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nigande bussar

English translation: kneeling buses

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Swedish term or phrase:nigande bussar
English translation:kneeling buses
Entered by: Helen Johnson

12:21 Mar 25, 2012
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / buses
Swedish term or phrase: nigande bussar
Instegshöjd vid en spårvägshållplats är normalt 28 cm. Vid busshållplatser eftersträvas i regel en lägre instegshöjd (0,17 m) för att passa nigande bussar.
TIA
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:04
kneeling bus
Explanation:
No more than this! Will give you wiki, but there is more to find...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-floor_bus (find 'kneel');
http://www.parker.com/portal/site/PARKER/menuitem.de7b26ee6a...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-25 14:00:58 GMT)
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'to match a bus kneeling...'
Selected response from:

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 06:04
Grading comment
You're quite right again - thanks very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4kneeling bus
Deane Goltermann
2kneeling
Yngve Roennike


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
kneeling bus


Explanation:
No more than this! Will give you wiki, but there is more to find...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-floor_bus (find 'kneel');
http://www.parker.com/portal/site/PARKER/menuitem.de7b26ee6a...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-25 14:00:58 GMT)
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'to match a bus kneeling...'

Example sentence(s):
  • lower step hight ... to match when the bus kneelsing

    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kneeling+bus
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 06:04
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 73
Grading comment
You're quite right again - thanks very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/go_bagel/1185462411/
2 hrs
agree  Tania McConaghy
4 hrs
agree  shewid: Kneeling is to make it easier for passengers to climb aboard the bus.
15 hrs
agree  Janine Roberts (X): Yes, definitely kneeling buses - these make it easier for people with prams etc to get on the bus.
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
kneeling


Explanation:
Just a guess.
(This question came up in the queue curiously after I posted a Slovak query)

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-03-25 16:05:28 GMT)
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"kneeling bus." Sorry, maybe I should have made that clearer.

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Note added at 2 days12 hrs (2012-03-28 00:41:29 GMT) Post-grading
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Just curious, what are the rules for posting identical answers in this forum. I am pretty sure that mine came before the other, and was posted ahead of it.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 00:04
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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