Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Ab- bzw. Antriebskorb
English translation:
cage
Added to glossary by
Ted Wozniak
Sep 17, 2004 14:25
19 yrs ago
German term
United States
Bridging the Language GAAP-
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Ab- bzw. Antriebskorb
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Elevators/lifts
Elevators again, this time facade lifts.
"Prüfe Zustand Abtriebskorb (Verkleidung, Führungsrollen, Schutzleisten, Aufsetzbügel und Seilbefestigungen"
"Prüfe Zustand und Funktion Schaltkästen, Steuereinrichtung, Nothalttaster und Endschalter im Antriebskorb / Dachfahrwagen"
"Prüfe Zustand Abtriebskorb (Verkleidung, Führungsrollen, Schutzleisten, Aufsetzbügel und Seilbefestigungen"
"Prüfe Zustand und Funktion Schaltkästen, Steuereinrichtung, Nothalttaster und Endschalter im Antriebskorb / Dachfahrwagen"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | lift cage |
JohnGBell
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| 1 | perhaps.... |
Edith Rommelfangen
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Proposed translations
21 mins
Selected
lift cage
I suspect that the Germans as ever are a little more precise than us anglophiles...
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Note added at 22 mins (2004-09-17 14:47:43 GMT)
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abtriebskorb is probably for sub-surface lifts but would be the same in English
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Note added at 22 mins (2004-09-17 14:47:43 GMT)
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abtriebskorb is probably for sub-surface lifts but would be the same in English
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "When in doubt and no "good" answer is available - stay general. I'll just call it a cage and leave it at that until the client gets back to me"
2 hrs
Edith Rommelfangen
Germany
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Native in German
Germany
Alle Sprachen, alle Fachgebiete
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, English to German, German to French, and 3 more.
perhaps....
... the "Abtriebskorb" is only a typing error (n is next to b)?
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