Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
postos de transformação de pré-climatização
English translation:
Preliminary air conditioning transformer station
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lexical
Aug 27, 2007 11:31
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
postos de transformação de pré-climatização
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
traction energy engineering
The context is railway electrical installations - substations and catenary.
"Os trabalhos englobam várias infra-estuturas na rede 25 kV - 50 HZ entre as quais 10 Subestações de Tracção 150/25 kV ou 60/25 kV, 63 postos de catenária, 63 postos de catenária com comando da sala técnica nas Subestações, 50 transformadores, 2 **postos de transformação de pré-climatização**..."
This is obviously not a common term - only 2 entries on Google, and they're both the text I'm translating!
"Os trabalhos englobam várias infra-estuturas na rede 25 kV - 50 HZ entre as quais 10 Subestações de Tracção 150/25 kV ou 60/25 kV, 63 postos de catenária, 63 postos de catenária com comando da sala técnica nas Subestações, 50 transformadores, 2 **postos de transformação de pré-climatização**..."
This is obviously not a common term - only 2 entries on Google, and they're both the text I'm translating!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Preliminary air conditioning connection |
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Preliminary air conditioning connection
Although I am not exectly sure if this is the correct translation, the fact is that these "postos" are used to connect up to the AC circuit on the trains to cool he carriages before the loco is attached. The exist at both ends of the comnposition and mean that the loco does not need to be attached until just before the train needs to leave. The rail-lexis gives some assistance on this point
Note from asker:
| This sounds quite promising. What and where is the "rail-lexis" please? |
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