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trailerbaar/traileren

English translation: towing

12:11 Apr 8, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Dutch term or phrase: trailerbaar/traileren
'Het schip is makkelijk trailerbaar waardoor het achter de auto voor lange afstanden goed te vervoeren is.'

'Het schip heeft een ophaalbaar zwaard waardoor de diepgang varieerd van 0.88 to 1.90 mtr. en maakt ook het traileren mogelijk.'

Is dit in het Nederlands eigenlijk al een woord? Zo ja, dan is er in het Engels misschien ook een woord voor. Anders zit ik er zelf aan te denken om er maar 'transport by trailer' van te maken.
Tessa Slingerland (X)
Local time: 09:25
English translation:towing
Explanation:
A more current term used in Engish (from my years of experience) would be towing. You load the boat on a trailer and then you tow it behind a car. The fact that the centreboard is retractable has more to do with towing than loading in my opinion. Examples:

A) The boat can be easily loaded on a trailer, making it easy to tow behind a car for long distances.

B) The boat has a retractable centreboard whereby the draft can vary from 0.88 to 1.90 metres, which also makes towing possible.
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Casey Dovale
Local time: 09:25
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3trailerable/ easily loadable on a trailer
Kate Hudson (X)
4 +3towing
Casey Dovale


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
trailerable/ easily loadable on a trailer


Explanation:
You are actually asking for two different terms here
Depending on the sentence you could use 'easy to load on a trailer'
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Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 09:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 90

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Shimmin: easily trailered? which is practically the same as yours.
1 hr
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agree  Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
1 hr
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agree  Kitty Brussaard: Adding 'to trailer' or 'trailering' as translation for the second term (NL 'traileren')
2 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
towing


Explanation:
A more current term used in Engish (from my years of experience) would be towing. You load the boat on a trailer and then you tow it behind a car. The fact that the centreboard is retractable has more to do with towing than loading in my opinion. Examples:

A) The boat can be easily loaded on a trailer, making it easy to tow behind a car for long distances.

B) The boat has a retractable centreboard whereby the draft can vary from 0.88 to 1.90 metres, which also makes towing possible.

Casey Dovale
Local time: 09:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kitty Brussaard
1 hr
agree  Lianne van de Ven: towing & easily towable common in US
2 hrs
agree  Buck
3 hrs
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