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Record 1 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
CONT

The three-wheeled power scooter is a unit powered by a rechargeable electric motor offering a range of up to 20 miles per charge. The unit also features a roomy basket which would be useful in transporting mail, records, etc.

CONT

Three-wheel mobility scooters are well-suited to indoor use, have a tight turn radius and are easy to maneuver.

OBS

Three-wheel electric scooters are designed to give dependable, powered mobility and support to mobility-impaired persons.

Key term(s)
  • three-wheeled electric scooter
  • three-wheeled mobility scooter
  • three-wheel power scooter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
DEF

Aide à la locomotion à propulsion motorisée, munie de trois roues.

OBS

Le principal avantage du scooter électrique [à] trois roues est sa maniabilité. Contrairement au modèle quatre roues dont le rayon de braquage peut atteindre deux mètres, le modèle trois roues a un rayon de braquage d'un mètre seulement.

OBS

triporteur : terme et définition retenu par le Conseil consultatif sur les aides technologiques, novembre 1994.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Electronic Hoisting and Lifting
CONT

In the diesel-electric crane version, the main drives and control systems are operated electrically. The power required for the electric drives and ancillary equipment of the crane is produced by a diesel generator set, provided in a roomy, completely enclosed, weather-protected and sound-insulated protective housing... Diesel-electric cranes can also be operated by means of an external power supply.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Levage électronique
OBS

diesel électrique : Engin diesel à transmission électrique. Dans ce type d'engin, un moteur diesel produit l'électricité nécessaire au fonctionnement de ses moteurs de traction.

OBS

Les premières grues de relevage à vapeur ont peu à peu cédé la place à celles équipées d'un groupe générateur diesel-électrique et, aujourd'hui, diesel-hydraulique.

OBS

Diesel est devenu un nom commun et s'écrit donc sans majuscule : un diesel, des diesels.

OBS

Quoique d'emploi courant, la majuscule (Diesel) tend à disparaître; l'usage ne semble pas fixé quant à l'emploi du trait d'union dans l'expression «diesel(-)électrique».

OBS

On écrirait mieux «diésel».

OBS

diésel : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
CONT

Scissor lift... All scissor units consist of a roomy, two-man-size platform... The platform is raised or lowered by an elevating assembly made up of two or more sets of scissor arms. The platform and lifting assembly are mounted on a mobile carrier or base frame. Scissor lifts are rectangular-shaped machines with a four-wheeled, steerable chassis. They can be self-propelled or manually pushed around on casters. Scissor lifts are usually powered hydraulically. Pumps are driven by gasoline, diesel, or LPG engines, or by battery power.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
CONT

Tables élévatrices à ciseaux [...] Ces tables sont caractérisées par le système de guidage de la plate-forme. Ce guidage est assuré par deux paires de bras articulés en ciseaux (système pantographique).

OBS

Le vocable «tables et plate-formes élévatrices» a longtemps été utilisé indifféremment pour désigner un système élévateur permettant d'élever verticalement un plateau par un dispositif de poussée (vérins, x de levage) placé sous ce plateau, sans tenir compte de la nature de la charge. Actuellement, le terme «tables élévatrices» s'applique aux matériels définis ci-avant mais dont la fonction essentielle est d'élever des charges avec occasionnellement du personnel, alors que le terme «plate-formes élévatrices» est réservé aux matériels élevant essentiellement du personnel avec occasionnellement des charges.

OBS

La graphie «à ciseaux» (pluriel) semble plus courante que l'utilisation du singulier.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

PHR

Table élévatrice à doubles ciseaux horizontaux, à doubles ciseaux verticaux, à simples ciseaux.

Key term(s)
  • plateforme élévatrice à ciseau
  • plateforme élévatrice à ciseaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
DEF

Floor at which a passenger leaves one car and transfers to another car, usually between low-rise and higher-rise elevators.

