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German to English Transport / Transportation / Shipping Translation Glossary

German term English translation
Schaltzustand zurückgelesen setting is fed back
Schaumkörper foam (pack[ag]ing) inserts
Entered by: Teresa Reinhardt
Schäferkasten Schäfer box
Scherenhubtisch scissor lift table
Scherenwange scissor bars
Scherstelle shearing points / shear points
Schichtfeder laminated rubber-metal spring, (laminated) elastomer spring
Schichtkartons stackable cardboard boxes [or: stackable cartons]
Schiebebalken shifting beam
Schiebetriebfahrzeug banking or assisting motor vehicle (from the rear)
Schiebetritt ausgefahren sliding step extended
Schiebeverdeck sliding roof
Schienennahverkehrsstrecke local rail-borne transport route
Schiffer skipper/mariner
Schifffahrtskaufmann shipping agent
Schiffgesellschaft shipping company
Schiffsumschlag cargo transfer to and from a vessel
Schlagschalter Bedienstelle operator console with punch switches
Schlaufe (reversing) loop
Schlüsselung breakdown
Schlüsselvervielfacher key interlocks
Schleifleistenüberwachung pantograph strip monitoring system
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
Schleppeinsätzen Towing operations
Schlepper Tugboats/tugs
Schlichtungslogik inventory adjustment logic
Schlussläufer rear unit
Schneekluth Düsen Schneekluth wake equalizing duct
schnelldrehend fast-moving
Schnellläufer sprinter
Schnellsenkeinrichtung emergency lowering system; emergency retraction system
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
Schnittstelle (Verkehrswesen) link / change-over point
Schotterbeanspruchung stress on the ballast
Entered by: Michele Gile
Schotterpiste gravel road (track)
Schrammbordstreifen kerb strips
Schraubengleich levelled
Entered by: Dr. Andrew Hudson
Schrägrillung diagonal crease/groove
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Schrägwaggon lorry (truck) (equipped) to take a load at an angle; to take a tilted load
Schubmaststapler fork-lift reach truck
Schubmotorschiffe push tug o. towboat, barge-propelling tug, pushing motor barge
Schubsignal shunting yard signal/propel signal/hump signal
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