Mar 26, 2006 22:53
18 yrs ago
German term
United States
senkrecht zum Gefälle
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
floor treatment machine
Context: "Vorsicht beim Wenden auf Steigungen / Gefällen: langsam und vorsichtig fahren. Bei Steigung > 2% darf nur senkrecht zum Gefälle gefahren werden, wenden verboten!"
Maybe it's just deadline panic seizing my brain, but I can't for the life of me grasp the geometry in this statement.
Maybe it's just deadline panic seizing my brain, but I can't for the life of me grasp the geometry in this statement.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | directly in line with the gradient |
Bob Kerns (X)
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| 3 +2 | perpendicular to the gradient |
Kim Metzger
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Proposed translations
+3
12 hrs
Selected
directly in line with the gradient
i.e. not at an angle to the gradient, probably because that would involve a risk of toppling over.
"Senkrecht" in the sense of perpendicular makes no sense (to me) since it would mean driving up into the air or down into the ground :-)
"Senkrecht" in the sense of perpendicular makes no sense (to me) since it would mean driving up into the air or down into the ground :-)
Peer comment(s):
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David Moore (X)
: It's a sound physical principle; if you face uphill or downhill, the heavy machine is easier to control than if you are facing sideways to the slope. So it's less a danger of toppling than of loss of control.
38 mins
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Good to see that someone else to thinking laterally as opposed to vertically :-)
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| agree |
Kim Metzger
: So it's not a hovercraft.
1 hr
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and not a VTOL machine either :-)
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| agree |
IC --
1 day 9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
2 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Works in field
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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850
perpendicular to the gradient
I believe, but our engineers may object.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Steven Blanchard
4 mins
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| agree |
Teresa Reinhardt
: or grade
1 hr
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| agree |
Lori Dendy-Molz
6 hrs
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| disagree |
David Moore (X)
: Yes Kim, I do - sorry...Think about it: the machine will always be perpendicular to the slope, won't it?
13 hrs
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