slothm Jan 19, 2015:

@Chris. Just read some pages of the paper.
It is basically based en American standards.
When they wrote it they introduced words used by Venezuelan engineers.
For example they translated "required strength" as "factores de mayoración".
They published a sort of lexicon explaining the meanings of technical words used in your context.
I think you should restrict these questions to people living in Venezuela. Good luck, :-)

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

Chris Bruton (asker) Jan 19, 2015:

I don't think so, as this is the source text from Venezuela which can also be viewed online: http://www.funvisis.gob.ve/archivos/pdf/normas/norma_diseño_...

slothm Jan 19, 2015:

@Chris Somewhere, somehow, a mechanical translator is paying pranks on us.
Technical mumbo jumbo.

Chris Bruton (asker) Jan 19, 2015:

Here's another sentence with a little more context:
La resistencia minorada de todos los miembros y conexiones de un pórtico de momento con vigas de celosía, excepto los pertenecientes al segmento especial, será capaz de tomar las solicitaciones mayoradas de las combinaciones (10-6) y (10-7) y las fuerzas laterales necesarias para desarrollar la resistencia nominal al corte esperado en todos los segmentos especiales, V[2]ne [3], calculado con la formula (11- 3)

Jennifer Levey Jan 18, 2015:

@Chris Can you tell us briefly what this 'interconnection' is/does/looks like? And what is/are 'interconnected' by it? (It's not that I haven't a clue what it is or does, but it would be helpful to have confirmation before answering.)

slothm Jan 18, 2015:

Strange phrasing. Tradetrad?