21:10 Jul 26, 2007 |
Catalan to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / trucks | |||||||
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5 +1 | on the climbing step |
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3 +1 | running board |
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on the climbing step Explanation: That is the position -he was standing on the cab climbing step (which was quite more apparent in the lorries [or trucks] at the time than it is now). The only other position is the cab (no planes spotted from here), or at the rear, but in the latter case, no "pujador" to be mentioned -he would already have "pujat"... |
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running board Explanation: "On the climbing step" would be understood. But I believe there is another more exact term. On an old car it was the running board. I think that might have been used for lorries too. Curiously, while following this hunch I came across a description from WWII of a guy using the term in a situation not too dissimilar to the one your original is describing. Check out the reference below: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-27 12:26:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Just foudn this too - similar in feel: "At the beginning of April 1941 I had a narrow escape. I was told to deliver a large quantity of barbed wire to up near the front line....... I had two vehicles on tow that I did not want to abandon, so I decided to take the coast road back. As I left .... I heard gunfire (luckily out of range) so I stood on the running board making rude signs.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/32/a2057032.shtml for full story. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-27 12:30:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another mention from yet anotehr WWII source: "All went well until suddenly from a wadi crawled a German tank. It nosed directly towards the New Zealanders. Instantly Lofty—‘I didn't think about it; it was more like instinct’—stood ***on his truck's running-board ***and thrust a hand high above his head in the universally recognised halt sign—or Heil Hitler salute. The tank stopped and started back down into the wadi again. Some time later drivers resumed breathing." Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/65/a2773965.shtml |
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