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3rd rail collector shoes

Spanish translation: zapatas colectoras para tercer carril/riel


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English term or phrase:3rd rail collector shoes
Spanish translation:zapatas colectoras para tercer carril/riel
Entered by: Nazaret Álvarez
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11:01 Mar 30, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Engineering: Industrial
English term or phrase: 3rd rail collector shoes
Sliding contacts (pantograph strips, 3rd rail collector shoes)

El texto trata sobre soluciones eléctricas para motores y generadores.

Gracias.
Nazaret Álvarez
Spain
Local time: 01:27
zapatas colectoras para tercer carril/riel
Explanation:
Ver:

http://books.google.com.py/books?id=0MvCfacWoLcC&pg=SA21-PA7...

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotora_eléctrica

Saludos!
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Jorge Merino
Paraguay
Local time: 19:27
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gracias
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Summary of answers provided
4zapatas colectoras para tercer carril/riel
Jorge Merino
Summary of reference entries provided
tercero carril coletor de zapatos
spielenschach1

  

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zapatas colectoras para tercer carril/riel


Explanation:
Ver:

http://books.google.com.py/books?id=0MvCfacWoLcC&pg=SA21-PA7...

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotora_eléctrica

Saludos!

Jorge Merino
Paraguay
Local time: 19:27
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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gracias
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Reference comments


10 mins peer agreement (net): -1
Reference: tercero carril coletor de zapatos

Reference information:
http://www.google.pt/#sclient=psy&hl=pt-PT&q=coletor de zapa...

spielenschach1
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  meirs: Are you sure ? ZERO hits for "colector de Zapatos" - in particular becuase in English it means "the shoe-type collector"
12 mins
disagree  xxxFVS: These are the 'shoes' which pick up the electricity on the third rail, is in the London Underground, nobody is collecting shoes here.
37 mins
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