15:13 Feb 22, 2008 |
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French to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Construction / Civil Engineering / road markings | |||||||
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4 | rumble strip |
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2 | reflective strips / reflective road markings |
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2 | Wing-bar |
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2 -1 | fluorescent plots or markings |
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reflective strips / reflective road markings Explanation: clouple of guesses, with not a few googles to back them up -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2008-02-22 16:09:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "reflective highway markings" perhaps more apropos |
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fluorescent plots or markings Explanation: think could do fine :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2008-02-22 16:11:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ooops Tony is right, my mistake!!! |
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rumble strip Explanation: Despite what is said in the Wiki text below, these are not usually reflective since they work by noise. Dans le domaine du marquage routier, on désigne par BARRETTE SONORE un procédé de marquage à protubérances qui émet un bruit perceptible par l’usager lorsqu’il roule dessus et lui indique qu’il sort de son couloir de roulement [ ... ] Les barrettes sonores sont réalisées à partir D'ENDUIT A FROID, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrette_sonore Plastics were introduced in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[citation needed] Commonly referred to as "tape" or "COLD PLASTIC," [enduit à froid] this product is heavy-grade material with [not necessarily, IMO] reflective beads embedded in the plastic. [ ... ] Similar to Bott's dots, "RUMBLE STRIPS" are commonly used for the same purpose. A rumble strip is a simple trough (typically 1 cm deep and 10 cm wide) that is ground out of the asphalt or concrete in a perpendicular line across a roadway or shoulder. Usually closely grouped together, five or 10 of these troughs create a loud vibration when driven over that will alert a driver to various upcoming hazards. This type of rumble strip may warn a driver approaching a stop sign in a rural area. ANOTHER FORM OF THE RUMBLE STRIP is CONTINUOUSLY PLACED ON THE SHOULDER OF A HIGHWAY to wake drivers who may fall asleep. The rumble strips on the shoulder of the road can wake the weary driver before they drive into the ditch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_surface_marking |
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Wing-bar Explanation: The Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique from Quebec has many types of barrettes none called autoroutiere. It has a specific name for each barrette autoroutire. How do we know which one? wing-bar is indeed for airports. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2008-02-25 12:50:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I found somewhere that barrette is used in English too with the same meaning as in French (little bar). |
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