Nov 30, 2004 10:35
19 yrs ago
German term
Steffen Pollex (X)
Kesselwagen
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Eisenbahn eben.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | tank wagon |
IanW (X)
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| 4 +2 | tank car |
Stefan Gunther
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| 5 | Tank wagon |
David Moore (X)
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| 3 | tank wagon or car |
Cristina Mazzucchelli
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Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Selected
tank wagon
Pretty sure this is called a "tank wagon"
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Comment: "Thanks a lot, Ian and all the others! You were the fastest, obviously."
3 mins
Tank wagon
In the UK; Oil-tank, petrol-tank, milk-tank, chemical-tank etc., etc.
+2
2 hrs
Stefan Gunther
United States
United States
Native in German
United States
Unique combination of humanities/science
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, English to German
Related KudoZ points
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4
tank car
This is the US idiom. Depending on the type of tank car, there are further sub-specifications: funnel flow tank car; single dome tank car; triple dome tank car; etc.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
foehnerk (X)
10 mins
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| agree |
Trudy Peters
: Yes. In the US, we don't use "wagon"
38 mins
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3 days 3 hrs
Cristina Mazzucchelli
Italy
Italy
Italy
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Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
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