This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English
  3. Mechanics / Mech Engineering

skid

English translation: skid

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:skid
Selected answer:skid

14:27 May 11, 2017
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2017-05-14 14:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: skid
Is this a regular EN usage for 'skid' or does it somehow relate to FR (since the company is French):

The coating is carried out in a drum equipped with a spray ramp ; the coating product itself is prepared in a specific skid (set of tanks and pumps).

http://www.clextral.com/technologies-and-lines/technologies-...
Ramunas Kontrimas
Lithuania
Local time: 13:54
skid
Explanation:
Just Google it together with pump and you'll see it's a perfectly normal EN term in this context.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 15 mins (2017-05-11 14:43:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Some links from the first page that look genuinely English in origin:-

http://www.godiva.co.uk/Main/ProductCategories,2,25.aspx
http://www.calderltd.com/
http://www.compfabs.co.uk/pump-skid-units
Selected response from:

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 11:54
Grading comment
Thank you Sheila - silly me, why didn't I try it myself this time...
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6skid
Sheila Wilson


  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
skid


Explanation:
Just Google it together with pump and you'll see it's a perfectly normal EN term in this context.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 15 mins (2017-05-11 14:43:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Some links from the first page that look genuinely English in origin:-

http://www.godiva.co.uk/Main/ProductCategories,2,25.aspx
http://www.calderltd.com/
http://www.compfabs.co.uk/pump-skid-units

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 11:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thank you Sheila - silly me, why didn't I try it myself this time...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Yes. See https://www.pei.org/wiki/skid-tank for a proper explanation from the Petroleum Equipment Institute site.
1 min
  -> Thanks. I don't know much about the subject area, but it was clearly a standard term
agree  philgoddard: Yes, but Google is so slow!
4 mins
  -> True, but so is KudoZ :).
agree  Jack Doughty
5 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
23 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  acetran
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thanks
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search