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IDS

English translation: ITS

12:37 Oct 3, 2011
Slovak to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / technical traffic doumention
Slovak term or phrase: IDS
Dear colleagues

I am translating a document from English to Swedish but the original language i Slovak and I haves some problems understanding what certain avibriations stand for. Unfortuntely according to the project rules I have to find the equivalent for them in my own Language. I the phrase bellow I can not find wha IDS means.

Explanatory dictionary of intelligent transport systems IDS 2006


Schlosser T.: Výkladový slovník inteligentných dopravných systémov IDS 2006;
Alexandra Lindqvist
Local time: 15:44
English translation:ITS
Explanation:
Inteligentne dopravne systemy = IDS, therefore... Intelligent Transport Systems = ITS. Seems pretty obvious. However, since this is a book title, I'd quote it in English and Slovak. Also, a Google search for the title suggests that "IDS" isn't really a part of it.
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Mike Gogulski
Slovakia
Local time: 14:44
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4ITS
Mike Gogulski
3Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Hannah Geiger (X)


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ITS


Explanation:
Inteligentne dopravne systemy = IDS, therefore... Intelligent Transport Systems = ITS. Seems pretty obvious. However, since this is a book title, I'd quote it in English and Slovak. Also, a Google search for the title suggests that "IDS" isn't really a part of it.


    Reference: http://www.its-sk.com/content/o-zdruzeni
Mike Gogulski
Slovakia
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)


Explanation:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_transportation_syst...

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http://www.its.washington.edu/

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Since 1990, approximately 70 international scans have been organized on topics such as pavements, bridge construction and maintenance, contracting, intermodal transport, organizational management, winter road maintenance, safety, intelligent transportation systems, planning, and policy.
Intelligent Transportation Systems and Winter Operations in Japan (2003)
http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/uts/


Hannah Geiger (X)
United States
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in EnglishEnglish
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