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manivela que acompanha o veículo

English translation: crank kept/stored in the vehicle/car


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13:54 Jun 29, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: manivela que acompanha o veículo
em caso de falha do sistema elétrico , de a partida atravéz da manivela que acompanha o veículo.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 11:39
English translation:crank kept/stored in the vehicle/car
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Airton J Souza
Brazil
Local time: 11:39
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2crank that comes with the vehicle
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +1crank kept/stored in the vehicle/carAirton J Souza


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
crank kept/stored in the vehicle/car


Explanation:
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Airton J Souza
Brazil
Local time: 11:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  raptisi
3 mins
  -> Obrigado raptisi! Tenha um bom dia!
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
crank that comes with the vehicle


Explanation:
this is the idiomatic way of saying it in English

see zillions of examples:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&xhr=t&q="that comes with the ve...

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 10:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: or vehicle's starting handle
32 mins
  -> Thanks Kashew. Sure, handle is a good translation for manivela as well.

agree  Douglas Bissell: like kashew's idea too
36 mins
  -> Thanks Doug :)

neutral  Christopher & Rozilene Frye: But, cars stopped using cranks decades ago! Is this a Model T we're talking about?
1 hr
  -> he...he....good question...I don't know...(don't have the full text) but our job as translators is to translate exactly what it says (whether we agree or not with the source text)
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