Jul 26, 2007 21:10
16 yrs ago
Catalan term
Chile
el pujador del camió
Catalan to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
trucks
the sentence is: "jo anava al costat del xofer del camió i n'hi havia un altre que anava sobre el pujador, vigilant l'aviació."
The context is during the Spanish Civil War in Catalunya, where Republican trucks were fleeing and getting bombed by the Nationalist planes. This is an extract from the diary of a soldier.
The context is during the Spanish Civil War in Catalunya, where Republican trucks were fleeing and getting bombed by the Nationalist planes. This is an extract from the diary of a soldier.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | on the climbing step |
psicutrinius
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| 3 +1 | running board |
Berni Armstrong
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Proposed translations
+1
5 mins
psicutrinius
Spain
Spain
Works in field
Spain
30 yrs+. Very accurate, demonstrably
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Catalan to English
on the climbing step
That is the position -he was standing on the cab climbing step (which was quite more apparent in the lorries [or trucks] at the time than it is now).
The only other position is the cab (no planes spotted from here), or at the rear, but in the latter case, no "pujador" to be mentioned -he would already have "pujat"...
The only other position is the cab (no planes spotted from here), or at the rear, but in the latter case, no "pujador" to be mentioned -he would already have "pujat"...
+1
15 hrs
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Never Missed a Deadline in 32 Years
Native in: English
Works in: English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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running board
"On the climbing step" would be understood. But I believe there is another more exact term. On an old car it was the running board. I think that might have been used for lorries too. Curiously, while following this hunch I came across a description from WWII of a guy using the term in a situation not too dissimilar to the one your original is describing. Check out the reference below:
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-27 12:26:57 GMT)
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Just foudn this too - similar in feel:
"At the beginning of April 1941 I had a narrow escape. I was told to deliver a large quantity of barbed wire to up near the front line....... I had two vehicles on tow that I did not want to abandon, so I decided to take the coast road back. As I left .... I heard gunfire (luckily out of range) so I stood on the running board making rude signs....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/32/a2057032.shtml
for full story.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-27 12:30:28 GMT)
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Another mention from yet anotehr WWII source:
"All went well until suddenly from a wadi crawled a German tank. It nosed directly towards the New Zealanders. Instantly Lofty—‘I didn't think about it; it was more like instinct’—stood ***on his truck's running-board ***and thrust a hand high above his head in the universally recognised halt sign—or Heil Hitler salute. The tank stopped and started back down into the wadi again. Some time later drivers resumed breathing."
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-27 12:26:57 GMT)
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Just foudn this too - similar in feel:
"At the beginning of April 1941 I had a narrow escape. I was told to deliver a large quantity of barbed wire to up near the front line....... I had two vehicles on tow that I did not want to abandon, so I decided to take the coast road back. As I left .... I heard gunfire (luckily out of range) so I stood on the running board making rude signs....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/32/a2057032.shtml
for full story.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-27 12:30:28 GMT)
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Another mention from yet anotehr WWII source:
"All went well until suddenly from a wadi crawled a German tank. It nosed directly towards the New Zealanders. Instantly Lofty—‘I didn't think about it; it was more like instinct’—stood ***on his truck's running-board ***and thrust a hand high above his head in the universally recognised halt sign—or Heil Hitler salute. The tank stopped and started back down into the wadi again. Some time later drivers resumed breathing."
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