Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
娸悇娸媧
English translation:
bank cushion and suction
Added to glossary by
Edward LIU
May 28, 2004 06:53
20 yrs ago
Chinese term
United Kingdom
When quality counts
Native in: English 
Works in: Chinese to English, Japanese to English
娸悇娸媧
Chinese to English
Other
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Context: 桼槹峲摴嫹嶓梌愺悈澚应丄娸悇娸媧丄慏懱壓嵗媦慏媧现徾旕忢显挊
I posted this before but something hapened to the encoding. I hope it's legible now.
I posted this before but something hapened to the encoding. I hope it's legible now.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | bank cushion and suction |
Edward LIU
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| 3 +1 | bank push/pull |
Yongmei Liu
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Proposed translations
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Edward LIU
Canada
Canada
Native in Chinese
Canada
Conference interpreter, MBA, ATIO, ATA
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Russian to Chinese, and 8 more.
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Chinese term (edited):
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bank cushion and suction
Bank cushion occurs only when operating in close proximity to the bank and refers to a boat being pushed away from the nearest river bank. As the boat ...
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/cgaux/Publications/ Manuals/boatcrew/ch10g.pdf
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Note added at 8 hrs 1 min (2004-05-28 14:55:00 GMT)
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Bank suction involves the tendency of a vessel to veer toward the bank as it displaces the water along the shore. The opposite affect, known as bank cushion is often encountered at slower speeds when the bow wave bounces off of the shore and back against the vessel. ...
www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/tmt/agendas/2003/0409srd.pdf -
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/cgaux/Publications/ Manuals/boatcrew/ch10g.pdf
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Note added at 8 hrs 1 min (2004-05-28 14:55:00 GMT)
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Bank suction involves the tendency of a vessel to veer toward the bank as it displaces the water along the shore. The opposite affect, known as bank cushion is often encountered at slower speeds when the bow wave bounces off of the shore and back against the vessel. ...
www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/tmt/agendas/2003/0409srd.pdf -
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Comment: "Thank you Yongmei and Xianjun. I have chosen to give the points to Xianjun as 'bank cushion and suction' is just what I was looking for."
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15 mins
Yongmei Liu
United States
United States
Native in Chinese
United States
ATA Certified & Calif. Court Certified
Native in: Chinese
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
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