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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / rail transport | | German term or phrase: Triebzug | I am translating a call for bids for "Verbrennungstriebwagen", for which the Eurodicautom gives me the translation "internal combustion engined railcar", which led me to the assumption that "Triebwagen" would be adequately translated as "railcar". However, the more I have worked on this project the more insecure I get about the proper terminology, so I was wondering if there is anyone with experience in the area of rail transport.
In particular, the following terms are giving me a headache:
Triebwagen
Triebzug
Triebfahrzeug
I am wondering if there is any difference between the three. The author seems to use them synonymously throughout, but I could be wrong. The dictionaries and references I have consulted seem to indicate that there is a difference, in that "Triebwagen" is just one unit, and "Triebzug" would be a multiple-unit train. "Triebfahrzeug" seems to be the same as "Triebwagen", yet the translations I have found are different again...
Also, I am wondering if "Triebwagenzug" would be the same as "Triebzug" and "Triebwageneinheit" the same as "Triebwagen"???
And of course, for all of these, I am wondering what the appropriate English (British or American are both fine, but please indicate which it is) terminology would be for all of the above.
Thank you so much!
Anja |
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| | multiple unit train | Explanation:
Triebwagen would be motor coach, Triebzug would be multiple unit train, because the term used in Rail Transportation is EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) and DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit), so in the absence of the kind of power source, one would only use the term "multiple unit" instead.
Incidentally, I am an electrical engineer associated with Railway Technology since about a decade now! |
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 Naresh Advani
Local time: 14:27
| Grading comment Thank you very much to all - your answers and references have been very helpful.
Anja
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11 hrs confidence:   motorised train
Explanation:
Laut Eintrag im WB UIC RailLexic De-En-Fr (das m.E. vorwiegend das britische Englisch abdeckt):
DE ***Triebzug*** nm Angetriebene Zugeinheit mit geschlossenem Aussehen. Je nach Anordnung des Antriebes in der Form als -> Triebkopfzug oder -> Triebwagenzug. Zugfahrt - Fahrzeug, Eisenbahntriebfahrzeug (allgemeine Terms)
EN ***motorised train*** Homogenous unit of a motorised train set. Depending on the placement of the traction equipment, it can be either a -> motor train set or a -> divisible train set. Operations - Railway vehicles (general terms)
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Einträge für die anderen Termini:
DE ***Triebwagenzug*** nm Eisenbahnzug, der aus mehreren miteinander gekuppelten Trieb-, Bei- oder Steuerwagen oder aus mehreren Triebzügen besteht. Triebwagenzüge können betrieblich getrennt werden. Zugfahrt - Fahrzeug, Eisenbahntriebfahrzeug (allgemeine Terms)
EN ***multiple-unit set*** nn (MU) Operations - Railway vehicles (general terms) || ***MU set*** (multiple unit) || MU abbr. of (multiple-unit set) || ***divisible train set*** - Group of vehicles (trains) with at least one carrying propulsion equipment; can be separated into smaller groups or discrete vehicles.
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DE ***Triebwagen*** nm Zugfahrt - Fahrzeug, Eisenbahntriebfahrzeug (allgemeine Terms)
EN ***multiple-unit set*** nn (MU) Operations - Railway vehicles (general terms) || ***MU set*** (multiple unit) || MU abbr. of (multiple-unit set) || ***divisible train set*** - Group of vehicles (trains) with at least one carrying propulsion equipment; can be separated into smaller groups or discrete vehicles.
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DE ***Triebfahrzeug*** nnn Fahrzeug, Eisenbahntriebfahrzeug (allgemeine Terms) - Betriebsführung, -überwachung, Bahnpolizei
EN ***motive power unit*** Railway vehicles (general terms) - Operations, traffic control, railway police || ***traction unit*** || ***tractive unit***
|  Steffen Walter
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