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tankjeswagen

English translation: canister transporter


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Dutch term or phrase:tankjeswagen
English translation:canister transporter
Entered by: chamito
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09:33 Jan 26, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
Dutch term or phrase: tankjeswagen
From an oil company's instructions regarding issuing security passes for drivers:

Toegang tot het terrein is alleen toegestaan in combinatie met een goedgekeurde tankwagen, flessenwagen of tankjeswagen welke wordt gebruikt bij laad/los activiteiten op het terrein.
chamito
Local time: 08:17
small tanker
Explanation:
Looks like a diminuitive as opposed to big trailer trucks

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-26 13:30:48 GMT)
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Correction: tankjes are canisters. So this should be a "canister transporter"!
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Jochen Koenig
Germany
Local time: 09:17
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Summary of answers provided
3 -1small tanker
Jochen Koenig


  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
small tanker


Explanation:
Looks like a diminuitive as opposed to big trailer trucks

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-26 13:30:48 GMT)
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Correction: tankjes are canisters. So this should be a "canister transporter"!

Jochen Koenig
Germany
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Michel Asselbergs: it is not the tanker but the tank whose size is meant here
1 hr
  -> Of course. But you don't need a big lorry for a small tank -> small tanker
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