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før laget tippkant

English translation: had - 10 minutes before (that) - prepared (set) the tipping edge

18:48 Apr 27, 2019
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Dump trucks
Norwegian term or phrase: før laget tippkant
In an accident report at a road construction site:

Svein hadde 10 minutter før laget tippkant men sen reist vekk til å reparere veg
utenfor T090. Dumpersjåfør skal tippe på venstre side og begynner å rykke og svinge til venstre
istedenfor å tippe beintfram. Han feilberegner hvor kanten ligger og et hjul går igjennom
tippkanten som er beint frem og han mister hjulet over kanten.
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 15:44
English translation:had - 10 minutes before (that) - prepared (set) the tipping edge
Explanation:
Just a variation on Per's theme to try and show how the phrase might parse.

Tippkant - cf. Kippkante in DEU.



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Adrian MM.
Austria
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Before made brink
Per Bergvall
3had - 10 minutes before (that) - prepared (set) the tipping edge
Adrian MM.
3had made up the edge of the tip beforehand
Michael Ellis


  

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Before made brink


Explanation:
Should have been «hadde laget tippkant 10 minutter før». Svein had made the tipping brink 10 minutes before things started to go awry.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 00:44
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 179

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agree  Michele Fauble
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hadde - 10 minutter før - laget tippkant
had - 10 minutes before (that) - prepared (set) the tipping edge


Explanation:
Just a variation on Per's theme to try and show how the phrase might parse.

Tippkant - cf. Kippkante in DEU.





Example sentence(s):
  • The main causes of dumper accidents are: overturning on slopes and rough ground and at the edges of excavations, embankments etc;.

    Reference: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis52.pdf
Adrian MM.
Austria
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
had made up the edge of the tip beforehand


Explanation:
I read the first sentence of the extract as :
Svein had made up the edge of the tip 10 minutes beforehand, but then went off to repair the road …

Hence my proposed answer.

Michael Ellis
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 164
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