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Dec 21, 2019 00:04
4 yrs ago
Swedish term

Förbiledning

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping Types of diversion
Förbifart

Ett annat alternativ är att anordna en tillfällig vägbana som ligger i anslutning till den befintliga vägen men på betryggande avstånd från själva arbetet.


Förbiledning

I sista hand kan trafiken ledas förbi på samma vägbana, eventuellt på det andra körfältet om det finns två i samma riktning.
Proposed translations (English)
4 temporary bypass lane

Discussion

Deane Goltermann Dec 21, 2019:
That works well !!
SafeTex (asker) Dec 21, 2019:
@Deane I changed vägbana (carriageway) to "roadway" this morning following your remark
SafeTex (asker) Dec 21, 2019:
@ Deane That's almost what I have (bypass lane)

As for "carriageway", I think I was using it in the older sense of anything that could bear the weight of a carriage. The reason is that these diversions can take the cars over virtually anything -the Swedish often uses the term "vägbana". It can be a temporary overpass, a hard shoulder, another road, a lane on a motorway, a country lane etc. so I needed a general term. Do you have a better solution? (UK, not US English for this job)
thanks

Proposed translations

58 mins

temporary bypass lane

as opposed to temporary bypass road

Why carriageway? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriageway -- A carriageway generally consists of a number of traffic lanes together with any associated shoulder,
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