Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

cronotahograf electronic

English translation:

tachograph

Added to glossary by Mihaela Roman
Apr 18, 2006 15:45
18 yrs ago
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Romanian term

cronotahograf electronic

Romanian to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks
"Cronotahograf electronic auto
In reglementarile interne si internationale mai este numit si tahograf, aparat de inregistrare etc."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 tachograph
3 +1 analogue tachograph
Change log

Jul 12, 2006 16:15: Peter Shortall changed "Field (specific)" from "Engineering (general)" to "Automotive / Cars & Trucks"

Proposed translations

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tachograph

"Chronotachograph" looks so tempting, doesn't it... but I'm not convinced. I certainly think "electronic" is redundant (I think anyone would know such a device is electronic, even a technophobe such as myself!)

"*Cronotahograful* de la Siemens VDO omologat
Siemens VDO Automotive AG a primit omologarea cronotahografului sau digital DTCO 1381 din partea Autoritatii Germane Federale a transporturilor. *DTCO 1381* este omologat peste tot în Europa..."

When you look on Siemens' own website to see what they call this item, you get "tachograph":

"The Siemens VDO DTCO 1381 is the first ‘smart card’ tachograph to be calibrated in the UK..."
http://www.siemensvdo.co.uk/press/releases/fleetmanagement/2...

"Chronotachograph" just doesn't seem common at all (only 53 hits, and I've never heard of one). My Chambers dictionary defines "tachograph" as:

"a recording tachometer; a tachogram; an instrument fitted to commercial vehicles to record mileage, speed, number and location of stops, etc."

If that sounds about right to you, then I think this is perhaps the best option.

Peer comment(s):

agree elfstone : "A tachograph combines the functions of a clock and a speedometer." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachograph). I guess "chrono" is redundant in any possible circumstance since any tachograph needs to have some sort of chronometer
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Aşa bănuiesc şi eu - mulţumesc!
agree Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
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Mulţumesc!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Multumesc tuturor"
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analogue tachograph

The driver should note all the reasons for doing so on the back of his
tachograph record sheet (if using an analogue tachograph) or on a printout or temporary sheet (if using a digital tachograph).
Peer comment(s):

agree Peter Shortall : Scuze, n-am văzut răspunsul Dvs. înainte de a posta al meu! Having said that, I'm not sure of "analogue" because I have found examples of "cronotahograf electronic digital", which obviously couldn't be "digital analogue tachograph"!
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Mulţumesc, dar nu e cazul pentru scuze. Am dat click mai repede, that's all :). Da, cred că trebuie făcută diferenţierea analog/digital, din ce-am văzut în acel document.
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