Jan 24, 2006 22:33
18 yrs ago
German term
United States
23 years in agricultural science
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
zugendseitig
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
railroad car construction
This term appears in reference to a method of coupling two railroad cars so that passengers can transfer from one car to another: Bei der Beförderung von Personen mittels Schienenfahrzeugen kann es vorkommen, dass zur Erreichung eines gewünschten Fahrziels von einem Fahrgast ein Zugwechsel vorge¬nommen werden muss. Um ein schnelles Umsteigen zwischen zwei Züge zu ermöglichen, ist es bekannt geworden die Stirnseiten zweier jeweils zugendseitig angeordneter Schienenfahr¬zeuge miteinander zu kuppeln.
towing end sides, maybe?
towing end sides, maybe?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | end to end coupling |
jhp (X)
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| 5 | coaches /cars on the end of a train |
David Moore (X)
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| 3 | with their ends parked opposite eachother |
vic voskuil
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| 2 | forward side |
Languageman
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end to end coupling
From my understanding of the description the end of one train (car) gets connected to the end of the other train.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sounds good to me, thanks!"
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Languageman
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Works in field
United Kingdom
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forward side
Seems to make sense, but no idea if this is the correct technical term.
9 hrs
vic voskuil
Netherlands
Netherlands
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Netherlands
European Translations and Proof Reading
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, German to Dutch, Dutch, and 2 more.
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with their ends parked opposite eachother
i can´t quite figure it out, but i suppose they have discovered that to have trains on either side of the platform facing the same direction makes changing from one train onto the other go more smoothly...
that would make sense, yet still i do not quite trust that sentence...
that would make sense, yet still i do not quite trust that sentence...
11 hrs
coaches /cars on the end of a train
Meaning that one of the two trains is shunted carefully towards the other to couple up. Could well happen at a major junction; obviously the two trains would be facing in opposite directions, unless you regard the shunting section as just that - a section drawn off a train at another platform to enable passengers to interchange between trains without having to cross over the tracks, a bridge or a subway.
To me, it's another example of the German "cooking cabbages twice" syndrome - after all, if you attach two sections of different trains together, where in the **** could the attachment be made, other than at the END of the sections????
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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-01-25 09:38:26 GMT)
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But that's my bad luck; in English, that just doesn't need saying....
To me, it's another example of the German "cooking cabbages twice" syndrome - after all, if you attach two sections of different trains together, where in the **** could the attachment be made, other than at the END of the sections????
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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-01-25 09:38:26 GMT)
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But that's my bad luck; in English, that just doesn't need saying....
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