16:11 Oct 11, 2011 

It's just as badly translated as the worst here on Proz.

The problem is there seems to be a disconnect here between offering a term for the sake of clarity where a word materially ambiguates or discombobulates or differs fundamentally from another vs. a term for the sake of satisfying one individual's preference.

If someone tells me to "please have a seat" as opposed to "please take a seat", it changes nothing - I will sit down, but a historical look at this 4-gram shows that despite "please take a seat" being "more widely" used in the 1800s throughout 1980, a dramatic shift occured between 1990 and now where "please have a seat" has taken an exponential lead.

But the historical usage of the phrase "please take a seat" has been volumous for a much longer period, and anyone googling will also find that "please have a seat" renders 4.9M hits while "please take a seat" only renders 0.4M hits. This appears contradictory to the analysis of the 5M books in print vetted by publishers from the 1800s to now.

Conclusion: neither Google hits nor 1 man's experience fully legitimizes one's correctness, nor should that be the assertion as an explanation of a term. http://is.gd/QClhk5

15:43 Oct 11, 2011 

And for the record:

I would prefer to see your research (apart from google hits or n-grams) that solidifies your argument for it being any more a "correct" term and give it the honor of being proclaimed "most widely used". The construction world does not rest in a bubble mind of a single man any more than it does a single translator.

The Foundation for Piledriving Contractors also agrees in the validity of the term, and I see no purpose in arguing its correctness over another when piling is synonymous with pile driving.

http://www.foundationpiledriving.com/foundation-constructors...

10:38 Oct 11, 2011 

No Jack, I'm saying that "compressed air pile hammer" (offered by v.d.End) is not the recognised translation for "pneumatisch-heiblok" and that it should be "pneumatic pile hammer". I do know what pneumatic means.

09:47 Oct 11, 2011 

Are you saying a device or machine working on compressed air is not a pneumatic device or machine?

05:16 Oct 11, 2011 

I notice that van den End also translates a "pneumatisch-heiblok" as a "compressed air pile hammer" and not a "pneumatic pile hammer" which is clearly what it is! While many websites seem to agree, most of them are........well I'll let you form an opinion. The vast majority 4 in 5 seem to think "pneumatic pile hammer" is the correct term.