Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Грейферный
English translation:
grab or clamshell
Added to glossary by
Jack Doughty
Aug 23, 2005 22:57
19 yrs ago
Russian term
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Грейферный
Russian to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Cement manufacture
This term is coming up so often in the piece I'm doing its unreal but no amount of googling helps me find the English equivalent, surely a foreign term in Russian but what?
From the following context:
Грейферный склад располагается таким образом, что существующий ж.д. путь будет использоваться для разгрузки добавок
From the following context:
Грейферный склад располагается таким образом, что существующий ж.д. путь будет использоваться для разгрузки добавок
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | grab or clamshell |
Jack Doughty
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| 3 +1 | clam-shell |
Hasmik Serjanyan
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Proposed translations
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Jack Doughty
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Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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Russian term (edited):
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grab or clamshell
It's from the German, Greifer. It has several meanings, but when it comes in connection with cranes, it is grab, and with excavators, it is clamshell, so I think that one or other of those is probably the most likely here, as the substance being unloaded might require cranes or excavators.
Other possible meanings:
Callaham's Russian-English Dic. of Sci. & Tech.:
грейфер grab, clamshell; gripper, grapple; grab bucket, scoop.
грейферный grab (crane etc.); clamshell (excavator)
Kucera's German-English Dictionary of Exact Science & Technology:
Greifer: gripper, pin, claw, strake; (for crane or dredger) grab, grab-bucket; (machines) grasping device, gripping device; (and other meanings obviously not applicable here).
Other possible meanings:
Callaham's Russian-English Dic. of Sci. & Tech.:
грейфер grab, clamshell; gripper, grapple; grab bucket, scoop.
грейферный grab (crane etc.); clamshell (excavator)
Kucera's German-English Dictionary of Exact Science & Technology:
Greifer: gripper, pin, claw, strake; (for crane or dredger) grab, grab-bucket; (machines) grasping device, gripping device; (and other meanings obviously not applicable here).
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Comment: "Thanks Jack, no Greyfer to help me in my son's Bob the Builder set unfortunately!"
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Hasmik Serjanyan
Native in: Armenian 
Works in: English to Armenian, Armenian to English, Russian to English
Russian term (edited):
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clam-shell
I copied and pasted the translation from my LINGVO dictionary. I'm guessing, it's about some sort of storage+dispenser device LOL . Hope, this will help.
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