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Jul 3, 2019 06:45
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Italian term

scooby doo

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)
Hello, am translating a website that deals with the hire and sale of marquees and tensile-structures.
I come across a type of method for closing the side curtains of a marquee, so-called, "scooby doo", but the only Scooby I know of like bones and rides in a van.
Could "quick-draw" do the trick? Has anyone ever seen this type of closing method? TIA
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La struttura presenta un’armatura in alluminio anodizzata di alta resistenza con dimensioni 120×200, modulare in lunghezza con elementi di 5 m. I teli di copertura sia tetto che di tamponamento laterale sono realizzati con membrana impermeabile spalmata in PVC bianco ignifugo di classe (2) con peso di 750 gr/mq.
Tutti modulari ed indipendenti scorrono nelle canaline appositamente studiate all’interno del profilato portante d’ogni campata.
I teli di chiusura laterali, opachi o finestrati, scorrevoli e raccoglibili sui montanti, sono predisposti per una chiusura rapida mediante scooby doo.
Le tende modello Expo a 2 falde possono essere arricchite con una serie di accessori pensati appositamente: illuminazione, controsoffitto plissettato o teso, pavimentazione in bolla con recupero del dislivello, rivestimento della pavimentazione in moquette, linoleum, laminati, riscaldamento e climatizzazione.
Proposed translations (English)
4 Vinyl cord
3 scooby doo

Discussion

EleoE Jul 3, 2019:

Proposed translations

1 hr

scooby doo


I do not know about a scooby doo closing method. In both case, i prefer leave names as-is when possible. This is a typical case.
Peer comment(s):

agree D. I. Verrelli
7 hrs
Thanks!
disagree Rosanna Palermo : Scooby-Doo is a trademark owned by Hanna & Barbera. Using it for commercial purposes is definitively not advisable. Moreover, this is a translation. It has to make sense to English speakers. You would not say "mediante Topo Gigio" in Italian.
15 hrs
Scooby-Doo is a trademark, scooby doo is not ;)
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11 hrs

Vinyl cord

In Italy this is a familiar term for pvc cord.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2019-07-03 18:18:11 GMT)
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Also could be bungee cord
Peer comment(s):

neutral Rosanna Palermo : it's a closure system for a big party tent. Cannot be a bungee. Bungees are elastic, used to tension the roof (see your own link), not pull the walls together like a curtain https://www.customcovers.co.uk/res/curved-structures-handboo...
5 hrs
Yes I know it's a marquee, I said it "could" be a bungee cord as a familiar term but my first answer is PVC cord. So maybe pvc rope or cord would work then. https://www.customcovers.co.uk/marquee-glossary.html
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Reference comments

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Something to do with this?

Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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agree philgoddard : Could be!
3 hrs
neutral D. I. Verrelli : Perhaps as something 'reminiscent of a scoubidou' (not literally a scoubidou)? https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/scoubidou
8 hrs
Definitely not literally! I was thinking more along the lines of something with lanyard.
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6 hrs
Reference:

side wall attachment types

pull/rope closure system

https://gettentsidewalls.com/cross-cable-sidewalls.html?dir=...

https://www.gettent.com/content/frequently-asked-canopy-tent...

http://www.rainier.com/tent/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017...

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Note added at 7 hrs (2019-07-03 13:45:25 GMT)
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Based on the following, it seems similar to the old style pull string curtain rods (one way or 2 ways)
I teli di chiusura laterali, opachi o finestrati, scorrevoli e raccoglibili sui montanti, sono predisposti per una chiusura rapida mediante scooby doo

Tutti modulari ed indipendenti scorrono nelle canaline appositamente studiate all’interno del profilato portante d’ogni campata.
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