CONT

With the sky-lobby system, a tower is treated like a layer cake of two or three buildings, one on top of the other. For service in the lowest layer, elevators run up from the main lobby in the usual way. The lowest floor of each upper layer is a "sky lobby", which is reached by fast, roomy express elevators that run nonstop from the main floor. At the sky lobby passengers take local elevators to their floors. The hoistways for these local elevators begin at the sky lobby instead of at the main floor, thus in the stories below the sky lobby this area is available as floor space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
CONT

Pour des bâtiments comportant plus de 60 à 70 étages, l'accroissement excessif de l'espace occupé par les ascenseurs conduit à adopter un schéma de circulation verticale différent: les passagers voulant se rendre du niveau principal vers les zones supérieures sont d'abord acheminés vers des étages-gares où ils changent d'ascenseurs.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Soft, flexible Black Diamond climbing pants allow you to move freely. Hassle-free pull-on style with drawstring elastic waist and narrow tapered legs. Side seam pockets. Back hook-and-loop closure pocket.

CONT

Climbing trousers, constructed from a hardwearing lightweight fabric. The thermal quality makes them ideal for warming up, bouldering and rock climbing. The ultimate combination of durability warmth & comfort!

CONT

Read the paper, went to the shops where I managed to get myself some alpine climbing trousers from Decathlon. Made by Millet, they look like your standard baggy synthetic trousers, but they stretch a bit so they can be tighter without sacrificing mobility. A snip at 33 quid.

OBS

In the selection of pants, again looseness and comfort are of prime importance. For both hiking and climbing, trousers should never be too tight.

OBS

Be sure the trousers are roomy. They must be ample around the waist in order to accommodate a heavy sweater, shirt, and extra layer of wool, and still allow unrestricted movement.

OBS

Advantages and disadvantages of certain materials. Whipcord is made for laborers, postmen, milkmen, and such and will not get wet with the first raindrops. Corduroy, on the other hand, soaks up moisture too easily and is not very durable. Wool will remain warm even when drenched and is the best answer for outdoor wear. You may consider lederhosen, leather pants imported from the Alps. The knicker length variety, though expensive, are a good investment because rocks will not tear them. Non-waterproof nylon wind pants are useful to wear over other trousers in windy, frigid areas and when climbing extensively above timberline. Wind pants should be loose-fitting and have a drawstring around the ankles to prevent wind from blowing up the legs. Rain pants in waterproof fabric are of some value in wet, brushy areas, but in general the lack of ventilation makes these pants unsatisfactory. A light pair of cotton pants may be used as extras for hot weather, but are no substitute for wool pants in cold weather.

OBS

Terms usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

La forme la plus pratique pour un pantalon de montagne est la forme knicker (forme courte s'arrêtant à 10 cm au-dessous du genou).

CONT

Pour le pantalon, je vais devoir en acheter un mais j'hésite entre un pantalon d'alpinisme et sur pantalon gore tex + bas en capilène.

OBS

Avantages et inconvénients de certains tissus. Le velours absorbe l'humidité, donc une fois mouillé sèche difficilement. Le meilleur tissu, car il est chaud, est ce qu'on appelle le drap de montagne, donc les draps de Bonneval, de Bagnes et de Bessans et le whipcord. Les pantalons peuvent être en gabardine légère pour les courses de rocher.

OBS

Le cuir est à déconseiller, car il durcit en séchant et blesse l'entre-jambe.

OBS

Le pantalon de laine est chaud, mais lourd.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
CONT

Bottle rote. Start with this basket as it is easier than the basket with the lid. The basket measures 20 cm by 30 cm(8 in by 11 3/4 in), and is 20 cm(8 in) high excluding the handle. The basket is roomy and strong enough to hold six bottles without overcrowding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture Industries
  • Aircraft Interiors
DEF

able to lean or incline backward, to lie in a recumbent position.

CONT

Passengers... will be more comfortable than ever in our... roomy reclinable... seats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du meuble
  • Aménagement intérieur des aéronefs
DEF

Qu'on peut incliner [rendre oblique ce qui est naturellement droit].

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Furniture Industries
CONT

steel telephone cabinet with lower storage compartment [Four roomy compartments for telephone books. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Industrie du meuble
CONT

meuble téléphone. (...) il comporte (...) des niches pour annuaire, reliures et classeurs

Spanish

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Record 9 1982-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
OBS

Pontiac J2000. This crisp-looking four-door version of GM's new J-car is surprisingly roomy inside(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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