados con el compartimiento de depósito ajustado a sus volúmenes mínimos y máximos."

Well, as I understand this "compartimiento de depósito" might use up shared space with the fresh food storage compartment; so I don't think it would be the ice storage compartment because of the temperature; a wild guess is it might be that lower compartment where you keep a large drawer (at home we usually place fruit and vegetables which do not perish so easily so they don't require a very cold temperature)...What do you guys think? Any other ideas?

Proposed translations

2 days 8 hrs
Selected

ice (storage) bin

https://www.deyparts.net/catalog/freezer_ice_buckets_and_bin...
Refrigerator Ice Buckets and Bins. You Are Here: ... Electrolux Refrigerator Ice Bucket Container - Ice Bucket ... Haier Refrigerator Ice Storage Tray - Refrigerator ...
Side by Side refrigerator - Ice in Bin - Door(s) - Door Switch - Water ...
http://www.maytag.com/product-help/side-by-side-refrigerator...
Is the Ice Maker turned on? Turning the Ice Maker On/Off: Style 1: The On/Off switch can only be accessed when the ice storage bin has been removed from the ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Not really the answer. I used "storage compartment" and left the word storage out from the remaining terms. I chose this answer because is the best supported one."
46 mins

Storage Tank

It's a guess
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+2
1 hr

ice storage compartment

I think it's the place the ice stored on a fridge with an automatic ice maker.
Peer comment(s):

agree Elizabeth Slaney : Seems likely since it comes after ice-making compartment.
1 min
agree philgoddard : You should provide some references, but yes, this is usually mentioned in conjunction with "hielo".
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