Nov 4, 2003 18:02
21 yrs ago
English term

ballbarrow

English to French Tech/Engineering
I found this word in a text in a grammar book. I do not know if it is a made up word or a real word. Here is the text: James Dyson, one of the UK's most successful inventors, began his career when he was a student at the Royal College of Art. He launched the Sea Truck in 1970, and a few years later he thought up the award-winning Ballbarrow.

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Ballbarrow

I think it is a commercial name that remains the same in French, see below :

... 1974, Il quitte la société de son propre gré afin de développer le Ballbarrow. ... 1977,
Le Ballbarrow gagne le prix Building Design Innovation. ...
www.dyson.fr/jd/1947.asp - 17k - 3 nov 2003 - En cache - Pages similaires

Dyson - [ Traduire cette page ]
... 1973, Appointed a director of Rotork. 1974, Strikes out on his own to develop the
Ballbarrow. ... 1977, The Ballbarrow wins the Building Design Innovation Award. ...
www.dyson.co.nz/jd/1947.asp - 17k - En cache - Pages similaires

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Newsmakers | James Dyson: Patently
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neutral bernieS (X) : This is a product designed by James Dyson in the 70s. It is a wheel barrow which uses a ball instead of a wheel.
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brouette à roue en forme de ballon

on trouve plusieurs différentes traductions sur le Web et bien sûr rien d'officiel. Je laisserais donc le mot en anglais avec entre parenthèses une petite explication du style [brouette à roue en forme de ballon pour éviter d'endommager les gazons]. Juste une idée

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... où les autres ne peuvent passer. C'est ainsi que naquit la Ballbarrow,
la brouette au ballon. Un aspirateur à cyclones La notoriété ...
www.bhv.fr/?r=dos&dos=etre_bien - 32k - En cache - Pages similaires
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