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English translation: slush

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Japanese term or phrase:シャーベット
English translation:slush
Entered by: Kara ph.D.

19:26 Nov 15, 2008
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Japanese term or phrase: シャーベット
I am working with a document about an automotive 雪入りテスト. Basically the point of the test is to pack snow (or possibly slush) under parts of a car and see if it damages any of the car's parts around that area. It shows pictures of something that looks like snow being piled on/packed under car parts, but there is this one area that says:
カバー前より浸入したシャーベットがクロスメンバー部まで溜まっている。 with an arrow pointing to what looks like snow.

Sherbet??? Has anybody heard of シャーベット being used to refer to slush, ice, or snow? It would seem bizarre if they actually used sherbet in the test.

Thanks!
conejo
United States
Local time: 21:58
slush
Explanation:
I think it means slush with "sherbet-like" consistency.
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Kara ph.D.
United States
Local time: 22:58
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Thanks!
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4 +2slush
Kara ph.D.
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slush


Explanation:
I think it means slush with "sherbet-like" consistency.

Kara ph.D.
United States
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  naya-angel: As Kara phD said, I think it is "sharbet-like" ice or "sharbet-like" ice slush.
11 hrs
agree  Yumico Tanaka (X): シャーベットhas apparently become such a common ice confectionary in Japan that it is being used in such a context, but I don't think it is necessary to put "sherbet-like" as suggested by naya-angel.
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Reference: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6626607.html

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