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English translation: laundry trolley

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French term or phrase:	cage buanderie
English translation:	laundry trolley
Entered by:	Natasha Dupuy

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20:16 Jun 2, 2007

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French term or phrase: cage buanderie

Help! I'm hoping someone will know this, because I'm not having much luck and I don't really have any context.

Company specialises in transporting art work etc. This term figures in a short list of the types of crates they use:
adjustable crates, crates on casters, cage pallets, and this "cage buanderie"
I can't find any reference to this type of crate. If I do a literal translation to English it's a 'laundry cage', which obviously wouldn't be the answer, however a laundry cage is a mesh bag used for washing delicates. Trying to think outside the box, I'm wondering if a 'cage buanderie' could be a 'wire mesh pallet cage'... as you can see I really have no idea and would appreciate your help.

Many thanks in advance

Natasha Dupuy KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 121 France
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laundry cage/trolley

Explanation:
A laundry cage isn't necessarily "a mesh bag used for washing delicates", it is also the cage used in hotels etc to collect & deliver laundry.
This link (http://www.simons-reeve.co.uk/purchase/products/laundrytroll... shows a variety of images, & it is easy to imagine how this sort of product could also be used to transport art.
Can't find any art-related references to back this up, though...
The same company produces other types of trolley, though, that look fairly similar to the laundry cage/trolley, so you could always browse their site & see if one of the other product names would suit your translation better...

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Alanguelaise
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Local time: 02:45

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En effet je cherchais un peu midi à 14h! There were pictures of these cages much later on in the presentation. I ended up using "laundry trolley". Thanks very much to all of you for your help!
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laundry cage/trolley

Alanguelaise

utility crate

Anne Goff

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utility crate

Explanation:
Just a guess. This would be a standard term in English, but I'm not familiar with the French term. It strikes me as odd.

Since "buanderie" can mean utility room as well as laundry.

Anne Goff
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laundry cage/trolley

Alanguelaise
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Local time: 02:45
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En effet je cherchais un peu midi à 14h! There were pictures of these cages much later on in the presentation. I ended up using "laundry trolley". Thanks very much to all of you for your help!

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