vad de adâncime

English translation: wading depth

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Romanian term or phrase:vad de adâncime
English translation:wading depth
Entered by: Robert Roata

09:56 May 30, 2007
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Romanian term or phrase: vad de adâncime
Vehiculul trebuie să treacă printr-un ***vad de adâncime*** de cel puţin 0, 70 m.
Robert Roata
Local time: 09:07
wading depth
Explanation:
wading depth

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www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/Vehicles/Discovery/Specifications...

www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/jeep_wading_depth.html

Glossary - Wading Depth. Wading Depth. The maximum recommended depth your vehicle can safely "wade" through water while keeping its air intake safely above...
www.landroverusa.com/us/en/_glossary/wading_depth.htm

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... above the waterline :)

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Don’t forget Mitsubishi has a track record as this sort of thing. Modified Shoguns have won the Paris Dakar Raid no less than twelve times.
It has a wading depth of 700mm (28”), approach and departure angles are properly thought out. It even has a deliberately sloping front bonnet to give the driver a better view over crests. http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road_tests/index.htm?id=266

Max wading depth, mm, 700. Gross vehicle mass (GVM), kg, 3080. Gross combination mass (GCM), kg, 5780. Unbraked, kg, 750.
www.nissan.co.za/vehicles_patrol_specs.asp?n=7

The maximum advisable wading depth for Landrovers is 0.5 metres – about 5 to 6cm below the top of the wheel rim.
http://www.esfrs.org/about_us/FOI pdfs/Intervention/landrove...

Off-road vehicles are often required to forge through deep water. Before doing so, check the vehicle manufacturer’s specification data sheet on maximum wading depth, (or the vehicle handbook).
http://www.4xforum.co.za/?showitems&global[mymenu_id]=235

Engineers and designers apparently paid particular attention to the XC70's ground clearance and wading depth as well as its ramp, approach and departure ...
nl.cars.yahoo.com/07-03-/8/xdf.html

Water won't often stop a Freelander, either with a wading depth of 400mm. www.roadtester.com.au/Land Rover/Freelander-303.aspx

etc, etc, etc :)

Aş zice că vehiculul cu pricina “must have a wading depth of at least 0,7 m”.
Selected response from:

Ioana Costache
Romania
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Summary of answers provided
5ford
Mihaela BUFNILA
4 +1wading depth
Ioana Costache
4ford
Ilona Roberts
3shallow depth
RODICA CIOBANU


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ford


Explanation:
Nu e vorba de "vad de adâncime" - adâncimea vadului trebuie să fie de min... mie asta imi sugerează textul.

The vehicle must cross/wade a min. 0,70 m deep ford.

Ilona Roberts
Norway
Local time: 08:07
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ford


Explanation:
Cred că "adâncime" ar trebui legat de "de cel puţin.." şi nu de "vad"..."vad de adâncime" mi se pare pleonastic.

The vehicle should cross a ford whose depth is...
Aşa înţeleg eu mesajul, depinde însă dacă se referă la datele tehnice ale vehiculului sau la condiţiile de natură competiţională. oricum tot ford este!

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Noroc că nu ne-am ciocnit, Ilona! Nu ştiu să-l confecţionez din taste pe zâmbăreţ.

Example sentence(s):
  • Shallow place where a stream may be crossed by traffic or by wading.

    Reference: http://www.cig.ensmp.fr/~hubert/glu/EN/GF0021EN.HTMhttp://
Mihaela BUFNILA
Romania
Local time: 09:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
wading depth


Explanation:
wading depth

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Note added at 28 mins (2007-05-30 10:24:59 GMT)
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www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/Vehicles/Discovery/Specifications...

www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/jeep_wading_depth.html

Glossary - Wading Depth. Wading Depth. The maximum recommended depth your vehicle can safely "wade" through water while keeping its air intake safely above...
www.landroverusa.com/us/en/_glossary/wading_depth.htm

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Note added at 29 mins (2007-05-30 10:25:38 GMT)
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... above the waterline :)

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Note added at 40 mins (2007-05-30 10:36:29 GMT)
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Don’t forget Mitsubishi has a track record as this sort of thing. Modified Shoguns have won the Paris Dakar Raid no less than twelve times.
It has a wading depth of 700mm (28”), approach and departure angles are properly thought out. It even has a deliberately sloping front bonnet to give the driver a better view over crests. http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road_tests/index.htm?id=266

Max wading depth, mm, 700. Gross vehicle mass (GVM), kg, 3080. Gross combination mass (GCM), kg, 5780. Unbraked, kg, 750.
www.nissan.co.za/vehicles_patrol_specs.asp?n=7

The maximum advisable wading depth for Landrovers is 0.5 metres – about 5 to 6cm below the top of the wheel rim.
http://www.esfrs.org/about_us/FOI pdfs/Intervention/landrove...

Off-road vehicles are often required to forge through deep water. Before doing so, check the vehicle manufacturer’s specification data sheet on maximum wading depth, (or the vehicle handbook).
http://www.4xforum.co.za/?showitems&global[mymenu_id]=235

Engineers and designers apparently paid particular attention to the XC70's ground clearance and wading depth as well as its ramp, approach and departure ...
nl.cars.yahoo.com/07-03-/8/xdf.html

Water won't often stop a Freelander, either with a wading depth of 400mm. www.roadtester.com.au/Land Rover/Freelander-303.aspx

etc, etc, etc :)

Aş zice că vehiculul cu pricina “must have a wading depth of at least 0,7 m”.

Ioana Costache
Romania
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elena Matei
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
shallow depth


Explanation:
vad = shallow in domeniul drumurilor

RODICA CIOBANU
Romania
Local time: 09:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8
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