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Gafas

English translation: Goggles/Glasses

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Spanish term or phrase:Gafas
English translation:Goggles/Glasses
Entered by: Loreta Saddi

17:17 Jan 22, 2024
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: Gafas
Here is the context:

Además, la empresa adjudicataria, propondrá al inicio del estudio dos encuestas, una previa al uso de las gafas y otra al final, para completar la información recogida en la toma de datos de las gafas: Proporcionará el hardware necesario para el estudio: las gafas de medición, la tablets para hacer el seguimiento, etc.

Does anyone know the meaning of "gafas" in this context?

Thank you.
Loreta Saddi
United States
Local time: 14:37
Goggles/Glasses
Explanation:
These are usually called measuring goggles or glasses.

"UAE police have temperature measuring goggles to scan the public and test for COVID19"

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Note added at 15 hrs (2024-01-23 08:49:41 GMT)
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Pax Liz, some sources might call the kind of goggles mentioned in the UAE police headline "smart glasses", but I prefer to reserve this term for things like Google glasses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:37
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Goggles/Glasses


Explanation:
These are usually called measuring goggles or glasses.

"UAE police have temperature measuring goggles to scan the public and test for COVID19"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 15 hrs (2024-01-23 08:49:41 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Pax Liz, some sources might call the kind of goggles mentioned in the UAE police headline "smart glasses", but I prefer to reserve this term for things like Google glasses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass

Example sentence(s):
  • Universal measuring goggles Oculus UB-4...
  • Ordinary glasses or contact lenses can be used as usual inside the measuring goggles.

    Reference: http://www.machinio.com/cat/universal-length-measuring
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:37
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Grading comment
Thank you!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Bramhall
17 mins
  -> Cheers :)
agree  Steven Huddleston
1 hr
  -> Tx :-)
neutral  liz askew: hmm, your picture looks like something an optician would use, isn't this about civil engineering?
5 hrs
  -> "My" picture? You mean the random example of real-world usage plucked from the internet? Yes,they are what opticians use to gauge our eyesight. Other versions are possible.
agree  Thomas Walker: I think "goggles" is fine here.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks for the agree :-)
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