Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 15, 2003 16:54
20 yrs ago
German term
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Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Seilbahn
German to English
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Austria, skiing
Oxford says "a funicular", but is that what they really call it at ski resorts?
- Seilbahn
„« 2 Sechser-Sesselbahnen
„« 4 Vierer-Sesselbahnen
„« 3 Zweier-Sesselbahnen
„« 9 Schlepplifte
„« 1 Stadion-Express
- Seilbahn
„« 2 Sechser-Sesselbahnen
„« 4 Vierer-Sesselbahnen
„« 3 Zweier-Sesselbahnen
„« 9 Schlepplifte
„« 1 Stadion-Express
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | cable car |
Klaus Herrmann
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| 5 +1 | ski lift |
Manfred Mondt
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| 4 +1 | gondola {lift} |
jccantrell
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| 4 | cablecar |
NGK
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| 4 | cable railway |
Сергей Лузан
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| 4 | Cable car......... |
roneill
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| 4 | Gondola |
Tobi
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| 4 | cable lift |
Edward Guyver
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| 4 -1 | cable railway |
IanW (X)
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| 3 | rope way |
Maya Todorova
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Proposed translations
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Klaus Herrmann
Germany
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cable car
The Skiers Journal--An online skiing magazine for hardcore skiers
Welcome to The Skiers Journal--An online skiing magazine for hardcore skiers,
Search. To Turn is to Admit Defeat. ... World's Mightiest Cable Car Starts Testing ...
www.skiersjournal.com/article.php?sid=1159 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Frommers.com : Destinations : Zermatt : Active Pursuits : Skiing
... After changing cable cars at Blauherd (which offers many hiking and skiing options
of its own), you'll continue by cable car to the flat, rocky summit of the ...
www.frommers.com/destinations/zermatt/0164020108.html
Welcome to The Skiers Journal--An online skiing magazine for hardcore skiers,
Search. To Turn is to Admit Defeat. ... World's Mightiest Cable Car Starts Testing ...
www.skiersjournal.com/article.php?sid=1159 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Frommers.com : Destinations : Zermatt : Active Pursuits : Skiing
... After changing cable cars at Blauherd (which offers many hiking and skiing options
of its own), you'll continue by cable car to the flat, rocky summit of the ...
www.frommers.com/destinations/zermatt/0164020108.html
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Comment: "Thanks, everybody! The items in the list are not types of "Seilbahn", they are additional items. It's obviously a very confusing term!"
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jccantrell
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gondola {lift}
What they call it a Mammoth mountain, California.
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cable railway
I think these are called "cable railways", but give me a minute to check ...
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Yes, it certainly looks like it from on the hits on the internet.
\"The cable car tram up to the top of the Zugspitze. Skiers can drive to the base of this cable railway or take the rack-railway train through a tunnel to Zugspitzeplatt and summit to the glacier via cable car. From the top, skiers may travel down the \"Eibseeseilbahn\" to Lake Eibsee and take the train back to the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. \"
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Yes, it certainly looks like it from on the hits on the internet.
\"The cable car tram up to the top of the Zugspitze. Skiers can drive to the base of this cable railway or take the rack-railway train through a tunnel to Zugspitzeplatt and summit to the glacier via cable car. From the top, skiers may travel down the \"Eibseeseilbahn\" to Lake Eibsee and take the train back to the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. \"
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NGK
: I think Seilbahn in this context refers to cabins on ropes. A cable railway (such as the Zugspitzbahn) runs on tracks.
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Well, you're probably right, Norbert - as someone who has never been more than ankle-deep in snow, I'll bow to superior knowledge!
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Gareth McMillan
: The funicular is the cable railway. I think your reference is being careless with "The cable car tram"- that's combining two different things.
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Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
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cable railway
is another possibilty from Langenscheidts Taschenwörterbuch Englisch, 2002, ISBN 3-468-11131-2, but my Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1 confirms both. (auch fuer Bergseilbahn is funicular). Good luck, William Stein!
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Cable car.........
As a San Franciscan, this means something different to me, but I have seen both funicular and cable car used for ski resorts.
