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German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Electric Locomotive | | German term or phrase: mittragende Struktur | "Der Lokomotivkasten mit besonderen mechanischen Eigenschaften (siehe auch Kapitel 2) ist aufgrund der hohen Festigkeitsanforderungen als mittragende Struktur konstruiert und berechnet, die sich in die Hauptbaugruppen Untergestell, Führerhäuser nebst Rückwänden und Maschinenraumseitenwände gliedert."
From a text about an electric locomotive. Mittragend is a very difficult word to find a translation for. LEO suggested "effective", which I'm highly dubious about. A previous ProZ question had "load-bearing", which sounds rather better, but the answerer did not support his suggestion with any references. Laixicon might have an answer, but it has, most unhelpfully, gone down. No other dictionaries recognise the word. Would "load-bearing structure" be correct here, or should it be something else? TIA for your assistance. |
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Olav Rixen
Canada
Local time: 01:40
| Grading comment Ah, so it is load-bearing structure then. All the suggestions were good though, so many thanks to all contributors - I appreciate everyone's help.
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12 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 load-bearing structure
Explanation:
...is also constructed as a load-bearing structure ...
| Olav Rixen
Canada
Local time: 01:40
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Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Ah, so it is load-bearing structure then. All the suggestions were good though, so many thanks to all contributors - I appreciate everyone's help. |
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