Rachael Ellis (X) (asker) Feb 17, 2017:

@Peter Thank you

Peter Guest Feb 17, 2017:

Gangway winch In that case...

Rachael Ellis (X) (asker) Feb 17, 2017:

The plot thickens... I have just come across the term "cabestrante de giro" again in the text, this time it is very clear that it is referring to the gangway:

XXX€ corresponde a la reparación del ***cabestrante de giro de la pasarela*** que no se encontraba garantizada por la fatiga presente en el material existente.

Peter Guest Feb 17, 2017:

Exactly that. Can't see what else it could be. Thanks for your kind remark.
I would have expected cabrestante de maniobra/amarre/atraque but you never know...

Charles Davis Feb 17, 2017:

@Peter I always enjoy reading your input on seafaring questions. I was also bothered by "cabestrante de giro" with nothing following, because it seemed to be a tautology; by definition, any cabestrante turns. So are you suggesting it could mean a cabestrante for turning the boat rather than a cabestrante that turns?

Rachael Ellis (X) (asker) Feb 17, 2017:

Thank you Peter... For the sanity check! :)!

Peter Guest Feb 17, 2017:

Not the gangway It's nothing to do with the gangway, as you quote "Se realizan además, trabajos adicionales concernientes a la reparación del ***cabestrante de giro*** (que presenta fatiga de material), revisión de pistones, y suministros menores (casquillos, soportes para sensores, etc.)" It's separate. See my suggested answer.

Rachael Ellis (X) (asker) Feb 17, 2017:

Thank you for your input Charles. Peter, there could be a word missing from the source text..

I should have included this originally but just to clarify further, this term "cabestrante de giro" is in the section of the text regarding repairs made to the boarding gangway of a super yacht.

"Los trabajos consistía en desmontar la pasarela para pintar y su posterior montaje a bordo. Se realizan además, trabajos adicionales concernientes a la reparación del ***cabestrante de giro*** (que presenta fatiga de material), revisión de pistones, y suministros menores (casquillos, soportes para sensores, etc.)

I cannot find any type of "gangway capstan", "gangway windlass", I can only find "gangway winch", but no such "rotary winch" or any apparent way to translate "de giro".

I have spent nearly 3 hours researching this now, it's a pity how one thing can really slow down a translation!

Peter Guest Feb 17, 2017:

word missing??? Are you sure "cabrestante de giro" is not followed by the word horizontal (or vertical)?

Charles Davis Feb 17, 2017:

Spelling "Cabrestante" and "cabestrante" are simply variant spellings of the same word. Both are correct and recognised by the RAE. "Cabrestante" is somewhat more common nowadays, but "cabestrante" is probably the older form and is closer to the etymological origin (ultimately Latin capistrum 'rope, halter', via Old Provençal cabestan and Occitan cabestran). The English word "capstan" is derived from medieval Spanish "cabestran", and it was considered a Spanish invention. The metathesis must have occurred quite early since both spellings are already listed as alternatives in the seventeenth century.