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Mittschiffs

English translation: amidships


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German term or phrase:Mittschiffs
English translation:amidships
Entered by: Paula Price
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15:46 Jul 15, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
German term or phrase: Mittschiffs
Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass es einen besseren Platz fuer die Stauung der Transformer gibt, als Mitschiffs..
Paula Price
Local time: 13:29
amidships
Explanation:
I think this form is more common in English than without the "a".

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-15 16:47:09 GMT)
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(I meant to add these before filing my answer)

OK Navy Ships--Chiri San (PC-704, 1950-1951)
Note deck and open bridge details on these 173-foot subchasers, drums stowed on deck amidships, boxes stowed in the after gun tubs, and Republic of Korea ...
www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/rok/roksh-ag/chirisn.h... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

Dick Cheveley, by WHG Kingston, Chapter 18
I waited concealed under the long-boat stowed amidships till I fancied that there was no one near the side where the whale-boat lay. ...
www.athelstane.co.uk/kingston/cheveley/dchev18.htm
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Jack Doughty
Local time: 13:29
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6amidships
Jack Doughty
3 +3midships
lisa23
3 +2in the midships section
Kim Metzger


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
in the midships section


Explanation:
Members are reminded that the code of safe practice for cargo stowage and securing, recommends that heavy items of cargo, such as locomotives and transformers, should be stowed in the midships section of the ship, below the weather deck (otherwise they can be damaged by rain or spray).

http://www.standard-club.com/pdf/StandardSafetyArchive/issue...


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 07:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 511

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lisa23: deine Antwort habe ich bei meinem Zusatz noch nicht gesehen
2 mins

agree  Ingeborg Gowans
9 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
midships


Explanation:
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Note added at 7 Min. (2006-07-15 15:53:56 GMT)
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oder im Satz dann eventuell "... in the midship section"


    Reference: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=...
lisa23
Germany
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephen Sadie
3 mins

agree  mbrodie
42 mins

agree  Jack Becconsall
4 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
amidships


Explanation:
I think this form is more common in English than without the "a".

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-15 16:47:09 GMT)
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(I meant to add these before filing my answer)

OK Navy Ships--Chiri San (PC-704, 1950-1951)
Note deck and open bridge details on these 173-foot subchasers, drums stowed on deck amidships, boxes stowed in the after gun tubs, and Republic of Korea ...
www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/rok/roksh-ag/chirisn.h... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

Dick Cheveley, by WHG Kingston, Chapter 18
I waited concealed under the long-boat stowed amidships till I fancied that there was no one near the side where the whale-boat lay. ...
www.athelstane.co.uk/kingston/cheveley/dchev18.htm

Jack Doughty
Local time: 13:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anton Baer: flip-flop here but it is a small eureka moment -- it fits! 'stow it amidships' and many words are saved
8 mins
  -> Danke schön.

agree  DC Josephs
35 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  jccantrell: How I have heard it in the USA. Avast, matey! Arrgh!
48 mins
  -> Thank you. Aye, shiver me timbers!

agree  HarryHedgehog: I trust the man in the officer's cap on this one. Arrrgh! FSM bless the pirates
1 hr
  -> Thank you. It's not an officer's cap, just a cheap cloth cap with a few modifications.

agree  Textklick: Saving words and saving space. Important on any vessel.
7 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Günther Toussaint: yes, that's sailors' language
17 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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Jul 16, 2006 - Changes made by Kim Metzger:
FieldOther => Bus/Financial


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