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tankvloeren

English translation: ground surfaces surrounding pumps/fuel bay floors


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Dutch term or phrase:tankvloeren
English translation:ground surfaces surrounding pumps/fuel bay floors
Entered by: Dave Calderhead
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14:11 Oct 16, 2007
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Dutch term or phrase: tankvloeren
Text about a cleaning product for cleaning up spilt diesel. I've translated 'vloer' & 'tankapparaat' (earlier on) as 'paved surface of the pump island' and 'diesel pump', so what are the 'tankvloeren'? Paved surfaces again? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Reiniging van pompeilanden
Zoals zoveel zaken in de transportsector staat ook de tijd dat tanken aan de pomp mag kosten onder druk. Een van de gevolgen hiervan is dat de chauffeur, ook al zou hij het niet willen, toch het nodige van de dieselolie morst. Dat komt terecht op zowel de vloeistofdichte vloer als het tankapparaat. Om dit effectief te reinigen en zo weinig mogelijk tijd met deze klus kwijt te zijn, bestaat er [description of best-thing-since-sliced-bread cleaning product]. Dit is een middel voor algemene reiniging waarbij het gaat om relatief zware reinigingsklussen. Aangezien de pompeilanden en **tankvloeren** niet iedere dag gereinigd worden is er dan ook een krachtig middel nodig.
MoiraB
Local time: 23:20
ground surfaces surrounding pumps
Explanation:
would be my take, as I think the 'islands' might be called platforms
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Dave Calderhead
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4(fuel) tank platforms
Jack den Haan
3ground surfaces surrounding pumps
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ground surfaces surrounding pumps


Explanation:
would be my take, as I think the 'islands' might be called platforms

Dave Calderhead
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(fuel) tank platforms


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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-16 16:36:54 GMT)
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If 'platforms' is going to interfere with 'islands', you could also consider 'fuel bays' or perhaps 'tank bays' or 'tanking bays', possibly in connection with 'surfaces', as Dave suggests. E.g. fuel bay surfaces.

Jack den Haan
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Oct 20, 2007 - Changes made by Dave Calderhead:
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