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kabelkatt

English translation: Caterpillar cable feeder

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Swedish term or phrase:kabelkatt
English translation:Caterpillar cable feeder
Entered by: stephen mewes

09:27 Feb 9, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
Swedish term or phrase: kabelkatt
Om metoden ovan inte kan användas kan man istället använda motordrivna kabelmatare ”kabelkatter”.

Can't find any reference to the obvious 'cable cat'!
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:18
Caterpillar cable feeder
Explanation:
I think that the Swedish "Katt" comes from the English abbreviation for caterpillar - CAT. My guess is that someone along the line misunderstood or deliberately created a Swedish form that didn't consider this.

I don't ge any hits for this suggeston per se, but that may be because English speakers haven't felt the need for signifying the technology used (i.e caterpillar tracks) to achieve the machines function (to feed the cable).
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Fredrik Nowacki
Sweden
Local time: 21:18
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 -1TMS cable feeder model 9050
Sven Petersson
3Caterpillar cable feeder
Fredrik Nowacki
3cable feeder(s)
David Rumsey


  

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TMS cable feeder model 9050


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.tmsengineering.se/html/eng/nat.htm
    Reference: http://www.tmsengineering.se/html/kabelkatt.htm
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 21:18
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Fredrik Nowacki: Seems a bit too specific with a model number (don't you think :?). Your links gave me a good lead though.
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Caterpillar cable feeder


Explanation:
I think that the Swedish "Katt" comes from the English abbreviation for caterpillar - CAT. My guess is that someone along the line misunderstood or deliberately created a Swedish form that didn't consider this.

I don't ge any hits for this suggeston per se, but that may be because English speakers haven't felt the need for signifying the technology used (i.e caterpillar tracks) to achieve the machines function (to feed the cable).


    Reference: http://www.polywater.com/commcabl.html
Fredrik Nowacki
Sweden
Local time: 21:18
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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cable feeder(s)


Explanation:
You might just want to delete the Sw term "kabelkatter". There really is no English equivalent.

David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 12:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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