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Cortar motores

English translation: cut engines

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Portuguese term or phrase:Cortar motores
English translation:cut engines
Entered by: cbissell

10:22 Oct 4, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / Maintenance & Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: Cortar motores
Depois de estacionar e cortar os motores.
cbissell
cut engines
Explanation:
As this is an instruction or even an order, the correct term is simply CUT ENGINES
The hand signals may be of further use

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-04 12:29:58 GMT)
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As an ex-pilot, the only instructions we received from ground crew for this was CUT ENGINES! Either verbally or by hand signal. However many google entries there are I prefer to follow control tower protocol.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-04 12:33:36 GMT)
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http://webmain02.fire.ca.gov/Pubs/Issuance/8300/e83311021.pd...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-04 12:39:15 GMT)
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Both terms CUT OFF or CUT OUT refer to unintentional engine stoppage or failure. Eg the engine "cut off" on take off, or the engine "cut out" but was successfully restarted. Usually the more verbose instruction is more easily misunderstood.
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:25
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thanks for your help
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4cut the engines
Jefferson D Boyles, ELS
5cut engines
Nick Taylor
4stop the engines
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stop the engines


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cut the engines


Explanation:
We should always translate literally when possible. In this case, "cut the engines" is used as often, or even more often, than is "stop the engines".

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-10-04 10:37:25 GMT)
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(correcting my syntax)
". . . as often as, or even more often than, . . ."

Jefferson D Boyles, ELS
Local time: 04:25
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ward Whittaker: that's it !
1 min
agree  meirs: maybe "cut the engines off" fits even better
13 mins
  -> Thanks! Although notoriously unreliable, Google gives 118,000 hits for "cut the engines", and only 3,180 of those are for "cut the engines off". Adding "off" would not be incorrect, but it would be superfluous.
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun: cut off engines
46 mins
neutral  Nick Taylor: cut the engines! without the off! which could actually mean removal of the engine!
1 hr
agree  airmailrpl: or "cut off the engines" About 26,000 results
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cut engines


Explanation:
As this is an instruction or even an order, the correct term is simply CUT ENGINES
The hand signals may be of further use

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-04 12:29:58 GMT)
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As an ex-pilot, the only instructions we received from ground crew for this was CUT ENGINES! Either verbally or by hand signal. However many google entries there are I prefer to follow control tower protocol.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-04 12:33:36 GMT)
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http://webmain02.fire.ca.gov/Pubs/Issuance/8300/e83311021.pd...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-04 12:39:15 GMT)
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Both terms CUT OFF or CUT OUT refer to unintentional engine stoppage or failure. Eg the engine "cut off" on take off, or the engine "cut out" but was successfully restarted. Usually the more verbose instruction is more easily misunderstood.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_hand_signal_cut_e...
    Reference: http://www.traron.org/docs/Marshaller%20Handsignals.pdf
Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:25
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