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English translation: moving walkway

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Personentransportband
English translation:moving walkway
Entered by: PaLa

10:33 Feb 25, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: Personentransportband
"Personentransportband
Es wurde für die EXPO 2000 ein Personentransportband konzipiert, daß eine Aufbauhöhe von lediglich 200 mm besitzt. Das Band besitzt TÜV- geprüfte CE-Konformität und ist für den Transport von Personen zugelassen.
Die Antriebe und Steuerung sind in dem flachen Unterbau eingebaut."
PaLa
Germany
Local time: 03:42
travelator, moving walkway, conveyor walkway
Explanation:
Some more options from the glossary
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=167909
Selected response from:

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 03:42
Grading comment
thanks a lot to everyone. (i've been on these things at six airports in the last month, but all I could think of today was "human conveyor belt"...)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5moving walkway
William Stein
4 +4travelator, moving walkway, conveyor walkway
Klaus Herrmann
5 +1People conveyor
Narasimhan Raghavan
5conveyor belt
Martin Hesse
5people conveyor
Tobi
3people- carrying conveyor belt
Maria-Teresa Marangoni


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
conveyor belt


Explanation:
Drop the 'Peronen-', that becomes clear by the context...

Metal and Nonmetal Fatal Accident Report, Fall of Person, August ... - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT SURFACE NONMETAL MINE FATAL FALL OF PERSON ACCIDENT
Rappahannock ... September 1, 1995, when he fell off a conveyor belt and landed ...
www.msha.gov/FATALS/1995/FTL95M28.HTM - 13k - Im Archiv - Ähnliche Seiten

Metal and Nonmetal Fatal Accident Report, Slip/Fall of Person, ... - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... INVESTIGATION REPORT SURFACE NONMETAL MINE FATAL SLIP/FALL OF PERSON ACCIDENT Mine ... that
the employee stood on the handrail to reach the conveyor belt and fell. ...
www.msha.gov/FATALS/1995/FTL95M20.HTM - 14k - Im Archiv - Ähnliche Seiten
[ Weitere Resultate von www.msha.gov ]

Risk Management Unit - Notices and Newsletters - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... They stall until the traveller puts the laptop on the conveyor belt
then the first person moves through the metal detector quickly. ...
www.riskman.unsw.edu.au/notices.shtml - 23k - Im Archiv - Ähnliche Seiten


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Note added at 2003-02-25 10:41:47 (GMT)
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Sorry, my typo alarm just went off :-)

Drop the \'Personen-\', ...

Martin Hesse
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 217
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
People conveyor


Explanation:
Ref: Ernst Tech. Dict.

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 07:12
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in pair: 721

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gangels (X): or people mover in airports
4 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
people conveyor


Explanation:
laut ernst wörterbuch der industriellen technik

Tobi
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 317
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
travelator, moving walkway, conveyor walkway


Explanation:
Some more options from the glossary
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=167909

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 3373
Grading comment
thanks a lot to everyone. (i've been on these things at six airports in the last month, but all I could think of today was "human conveyor belt"...)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Hesse: conveyor walkway, yeah!
1 min
agree  John Jory: you forgot walkalator
22 mins
  -> No, not forgotten - unknown :-)
agree  jerrie: moving walkway
2 hrs
agree  Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
3 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
moving walkway


Explanation:
Smart airport moving walkway
... Smart airport moving walkway A moving walkway that takes you exactly where
you want to go, (-1), We've all been on moving walkways at the airport. ...
www.halfbakery.com/idea/ Smart_20airport_20moving_20walkway - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

A Moving Walkway Study At Lambert Terminal
Function Festival 2000-1. Walkway Fun At Lambert Terminal. [ d = rt
] 1. The moving walkway* from the D concourse to the E concourse. ...
www.jug.net/wt/funfest/walkwayl.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Christina Lopez's Moving Walkway Page
How fast does the moving walkway go? ... You need to be able to get to an airport
or other location that might have a moving walkway to do this experiment. ...
www.jug.net/wt/155f1christina_b.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.jug.net ]



William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 19:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1734

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mirelluk
2 mins
agree  Martin Hesse: also an option
19 mins
agree  Trudy Peters: also called people mover
2 hrs
agree  Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
3 hrs
agree  Sándor Sárecz
6 hrs
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
people- carrying conveyor belt


Explanation:
There isn't a direct translation. One could use alternatives such as 'people-trasporter belt, but in any case it will be correct. It all depends on how you want to make your sentence sound.

Maria-Teresa Marangoni
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:42
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