Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 24, 2017 17:45
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French term
Bulgaria
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
caisse
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
Train power units
This is from the document about train accidents.
"Le TER [train express régional] qui circulait entre Moulins (03) et Clermont-Ferrand (63) était composé d’un élément automoteur thermique de type AGC tri-**caisses**."
"Le TER [train express régional] qui circulait entre Moulins (03) et Clermont-Ferrand (63) était composé d’un élément automoteur thermique de type AGC tri-**caisses**."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 +2 | 3-car |
Tony M
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| 4 | body/coach/unit |
polyglot45
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| 4 | unit |
narasimha (X)
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References
| SNCF link |
Marco Solinas
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Change log
Oct 31, 2017 09:23: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
tri-caisses
Selected
3-car
I think this is talking about a classic 3-car unit... and I also seem to recall we've had this before; please do try a term search, then if you prove me wrong, i can hide my answer ;-)
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Note added at 18 minutes (2017-10-24 18:04:05 GMT)
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Thanks to Marco Solinas for the SNCF reference below, which confirms my suggestion.
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Note added at 20 minutes (2017-10-24 18:06:04 GMT)
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From Marco's link:
FR
Le package inclut une livré TER bleu standard sans marquage de région, et contient les configurations suivante :
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X72500 bicaisse + tricaisse
X72500 tricaisse
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EN
The package include the standard X72500 TER livery without Region marking with the following configurations :
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X72500 two car set + three car set
X72500 three car set
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Note added at 13 heures (2017-10-25 06:46:15 GMT)
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Incidentaly (and probably co-incidentally), ' 'caisse' is also a more-or-less slang word for a 'car' in the automobile sense.
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Note added at 18 minutes (2017-10-24 18:04:05 GMT)
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Thanks to Marco Solinas for the SNCF reference below, which confirms my suggestion.
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Note added at 20 minutes (2017-10-24 18:06:04 GMT)
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From Marco's link:
FR
Le package inclut une livré TER bleu standard sans marquage de région, et contient les configurations suivante :
...
X72500 bicaisse + tricaisse
X72500 tricaisse
...
EN
The package include the standard X72500 TER livery without Region marking with the following configurations :
...
X72500 two car set + three car set
X72500 three car set
...
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Note added at 13 heures (2017-10-25 06:46:15 GMT)
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Incidentaly (and probably co-incidentally), ' 'caisse' is also a more-or-less slang word for a 'car' in the automobile sense.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Indeed. I hadn't narrowed the term search down enough. There it was amongst the hundreds of entries. Thanks!"
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polyglot45
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English
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Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
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20
body/coach/unit
a three-unit dmu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorail_à_grande_capacité
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Note added at 43 mins (2017-10-24 18:28:57 GMT)
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Tony is not wrong with "car" but the other solutions are also valid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorail_à_grande_capacité
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Note added at 43 mins (2017-10-24 18:28:57 GMT)
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Tony is not wrong with "car" but the other solutions are also valid
12 hrs
unit
The regional express train which runs between Moulins and Clermont-Ferrand était consisted of a self-propelled thermal element of type Autorail à Grande Capacité (AGC) High capacity rail car of three units.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Since the entire 'rame' is known as a 'set' or 'unit' (cf DMU as cited by P/G), it's probably better to avoid 'unit' for referring to a 'car'.
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Reference comments
15 mins
Marco Solinas
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Accurate, professional translations
Native in: English , Italian
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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30
Reference:
SNCF link
See this bilingual document of SNCF: https://www.transportfever.net/filebase/index.php/Entry/1962...
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