Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cabezas tractoras
English translation:
tractor/traction heads
Added to glossary by
Wil Hardman (X)
Jun 24, 2008 10:51
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
cabezas tractoras
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Trains
Describing one type of Spain's AVEs:
Desarrolla una velocidad máxima de 300 km/h. Los trenes están formados por 2 cabezas tractoras y 8 coches y su longitud total es de 200 metros a lo largo de lo que se distribuyen 329 plazas correspondientes a las clases Turista, Preferente y Club.
It is for a US audience.
TIA
Desarrolla una velocidad máxima de 300 km/h. Los trenes están formados por 2 cabezas tractoras y 8 coches y su longitud total es de 200 metros a lo largo de lo que se distribuyen 329 plazas correspondientes a las clases Turista, Preferente y Club.
It is for a US audience.
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | tractor heads |
neilmac
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| 4 | railcars |
Vittorio Ferretti
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| 4 | power heads |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 | traction units |
Toni Castano
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| 3 | traction heads |
Christian Schneider
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Proposed translations
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Selected
tractor heads
No?
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AKA traction heads.
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A dead heat methinks :-)
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AKA = Also Known AS
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As used on Starship Enterprise tractor beams...
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to pull things along...
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It's the part that drags the rest of the train along, whether it's a lorry or a train. Maybe something like Vittorio's suggestion would be clearer, although tractor/traction are the tech terms.
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traction engine n
TRANSP motor de tracción m
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-06-24 10:57:49 GMT)
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AKA traction heads.
Trade Leads for tractor heads, Search ecplaza.net for buying and selling leads, trade opportunities, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, sellers, ...
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-06-24 10:58:27 GMT)
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A dead heat methinks :-)
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-06-24 10:58:46 GMT)
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AKA = Also Known AS
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-06-24 10:59:44 GMT)
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As used on Starship Enterprise tractor beams...
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-06-24 11:00:25 GMT)
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to pull things along...
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Note added at 17 mins (2008-06-24 11:08:54 GMT)
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It's the part that drags the rest of the train along, whether it's a lorry or a train. Maybe something like Vittorio's suggestion would be clearer, although tractor/traction are the tech terms.
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Note added at 19 mins (2008-06-24 11:11:03 GMT)
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traction engine n
TRANSP motor de tracción m
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Taña Dalglish
: Agree: See: http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2007/2/18/101214/981. Un abrazo Neil.
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Neil... you've convinced me."
6 mins
Christian Schneider
Germany
Germany
Germany
Engineer and Certified Translator
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Portuguese to German
8 mins
Vittorio Ferretti
Works in field
Author of renowned dictionary
Native in: German , Italian 
Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Spanish to German, and 1 more.
railcars
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11 mins
power heads
Bombardier Receives $145 Million US Order in Spain for High-Speed ...The new trains, as well as the power heads, are designed to reach a ... The AVE 102 very high-speed train and the Madrid Barajas airport people mover are ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Oct_5/ai_n15662098 - 42k -
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Other trains ordered by the Spanish government include 30 AVE trains which .... Each trainset consists of two power cars, two booster cars and 16 coaches, ...
works.bepress.com/context/kamaal_zaidi/article/1000/type/native/viewcontent/ -
I would always use "power car" but I admit that is UK
59 mins
Toni Castano
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA
Native in: Spanish
Works in: German to Spanish, Spanish to German, English to Spanish, and 5 more.
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Spanish term (edited):
cabezas tractoras
traction units
Talgo itself uses this term on its official web site.
http://www.talgo.com/htm/English/historia1.htm
RENFE contracts the supply of 158 new 7th generation Talgo Tilting coaches which will be able to form full variable gauge trains with the Talgo BT traction units.
RENFE contrata el suministro de 158 nuevos coches Talgo Pendular 7ª generación, que podrán formar trenes de ancho variable con las cabezas tractoras Talgo BT.
It seems to be used in the US as well.
www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/28/11119/9197/743/444705
Apparently grade is much less restrictive in high speed than in old steam/diesel lines. The high speed trainsets (the train is a unit) has traction units at each end with some under cars as well.
http://www.talgo.com/htm/English/historia1.htm
RENFE contracts the supply of 158 new 7th generation Talgo Tilting coaches which will be able to form full variable gauge trains with the Talgo BT traction units.
RENFE contrata el suministro de 158 nuevos coches Talgo Pendular 7ª generación, que podrán formar trenes de ancho variable con las cabezas tractoras Talgo BT.
It seems to be used in the US as well.
www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/28/11119/9197/743/444705
Apparently grade is much less restrictive in high speed than in old steam/diesel lines. The high speed trainsets (the train is a unit) has traction units at each end with some under cars as well.
Discussion
The young West German railways (DB), after the failure (unstable running) of two light luxury DMUs (class VT 10.5), ordered a much more solid construction, class VT 11.5 (later renamed series 601). The 9 trainsets ** (+ spare tractor head) ** were for the TransEuropExpress (TEE) service, a joint project of the West European railways from 1957. Paralleling similar ill-considered ideas across the pond (see below), the concept was to compete with air traffic with fast all-first-class luxury trainsets that can pass borders easily. (Problems were, at 160 km/h these trains were still not fast enough, the luxury passenger circle not big enough, and trainsets too short for mass traffic.)
In 1970, DB also rebuilt four of its ** tractor heads ** with turbine drives (class 602), but that wasn't a first. Nor the originals.