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Thread poster: Sandra Alboum
Sandra Alboum
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Oct 24, 2003

Help!

My client, a construction magazine for Spanish speakers, has sent me an article on pickup trucks that people in the trade might want to buy. While I can talk about drywall and cutoff saws and vinyl windows and such until I'm blue in the face, I don't even know where to start on this one.

Does anyone have a good recommendation on a glossary or dictionary (on-line, preferably) of automotive terms? The text is Eng>Sp. (We're talking terms like "driveshaft" and "po... See more
Help!

My client, a construction magazine for Spanish speakers, has sent me an article on pickup trucks that people in the trade might want to buy. While I can talk about drywall and cutoff saws and vinyl windows and such until I'm blue in the face, I don't even know where to start on this one.

Does anyone have a good recommendation on a glossary or dictionary (on-line, preferably) of automotive terms? The text is Eng>Sp. (We're talking terms like "driveshaft" and "power train" and "performance-tuned suspension package"...)

Thanks.

Sandra Alboum ▲ Collapse
 
Lesley Clarke
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Mexico
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Spanish to English
a small contribution Oct 25, 2003

don't know if this will help a bit
http://www.ausa.com/esp/inf_dicciotecnico.asp?Letra=P
 
Gerard Burns Jr.
Gerard Burns Jr.
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One of these should help Oct 25, 2003

[quote]Sandra Alboum wrote:

Help!
...

Does anyone have a good recommendation on a glossary or dictionary (on-line, preferably) of automotive terms? The text is Eng>Sp. (We\'re talking terms like \"driveshaft\" and \"power train\" and \"performance-tuned suspension package\"...)

Thanks.

Sandra Alboum
I can\'t take credit for these (or blame, if it comes to that). On another list a translator named Cristina Pabón answered an
identical plea for help with the following short list. As she said, \"Hope it helps.\"

Michael Burns

http://www.markelmotor.com/diccionario.htm
automotive cars, motors, mechanics, , engines, air bag, exhaust valve
> http://www.jrdias.com/JRD-Links-2.html
> http://www.virtualand.net/cgi-bin/aranha.cgi?category=Empresas
> http://www.avizora.com/glosarios1.htm
> http://www.acta.es/bddoc/glosarios/automovil-mecanica-e.htm
> http://www.mercosur.jus.gov.ar/mglobr.htm
> http://www.etad.com.br/docs/escrframe.htm:
> http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction4.html#auto
> > http://www.jump.net/~fdietz/glossary.htm#Automobiles
> http://staff.nt2.it/michele/>
http://www.ticino.com/usr/tanya/Dictionaries_specialized_multi.htm#Automotiv
e
Automotive coches
http://www.marca.es/marca_motor/infoutil/abcdario/c.html
Automotive coches
http://hem.passagen.se/realcars/gloss.htm
automotive, car parts, bore and stroke, camshaft, mechanics, coil spring,
automobile
http://www.autocity.com/glosario/
automotive, engine, car, vehicle muy bueno
ttp://www.autocity.com/glosario/p_a.html
http://www.km77.com/glosario/portada/pglosario.asp
http://www.race.es/autoescuelahtml/intro/tema9/9_13_03.html EN, FR, ES
http://www.lawebdelmotor.com/assistf.htm
http://hem.passagen.se/realcars/gloss.htm automotive, car parts, bore and
stroke, camshaft, mechanics, coil spring, automobile automoviles
http://www.lawebdelmotor.com/assistf.htm
Automoviles
http://www.terra.com.br/carroonline/glossario_a.htm.
>http://www.edigeo.it/EdihomI/Sitoteca/dizspset.htm
http://www.an.com.br/1999/jan/16/0vei.htm
http://www.jrdias.com/JRD-Links-2.html
http://www.virtualand.net/cgi-bin/aranha.cgi?category=Empresas
http://www.avizora.com/glosarios1.htm
http://www.acta.es/bddoc/glosarios/automovil-mecanica-e.htm
http://www.mercosur.jus.gov.ar/mglobr.htm
http://www.etad.com.br/docs/escrframe.htm:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction4.html#auto
http://www.edidomus.it/auto/mondoauto/tecnica/avvio.cfm
http://www.jump.net/~fdietz/glossary.htm#Automobiles
http://staff.nt2.it/michele/
http://muwi.trados.com:/ie/asp/QueryPage.asp?DBName=Euterpe&SrcLang=English&
TrgLang=German&StyleSheet=AllFields&

