08:43 Aug 25, 2017 |
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French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / ports and docks | |||||||
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4 | quay return |
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3 | wing wall |
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wing wall Explanation: I'm not very sure, but I'd picture it as a (mur en retour) de quai: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/construction_civ... https://books.google.de/books?id=jxX8nFivTXgC&lpg=PA225&ots=... (p.225) WP on wing wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_wall Quays with wing walls: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/5415810589 https://books.google.de/books?id=w80UAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA... https://www.irishtimes.com/news/quay-wall-near-ringsend-brid... (I looked for a picture of this but I can't find one) |
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quay return Explanation: First, I found this article about the reparation du retour de quai de la marine royale au port de Tanger. http://www.somagec.ma/slide.asp?id=204&projet=Réparation du ... Then, I searched for that news in English and found the expression "quay return" http://www.somagec.ma/e_projets.asp?genr=PORT (use Control F and type quay return) After that, I googled "quay return" and found other examples. It always refers to docks -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day1 hr (2017-08-26 10:06:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I did another extensive research on all news published in French using "retour de quai" and compared to the English ones. I found out that all of them avoid such an expression. They only refer to quay, heavy-load quay or deck quay. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day1 hr (2017-08-26 10:15:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- quay deck... I mean |
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