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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Military vehicles | | Dutch term or phrase: verduisterde verlichting | | The term appears in this sentence in an RFP for a Humvee-type military vehicle: "Het voertuig dient uitgerust te worden met zogenaamde verduisterde verlichting." |
|  Ben HickmanKudoZ activityQuestions: 23 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 56
Netherlands
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| | blackout lighting | Explanation:
Database/Electrical
... humvee.net. The Hummer Info Database. ... Invertors. Lights: Daytime Running Lights; Lights and Auxiliary Lighting - By Bob Brauch; Military Blackout Lights; ...
www.humvee.net/hid/electric/
USATODAY.com - Combat-ready trucks rumble out
... Blackout lighting. ... has been that future warfare also will take place in urban settings, not just in deserts and jungles where AM General's Humvee excels. ...
www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2001-11-28-combat.htm
Jeep@Everything2.com
... Blackout lighting. ... even more reliable field vehicle was realized, and it was replaced by the M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle or HUMVEE. ...
everything2.com/index.pl?node=jeep
Popular Science
... heated front and rear seats COST: $52,845 THE VITALS: Humvee M1113 (Right ... armor, chemical-agent- and salt-spray-resistant paint, blackout lighting mode for ...
www.popsci.com/popsci/lgimg/0,21039,750435,00.html |
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 writeaway
Local time: 13:55
| Grading comment Thank you for your well-researched answer. This does, indeed, seem to be the term currently used in military circles.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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14 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 reduced lights
Explanation:
Mijn (Amerikaanse) man, an ex-military pilot, says "reduced lights", which is supported by the following document: http://www.sim.inf.ethz.ch/papers/rickert-nagel-dfw/rickert-... (do a search on "reduced lights" and you will find a table)
The following hit has to do with street lights and not lighting on the vehicle itself.
CSD Case Study No. 5 - Mount Rainier, MD
... Furthermore, reduced lights also reduce the energy needs for operating the
intersection, thereby reducing long term costs for electricity. ...
128.163.152.205/csd/HTM/CSD5MountRainierMD.htm
| Marijke Mayer
Netherlands
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of:  Dutch
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 blackout lighting
Explanation:
Database/Electrical
... humvee.net. The Hummer Info Database. ... Invertors. Lights: Daytime Running Lights; Lights and Auxiliary Lighting - By Bob Brauch; Military Blackout Lights; ...
www.humvee.net/hid/electric/
USATODAY.com - Combat-ready trucks rumble out
... Blackout lighting. ... has been that future warfare also will take place in urban settings, not just in deserts and jungles where AM General's Humvee excels. ...
www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2001-11-28-combat.htm
Jeep@Everything2.com
... Blackout lighting. ... even more reliable field vehicle was realized, and it was replaced by the M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle or HUMVEE. ...
everything2.com/index.pl?node=jeep
Popular Science
... heated front and rear seats COST: $52,845 THE VITALS: Humvee M1113 (Right ... armor, chemical-agent- and salt-spray-resistant paint, blackout lighting mode for ...
www.popsci.com/popsci/lgimg/0,21039,750435,00.html
| writeaway
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thank you for your well-researched answer. This does, indeed, seem to be the term currently used in military circles. |
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