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English translation: lifting jack


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Dutch term or phrase:Dompbok
English translation:lifting jack
Entered by: Maria Rosich Andreu
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01:29 Apr 25, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
Dutch term or phrase: Dompbok
I have a list of equipment used for waterbed analysis, without context. Any idea what this can be?

The sentence is:
Dompbok voor het uit de grond trekken van boorbuizen.

TIA,
Maria
Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 10:36
jack
Explanation:
simplest form for a silly Dutch word. Dompen is the vertical movement of a ship, and has never been used in the above context, as far as I can tell.
So here's a simple version: jacking them out.
Do ask the client though to be so kind as to provide you with a picture of a dompbok...if they can't: it's their problem.
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vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 10:36
Grading comment
According to the client this was a "lifting jack", Stützbock in German. Thank you very much for your idea, it was what I used in the translation.
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Explanation:
simplest form for a silly Dutch word. Dompen is the vertical movement of a ship, and has never been used in the above context, as far as I can tell.
So here's a simple version: jacking them out.
Do ask the client though to be so kind as to provide you with a picture of a dompbok...if they can't: it's their problem.

vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 10:36
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
According to the client this was a "lifting jack", Stützbock in German. Thank you very much for your idea, it was what I used in the translation.
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Apr 8, 2008 - Changes made by vic voskuil:
Field (specific)Mining & Minerals / Gems => Engineering: Industrial


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