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ondertunneling

English translation: tunnelling

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Dutch term or phrase:ondertunneling
English translation:tunnelling
Entered by: Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)

15:49 Jun 20, 2005
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / civieltechnische werken
Dutch term or phrase: ondertunneling
context: civieltechnische werken

"De civieltechnische werken aan de pijpleiding zijn goed gevorderd. Deze werken omvatten het plaatsen van damplanken aan de intrede- en uittredekokers voor de microtunnel en aan de start van de ***ondertunneling*** zelf."

Bedankt!
Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
Ecuador
Local time: 08:27
tunnelling
Explanation:
This just means that the tunnelling work has begun
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Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 15:27
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4tunnelling
Kate Hudson (X)
3 -1underpass
Willemina Hagenauw
4 -3undertunnelling
swisstell


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tunnelling


Explanation:
This just means that the tunnelling work has begun

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 15:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 71
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deborah do Carmo
4 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  writeaway
51 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Dave Calderhead
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Kim Metzger: BE: tunnelling, AE: tunneling
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -3
undertunnelling


Explanation:
nearly the same word

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-06-20 16:04:12 GMT)
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[PDF] SUMMARY BUILDING ON KNOWLEDGE AWT FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE BUILDING ...
Dateiformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-Version
problems (pipeline routes, undertunnelling, sewer. systems). This leads to
knowledge questions such as. the long-term settlement and deformation behaviour ...
www.awt.nl/uploads/files/bs17sum.pdf - Ähnliche Seiten

Photography - Antiquariaat W. De Goeij - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
This collection comes from the builders archives(Pieux-Franki) and documents the
construction of the first undertunnelling of the river Scheldt in Antwerp. ...
users.pandora.be/wimdegoeij/catVP.htm - 237k


swisstell
Italy
Local time: 15:27
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Deborah do Carmo: not native English
1 min
disagree  Dave Calderhead: Don't believe everything you read - tunnelling underneath perhaps, but even that has redundancy because tunnelling is always underneath the ground.
1 hr
disagree  Kim Metzger: It's always a good idea to check the word you're proposing in quotation marks. Google yields only Dutch, Belgian and Polish sites for this un-English term.
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
underpass


Explanation:
Maybe you could use the word "underpass" in this respect. An underpass is a tunnel passing under something - ergo....

Just a thought!

Willemina Hagenauw
Local time: 14:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dave Calderhead: Not really. Underpssess are constructed for traffic or animals, tunnels are bored for pipelines.
2 hrs
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