Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
seitliche Wagenfronten
English translation:
the front ends of the sides
Added to glossary by
David Williams
Nov 24, 2008 13:40
15 yrs ago
German term
Germany
Scientific & technical expertise
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English
seitliche Wagenfronten
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Railway vehicles, rolling stock
e.g.
Konstruktionen mit gewölbten oder geneigten seitlichen Wagenfronten
This seems rather confused/contradictory to me. Does it actually mean the sides or the ends of carriages/locomotives?
Konstruktionen mit gewölbten oder geneigten seitlichen Wagenfronten
This seems rather confused/contradictory to me. Does it actually mean the sides or the ends of carriages/locomotives?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | front corners |
David Moore (X)
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| 1 | lateral vehicle surfaces |
gangels (X)
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References
| seitliche Wagenfronten |
GeorginaW (X)
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Change log
Nov 24, 2008 13:52: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "seitlichen Wagenfronten" to "seitliche Wagenfronten" , "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Tech/Engineering"
Proposed translations
19 hrs
Selected
front corners
What else, I ask you? These merely enhance the streamline effect and airflow.
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Note added at 3 days21 hrs (2008-11-28 11:38:07 GMT)
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I was merely offering a term which would be accurate, easily understood, and not long-winded; how else could you put it?
"At the front ends of the sides", perhaps?
"Front edges" could mean top and bottom;
I can't think of any other way to express it.
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Note added at 3 days21 hrs (2008-11-28 11:38:07 GMT)
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I was merely offering a term which would be accurate, easily understood, and not long-winded; how else could you put it?
"At the front ends of the sides", perhaps?
"Front edges" could mean top and bottom;
I can't think of any other way to express it.
Note from asker:
| OK, but wouldn't front conrers be "vordere Ecken" or "vordere Kanten"? |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, you're quite right. The German seems rather like the author's own creation in any case..."
2 hrs
lateral vehicle surfaces
with convex or slanted.....
or bulging or sloping
or bulging or sloping
Reference comments
16 mins
Reference:
seitliche Wagenfronten
Sounds like aerodynamic shaping: either domed or inclined/sloping back towards the sides (for speed).
seitlich = traversing, off centre, offset
seitlich = traversing, off centre, offset
Discussion
I assume that this is referring to the streamlining, but I found the combination of seitliche and enden (in the Eisenbahn Kurier article, http://www.eisenbahn-kurier.de/magazin/ek-inhalt_2008_07.pdf... somewhat odd.