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chariot

English translation: carriage

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French term or phrase:chariot
English translation:carriage
Entered by: Emilian Carstian

08:34 Dec 20, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
French term or phrase: chariot
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...
irishpolyglot
Ireland
Local time: 23:23
carriage
Explanation:
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Emilian Carstian
Romania
Local time: 01:23
Grading comment
This is the one I like the best. Thanks for your help everyone and Happy Holidays!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3robot
Kari Foster
3 +1carriage
Emilian Carstian
4(camera) chariot
Vittorio Ferretti
4cart
uli1
4pig
rkillings
3device
Victoria Porter-Burns


  

Answers


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
carriage


Explanation:
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Emilian Carstian
Romania
Local time: 01:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
This is the one I like the best. Thanks for your help everyone and Happy Holidays!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Or "carrier" too.
4 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(camera) chariot


Explanation:
see link where "chariot" is used in both languages in the context of a camera


    Reference: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1991006802
Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cart


Explanation:
Think of small cart.

uli1
Local time: 00:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
device


Explanation:
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.

Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
robot


Explanation:
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

Kari Foster
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
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 comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William TAHIL: Yes - it's a robot.
4 mins
agree  Michael GREEN: Every home should have one ...
6 mins
agree  Etienne Muylle Wallace
14 mins
agree  L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen: I wish I had one...
15 mins
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!
54 mins
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pig


Explanation:
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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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-12-21 05:21:28 GMT)
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http://www.pigsunlimited.com/asp/about.asp

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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-12-21 05:22:09 GMT)
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For all your pigging needs.

rkillings
United States
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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