Plateau roulant
English translation: dolly truck/cart
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dolly, truck, cart Explanation: If you're translation the whole Manutan catalogue, you should probably get yourself an equivalent catalogue from England and/or the US. I have Grainger's catalogue of "industrial and commercial equipment and supplies" which is pretty darn good, but American. It's the 1996 edition and has no mention of a website, but they must have one by now. For Grainger, a "trolley" is a wheelset, for sliding doors, etc. They do have "carts" and "trucks" however, in all shapes and sizes, two wheels ("casters"), four wheels, with and without handles, and their "dollies" are just a plain square frame mounted on 4 wheels. Webster's gives "dolly" in this acception as an Americanism (used in NZ more than 30 yrs ago tho') defined as "any of several kinds of low, flat, wheeled frames for transporting heavy objects, as in a factory" and "(film, TV) a low, wheeled platform on which the camera is mounted for moving it about the set". Chamber's Sci and Tech (UK) defines the latter cinematographic application. "Spect Daleks run on dollies. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2007-11-02 11:52:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Check out this UK site for "piano trucks" and "dolly trucks" (with pictures). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2007-11-02 11:53:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- No help if I don't give the site, is it! http://www.kjironwork.co.uk/trucks/productshop.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2007-11-02 11:56:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And check out these "hardwood dollies" - just one of many varieties - on the Grainger site: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/productIndex.shtml?L2=H... |
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38 mins confidence:
trolley Explanation: How about "trolley", as opposed to "shopping trolley"? Not sure though, as not an expert on this - it's just what I would say as a punter! In a shop, I would probably say, "Have you got one of those large(r) trolleys, for transporting heavier things?" Good idea to look at online catalogue. Try B&Q, Homebase, Screwfix? Best of luck Michelle -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 40 mins (2007-11-02 12:05:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Just looked up B&Q site and they seem to call them "trolley carts". |
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