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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

front and rear direction

German translation:

Vor- und Rückwärtsrichtung

Added to glossary by Heike Holthaus
Oct 26, 2015 14:22
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English term

front and rear direction

English to German Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks Airbags - Patent
[1] The present invention relates to a curtain airbag apparatus, and more particularly, to a curtain airbag apparatus that is installed to be elongated in a *front and rear direction*of a vehicle.

[2] In more detail, the curtain airbag is installed on a side inner panel, which is disposed at an upper side of a lateral side of the vehicle, so as to be elongated in a *front and rear direction* of the vehicle.

[3] The plurality of non-expandable portions 13a, 13b, and 13c is formed to be spaced apart from each other in the *front and rear direction*.

[4] In the curtain airbag 10, only at least one of the second non-expandable portion 13b and the third non-expandable portion 13c may be formed in the section in the* front and rear direction* from the portion to which the auxiliary airbag 40 is coupled to the portion where the gas inlet portion 17 is formed.

I translated "front and rear direction of a vehicle" (in [1] + [2]) as "Fahrzeuglängsrichtung" and "front and rear direction" (in [3] + [4]) as "Längsrichtung".

Can someone confirm that this is correct?

TIA
Proposed translations (German)
4 Vor- und Rückwärtsrichtung
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Discussion

Rolf Kern Oct 26, 2015:
@TranslatorHeike Da haben wir's. Ich würde diese Übersetzung als undurchführbar zurückweisen. Eine Direktübersetzung ins Deutsche aus dem Koreanischen wäre angezeigt.
Heike Holthaus (asker) Oct 26, 2015:
Hallo Rolf Es ist eine Übersetzung eines koreanischen Patents.
Rolf Kern Oct 26, 2015:
Sprache Dieses Englisch stimmt irgendwie nicht. Woher stammt es?
Heike Holthaus (asker) Oct 26, 2015:
@ Armorel That was my first thought also. But, I am not certain the word "elongated" in this patent is used correctly. " ... a curtain airbag apparatus that is installed to be elongated ..." - The apparatus does not go off, only the airbag of the apparatus. Since this particular airbag is installed in a roof panel, I believe the author meant to say "extends in the longitudinal direction" which would be the direction to the front and the rear of a vehicle.
Armorel Young Oct 26, 2015:
I wonder ... ... whether "front and rear direction" specifically means that the airbag goes off in both a forwards and a backwards direction (as opposed to going off along the front/back axis of the car but only either forwards or backwards from the installation point), and whether this isn't quite brought out by "Längsrichtung".

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Vor- und Rückwärtsrichtung

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