Motrice sponda idraulica

English translation: truck with hydraulic loading platform

10:08 Oct 31, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / List of items in EDI billing/freight form
Italian term or phrase: Motrice sponda idraulica
I don't translate from Italian but this item appears in a list I'm translating from Spanish; the list is in alphabetical order and there really is no more context, so please don't ask.
I don't know if "motrice" is an adjective (although it looks like one) or a noun, or indeed what "Motrice lunga / Motrice normale" in this list refer to either.
"...
Motivo variación cantidad
Motrice lunga
Motrice normale
Motrice sponda idraulica
Muestra gratuita
Nº artículo (EAN 13/DUN 14)
..."
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 11:42
English translation:truck with hydraulic loading platform
Explanation:
Hi Neil,
Sounds like this to me.
Jo

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=txB&...

Some references in both languages here with pics, although the use of engines is questionable to say the least.
http://www.gazzotti-spa.com/motrici_en.html

also
hydraulic loading lift for commercial truck

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Note added at 22 mins (2012-10-31 10:30:05 GMT)
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Motrice con sponda idraulica
http://www.pontellinitrasporti.com/motrici.html
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Jo Macdonald
Spain
Local time: 11:42
Grading comment
You got in first! Thanks all for chipping in ;)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Truck with hydraulic tail lift
Tom in London
4truck with hydraulic loading platform
Jo Macdonald
3hydraulic lift-gate drive
Cedric Randolph


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hydraulic lift-gate drive


Explanation:
It sounds like these are drives or motors of some sort, probably not engines but most likely DC electric motors

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 11:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 76
Notes to answerer
Asker: I'd hard to decide whether it refers to motors/enginies or the whole vehicle. The heading appears to be "transport types" so it may be the latter.

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
truck with hydraulic loading platform


Explanation:
Hi Neil,
Sounds like this to me.
Jo

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=txB&...

Some references in both languages here with pics, although the use of engines is questionable to say the least.
http://www.gazzotti-spa.com/motrici_en.html

also
hydraulic loading lift for commercial truck

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Note added at 22 mins (2012-10-31 10:30:05 GMT)
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Motrice con sponda idraulica
http://www.pontellinitrasporti.com/motrici.html

Jo Macdonald
Spain
Local time: 11:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
You got in first! Thanks all for chipping in ;)
Notes to answerer
Asker: Cheers. These are software strings, often flung together with no apparent rhyme or reason...

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Truck with hydraulic tail lift


Explanation:
See the captions to these google pics:

http://tinyurl.com/bm5f3j2

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Note added at 23 mins (2012-10-31 10:31:09 GMT)
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It's the whole vehicle. Could be a van or a flatbed, so I'm suggesting "truck" as a way of covering all possibilities.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72
Notes to answerer
Asker: So it probably means "(Truck with) hydraulic tail lift and the orther two will be similar (Truck, long / Truck, normal). Cheers. It's bad enough when these things appear in my own langages, but they also crop up in Portuguese and Dutch in the software strings they send me.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jo Macdonald: Sounds good to me if at back of truck, also hydraulic tailgate or liftgate.
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