Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ascenseur "à piston"
English translation:
piston elevator
Added to glossary by
JH Trads
Mar 6, 2005 20:23
19 yrs ago
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French term
peekay
ascenseur "à piston"
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Construction / Civil Engineering
luxury apartments
part of an exclusive apartment building project.
There are two such elevators in this building.
There are two such elevators in this building.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | piston elevator |
JH Trads
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| 4 +2 | hydraulic lift |
Francis MARC
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| 4 -1 | plunging elevator (US) / lift (UK) |
Conor McAuley
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
ascenseur
Selected
piston elevator
quick question... would a HYDRAULIC piston elevator get damaged if a few people jumped on it during it's trip down. i know that ...
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-03-06 20:29:31 GMT)
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\"lift\" s\'utilise je pense en Angleterre au lieu de elevator
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-03-06 20:29:31 GMT)
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\"lift\" s\'utilise je pense en Angleterre au lieu de elevator
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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32 mins
French term (edited):
ascenseur � piston
hydraulic lift
Ref. Termium:
Domaine(s)
– Locks (Canals)
Domaine(s)
– Écluses
hydraulic lift Source CORRECT
ascenseur hydraulique
Source CORRECT, MASC
ascenseur à piston Source
CORRECT, MASC
CONT – Boat lifts. Vessels can be
transported floating in a steel tank or
caisson between adjacent pounds
by a vertical lift, replacing several
locks. Vertical lifts can be operated
by high-pressure hydraulic rams ....
Hydraulic lifts with twin caissons
were constructed in 1875 at
Anderton, England .... Source
CONT – (...) l'ascenseur hydraulique
d'Anderton (...) se composait de
deux caissons ou sas de mêmes
dimensions, se faisant équilibre (...)
Chaque sas reposait sur un énorme
piston de presse hydraulique. La
manoeuvre consistait en un lestage
du sas descendant par environ 15
tonnes d'eau, puis, lorsque ce
dernier flottait dans le bief inférieur,
en une surpression hydraulique
dans le sas montant. Source
EX – Les ascenseurs à piston où le
bac était supporté par des vérins à
eau ne sont plus utilisés. Source
Domaine(s)
– Locks (Canals)
Domaine(s)
– Écluses
hydraulic lift Source CORRECT
ascenseur hydraulique
Source CORRECT, MASC
ascenseur à piston Source
CORRECT, MASC
CONT – Boat lifts. Vessels can be
transported floating in a steel tank or
caisson between adjacent pounds
by a vertical lift, replacing several
locks. Vertical lifts can be operated
by high-pressure hydraulic rams ....
Hydraulic lifts with twin caissons
were constructed in 1875 at
Anderton, England .... Source
CONT – (...) l'ascenseur hydraulique
d'Anderton (...) se composait de
deux caissons ou sas de mêmes
dimensions, se faisant équilibre (...)
Chaque sas reposait sur un énorme
piston de presse hydraulique. La
manoeuvre consistait en un lestage
du sas descendant par environ 15
tonnes d'eau, puis, lorsque ce
dernier flottait dans le bief inférieur,
en une surpression hydraulique
dans le sas montant. Source
EX – Les ascenseurs à piston où le
bac était supporté par des vérins à
eau ne sont plus utilisés. Source
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bourth (X)
: Certainly my first instinct, without research. Defined by Scott/Penguin Building.
15 hrs
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| agree |
Tony M
: That's what it was called when one was installed in my old college
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14 hrs
Conor McAuley
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France
Native in English
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Works in: French to English, English
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French term (edited):
ascenseur
plunging elevator (US) / lift (UK)
Routledge Tech.: "asc. à piston plongeur" = plunger elevator.
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Note added at 14 hrs 52 mins (2005-03-07 11:15:45 GMT)
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\"à piston\" may thus be shorthand for \"à piston plongeur\".
HTH.
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Note added at 14 hrs 52 mins (2005-03-07 11:15:45 GMT)
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\"à piston\" may thus be shorthand for \"à piston plongeur\".
HTH.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tony M
: 'plunger' possibly (though frankly I have doubts) — but certainly NOT 'plunging'; a terrifiyng prospect! / I'm afraid Routledge is a bit like the curate's egg: "good in parts"; just tricky if one seeks to rely on it :-( (I was researching sthg else!)
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Question asked 10 years ago! I must have had much more faith in the Routledge Technical then, that's all gone now! / Maybe Routledge bit off more than it could chew trying to take on everything tech. in a single volume (albeit only in one lang. comb.).
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