Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ensayo en blanco
English translation:
blank test
Added to glossary by
Irene Cudich
Dec 11, 2001 16:45
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term
I love translating!!
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish
ensayo en blanco
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
no tengo contexto. Me lo preguntó un cliente. Pido ayuda a mis colegas.
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Phillip Berryman
Native in English
An author's (6 books) care for language.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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blank test
That's where I would start. Hard to get much further without context.
Phil Berryman
Phil Berryman
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Comment: "Gracias a todos!!!"
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Rick Henry
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Quick turnaround, professional results
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 7 more.
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blank test
that's really more of a medical context, though. If it's tech/IT related, I'm tempted to say "dry runthrough"
HTH
Rick
HTH
Rick
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blank assay (in chemistry)
This is a comparative test in pharmaceutics that measures the characteristics of one substance against a standard of that substance (the blank). Its also possible there are other fields of application, or your terminology comes from another specialization.
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Alan Lambson
Native in English
Your starting point for translation
Native in: English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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blank assay
To confirm, you can type this term in a search engine and see that it is widely used in the field of experimental design.
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George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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Dry run
Esta es otra de las expresiones utilizadas para referirse a una prueba de ese tipo.
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Heathcliff
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Law, medicine, technology: prompt & pro
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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blank trial / blank test
The context is chemical or pharmaceutical analysis, especially when a enzyme-linked immunoassay or radioimmunoassay is to be performed.
Often, before the product to be analyzed is placed in the assay equipment, the test is run with water, methanol, alcohol, or another solvent (the "blank"), to check the proper functioning of the equipment and the proper analytical settings.
Hope this helps,
HC
Often, before the product to be analyzed is placed in the assay equipment, the test is run with water, methanol, alcohol, or another solvent (the "blank"), to check the proper functioning of the equipment and the proper analytical settings.
Hope this helps,
HC
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Rough draft
The person is probably referring to a first draft of something written.
If not - it might be a rehearsal (play,etc) and then they would mean a preliminary rehearsal without practice beforehand.
If not - it might be a rehearsal (play,etc) and then they would mean a preliminary rehearsal without practice beforehand.
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