Ablauf

English translation: drain (no tech.specs given....could be any type of construction)

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German term or phrase:Ablauf
English translation:drain (no tech.specs given....could be any type of construction)
Entered by: Martin Wenzel

09:40 Sep 5, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Specifications
German term or phrase: Ablauf
Für die Waschmaschine und für den Trockner ist je ein Ablauf zu machen.

The washing machine and the tumble drier must both be equipped with separate water drain pipes (and connected to a gully?)

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob das ausreicht oder ist da noch implizit die Rede von "Gully"?
Martin Wenzel
Germany
Local time: 23:13
drain (no tech.specs given....could be any type of construction)
Explanation:
..standard dictionary entry. Here it could be anything: pipe, gully, trench, etc. -- the point being: 2 seperate drains are required
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Erich Friese
Australia
Local time: 09:13
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4 +2drain (no tech.specs given....could be any type of construction)
Erich Friese
3hook-up
Susan Zimmer


  

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drain (no tech.specs given....could be any type of construction)


Explanation:
..standard dictionary entry. Here it could be anything: pipe, gully, trench, etc. -- the point being: 2 seperate drains are required

Erich Friese
Australia
Local time: 09:13
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X)
50 mins

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): separate drains
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hook-up


Explanation:
Here in the US, when buying / renting a house, the term used is washer/dryer hook-up. I don't see why a dryer would need any kind of drain - unless its a convection dryer of sorts.

Otherwise, I'd use drain pipe.

Susan Zimmer
United States
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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