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Author Photo by: Lemuria
Sep 10 2023, 4:38pm CST ~ 1 week, 7 days ago. 
Question: Is "Bakurang Pangdaang-Bakal" a good translation for English "railway yard"?
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Author Photo Juantutri Badge: Native Tagalog Speaker
Sep 11 2023, 8:31am CST ~ 1 week, 6 days ago. 
That would be an acceptable translation, but it is quite literary. It’s possible that a lot of Filipinos might not readily understand what it means.
 
“Bakurán” usually means a residential yard. (The root word “bakod” means “fence”, “bakuran” is the verb “to fence in” and “bakurán” is the noun “yard”.) Some urban residents may no longer be familiar with the noun word because such spaces are relatively rare now in heavily populated places.
 
“Daang-Bakal” or, at times, “daambakal” are rarely used terms. “Riles” is what we practically use all the time. I think we derived it from the Spanish “los ferrocarriles”.
 
Calling it “paradahan ng tren (train parking lot)” might be better understood. However, the concept might not include the rails, if taken separately. For the extra rails, “tambakan ng riles (rails storage)” might make sense. Although “tambakan” usually means a “dump site”, rails would hardly be considered refuse items. Hence, “tambakan” would more likely be understood in this case as a “storage area”.
 
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Author Photo Lemuria
Sep 11 2023, 12:13pm CST ~ 1 week, 6 days ago. 
It's for a railway yard where trains are parked. It's not a place to store rails, so maybe "paradahan ng tren" might be a better way to translate it. Thanks! This is for a worldbuilding project I'm doing (a fictional map). Urban areas are mapped in English while rural places are in Tagalog. So as part of this effort I'm very thankful for your feedback.
 
It's here at opengeofiction.net/r elation/382583
 
EDIT: And it uses less letters too, so it doesn't sound as unwieldy and long on the map anymore.
 
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Author Photo Juantutri Badge: Native Tagalog Speaker
Sep 12 2023, 3:01am CST ~ 1 week, 6 days ago. 
You're welcome!
 
And yes, Filipinos will have no problem understanding what the label "Paradahan ng tren" on your map means.
 
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