Glossary entry (derived from question below)
français term or phrase:
chariot
anglais translation:
carriage
Added to glossary by
Emilian Carstian
Dec 20, 2007 08:34
16 yrs ago
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français term
Irlande
Engineer/IT specialist translator
Native in: anglais 
Works in: français vers anglais, espagnol vers anglais, portugais vers anglais
chariot
français vers anglais
Technique / Génie
Ingénierie : industriel
I'm not really sure which translation to go with here. It's a small device that drives through ventilation ducts with a camera on it, wired back to the control unit, and with a brush on it for cleaning. It looks something like what is used on the NASA Mars missions...
Les déplacements du chariot sont assurés par deux moteurs électriques d'une puissance de 44,5W. Le chariot est équipé d'une caméra zoom haute résolution...
Les déplacements du chariot sont assurés par deux moteurs électriques d'une puissance de 44,5W. Le chariot est équipé d'une caméra zoom haute résolution...
Proposed translations
(anglais)
| 3 +1 | carriage |
Emilian Carstian
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| 3 +3 | robot |
Kari Foster
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| 4 | (camera) chariot |
Vittorio Ferretti
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| 4 | cart |
uli1
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| 4 | pig |
rkillings
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| 3 | device |
Victoria Porter-Burns
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Change log
Dec 22, 2007 08:12: Emilian Carstian changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/675212">irishpolyglot's</a> old entry - "chariot"" to ""carriage""
Proposed translations
+1
13 minutes
Emilian Carstian
Roumanie
Roumanie
Specializes in field
Roumanie
Vorba bună mult adună
Native in: roumain 
Works in: anglais vers roumain, roumain vers anglais
Related KudoZ points
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carriage
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is the one I like the best. Thanks for your help everyone and Happy Holidays!!"
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Vittorio Ferretti
Author of renowned dictionary
Native in: allemand , italien
Works in: anglais vers allemand, italien vers allemand, espagnol vers allemand, and 1 more.
(camera) chariot
see link where "chariot" is used in both languages in the context of a camera
26 minutes
uli1
Works in field
cart
Think of small cart.
28 minutes
Victoria Porter-Burns
Royaume-Uni
Royaume-Uni
Native in anglais
Royaume-Uni
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: anglais
Works in: français vers anglais, espagnol vers anglais, anglais, and 1 more.
device
I think this would be the best, most natural solution here - there will be no doubt as to what you are referring, whereas 'chariot', 'cart' and any other more literal translations may lead the reader to think they've missed something.
+3
37 minutes
Kari Foster
Royaume-Uni
Royaume-Uni
Native in anglais
Works in field
Royaume-Uni
Technical knowledge, attention to detail
Native in: anglais
Works in: français vers anglais, italien vers anglais, allemand vers anglais, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
robot
Why, it's our friendly neighbourhood duct-cleaning robot!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-12-20 11:13:49 GMT)
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I understand your objection, but you are referring to an "autonomous" duct-cleaning robot. Plenty of duct-cleaning robots are controlled by joysticks; see for example
www.ductrobot.com/601MANU.DOC
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-12-20 11:13:49 GMT)
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I understand your objection, but you are referring to an "autonomous" duct-cleaning robot. Plenty of duct-cleaning robots are controlled by joysticks; see for example
www.ductrobot.com/601MANU.DOC
Note from asker:
| I'm afraid I have to disagree with "robot". It's 100% human controlled through joysticks on the control unit. Robot suggests some automation. It *looks* something like the thing on the Mars mission, but the technology is obviously different :-P |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
William TAHIL
: Yes - it's a robot.
4 minutes
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| agree |
Michael GREEN
: Every home should have one ...
6 minutes
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| agree |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
14 minutes
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| agree |
L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
: I wish I had one...
15 minutes
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| disagree |
tradique
: "chariot" doesn't imply any intelligence. It may certainly have intelligence upstream of the wires, but I would prefer to translate the word as it is, rather than as I might wish it to be. Something neutral like carriage or trolley. Oilmen call them pigs!
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pig
I kid you not: the thing used to clean inside large-diameter pipes of all kinds is called a 'pig'.
Of course, mfrs of equipment for cleaning *air ducts* might well choose to avoid the term for their application.<g>
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Of course, mfrs of equipment for cleaning *air ducts* might well choose to avoid the term for their application.<g>
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