http://www.ticino.com/usr/tanya/Dictionaries_specialized_multi.htm#Automotiv
e
http://www.quattrotempi.net/Termini_tecnici.htm
http://www.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2002/f1/glossario.shtml
http://www.autocity.com/glosario/p_a.html
http://www.km77.com/glosario/GlosA.asp
http://www.race.es/diccionario.nsf
http://www.educa.rcanaria.es/usr/ifpllanos/automocion/a.htm (el más
completo, cambia la letra en la última parte del enlace para ver lasdemás
letras) Automoviles el de race es solo de siglas
http://www.volvocars.com/parts/moz1/glossary2.shtml (Volvo, EN)
http://www.gmc.com/knowzone/buyers_guide/glossary.html (GMC, EN
http://www.pontiac.com/knowzone/buyers_guide/glossary.html (Pontiac, EN)
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/e/innovation/glossary/default.htm
(MercedesBenz, EN)
http://www.bmw.es/bmw/html/home.html (BMW, ES)
http://www.rolls-royce.com/util/glossary.htm (Rolls-Royce)
http://best4x4.landrover.com/authority/12_glossary/-12.html (Land Rover)
http://www.nissan.com.au/jargon_glossary.asp (Nissan Auto Jargon)
http://iwanttobelikemike.homepage.com/index_car.htm (Ford Probe GT)
http://www.gillespieford.com/glossary_page.htm (Gillespie Ford)
http://208.164.64.19/vehicles/avalon/glossary.html (Toyota
http://www.cars101.com/subaru_terms.html (Subaru
http://www.lotuscars.com/Lotus_History/glossary.htm (Lotus
http://www.dodgeram.com/technical/Glossary.htm (Dodge Ram Glossary of Truck
Terms) http://www.conae.gob.mx/transporte/guia/glosario.html
http://www.autocity.com/glosario/p_a.html
http://www.km77.com/glosario/portada/pglosario.asp
http://www.race.es/autoescuelahtml/intro/tema9/9_13_03.html
http://www.usautoteile.com/automati.htm (Multi)
http://www.autobodypro.com/pnt-term.htm (painting terminology,
http://www.automationmag.com/glos (Vehicle automation glossary, EN)
Not glosss but bilingual websites with a lot of technical terms
http://www.sansalone.de/engl/diction.htm
http://www.sansalone.de/Links/autotech.htm
http://www.sansalone.de/engl/search.htm
http://www.womanmotorist.com/glossary/glossary.shtml EN
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/9578/automobi.htm EN
http://plastic-car.com/glossary/index.html EN
http://www.womanmotorist.com/glossary/
http://www.plastics-car.com/glossary/index.html (Plásticos EN)
http://www.connect.ab.ca/~barachj/car-dica.htm (Neumáticos EN)
http://www.dunloptire.com/cycle/glossary_pv.html (Neumáticos EN)
http://www.varta.com (Baterías EN)
automoviles en esp y en ing solo
http://www.autocity.com/glosario/p_a.html (1)
http://www.km77.com/glosario/portada/pglosario.asp
http://www.race.es/autoescuelahtml/intro/tema9/9_13_03.html (2)
Automoviles(1) solo ES pero completísimo
(2) race pocos terminos
http://www.geocities.com/kman_cl/glosario.html
Automoviles: car engine, tecnical
http://www.audio-car.com/Productos/Pioneer/glosario.htm
Automoviles: radios de coches pioneer
 
J. Leo (X)
J. Leo (X)
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try glosspost Oct 25, 2003

look at the ProZ link to glosspost where people contribute glossary sites to anything imaginable. Also a google search of:
automotive glossary english spanish provides many sources.
good luck.
 
mgonzalez (X)
mgonzalez (X)
English to Spanish
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One more suggestion... Nov 5, 2003

Hi, have a look here. Best regards. MG.
 
Guillermo de la Puerta
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Nov 16, 2004



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