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http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/11/14/ski.mood/
LONDON (CNN) -- Like the cable car that ferried up to 160 people to a fiery death deep within an Austrian ski slope, the Swiss-built \"Metro Alpin\" was built to convey as many skiers as possible, up as steep a slope as possible, in as little time as possible.
Yet unlike the ill-fated Austrian funicular, the Metro Alpin has performed its job for the past 26 years with the stealthful efficiency of a metallic tapeworm burrowing through the entrails of a 12,000-foot Alpine mountain.
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http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/11/14/ski.mood/
LONDON (CNN) -- Like the cable car that ferried up to 160 people to a fiery death deep within an Austrian ski slope, the Swiss-built \"Metro Alpin\" was built to convey as many skiers as possible, up as steep a slope as possible, in as little time as possible.
Yet unlike the ill-fated Austrian funicular, the Metro Alpin has performed its job for the past 26 years with the stealthful efficiency of a metallic tapeworm burrowing through the entrails of a 12,000-foot Alpine mountain.
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Gondola
I'd call a 'Seilbahn' a 'gondola'
and the others double chair (lift) or quad chair resp.
The 'Schlepplift' is a T-bar (lift) or a drag lift.
simply check some ski resort sites for reference ...
and the others double chair (lift) or quad chair resp.
The 'Schlepplift' is a T-bar (lift) or a drag lift.
simply check some ski resort sites for reference ...
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cable lift
"cable lift" or "cable car" would be the preferable terms. See the website reference for information on this. I do not, however, like the use of "aerial tramway" - it may be technically correct but it is not generally used.
Reference:
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Manfred Mondt
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ski lift
There is the rope tow, the 2 chair lift (also 2-chair or 2 person), the 4 chair lift and the cable lift or gondola. The wensite below has 3 languages.
The San Franzisko cable car is no comparosin, it is a street car and has the towing cable buried underneath the pavement of the street.
See also:
http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/e/medienmitteilung/2003/07/04.h...
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Double, Triple or Quad chair lifts to be specific. Rope tow is also a surface lift.
See:
http://www.linkvermont.com/vermontskiinformation_southern.ht...
The San Franzisko cable car is no comparosin, it is a street car and has the towing cable buried underneath the pavement of the street.
See also:
http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/e/medienmitteilung/2003/07/04.h...
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Double, Triple or Quad chair lifts to be specific. Rope tow is also a surface lift.
See:
http://www.linkvermont.com/vermontskiinformation_southern.ht...
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Gareth McMillan
: Has to be this one because the asker mentions various suspended chairs and towing facilities (where the skier stays on their skis and are pulled up by a rope). So it's a "cable way" exclusively for skiers- ski lift, what else?.
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if you ski, this is one of the easiest subjects in the world..
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rope way
In der zweisprachigen Website (deutsch-englisch)
http://www.skiresort.de/allgemein/highlights.htm
habe ich folgenden Text gefunden:
Mit der über 13 km langen Seilbahn zwischen Örträsk und Mensträsk in der Gemeinde von Norsjö (Lappland/Schweden) kann man weit ins südliche Lappland sehen.
From the over 13 km long ropeway between Örträsk and Mensträsk in Norsjö municipality you will be able to take a look at Southern Lapland.
Gleich danach findet man aber auch eine andere Uebersetzung fuer Seilbahn:
Die Seilbahn Meridas ist die höchste (4765 m) Pendelbahn der Welt.
The cable car in Merida is the hihghest cable car in the world (4765m).
http://www.skiresort.de/allgemein/highlights.htm
habe ich folgenden Text gefunden:
Mit der über 13 km langen Seilbahn zwischen Örträsk und Mensträsk in der Gemeinde von Norsjö (Lappland/Schweden) kann man weit ins südliche Lappland sehen.
From the over 13 km long ropeway between Örträsk and Mensträsk in Norsjö municipality you will be able to take a look at Southern Lapland.
Gleich danach findet man aber auch eine andere Uebersetzung fuer Seilbahn:
Die Seilbahn Meridas ist die höchste (4765 m) Pendelbahn der Welt.
The cable car in Merida is the hihghest cable car in the world (4765m).
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