Need help with the lingo

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Originally Posted by Scott_Ellis

Hi,

I am the newest newbie.

I am a translator, translating a safety manual into English, and find the English terminology is a little daunting. I can find quite a bit in published glossaries, but not all.

Is anyone here interested in trying to help me out if I describe the item or situation as best I can and suggest something?

Example:
In a Bombadier light rail cab (Stockholm metro), various models, there is some sort of key that has to be inserted for the train to run. Is this simply an <<ingnition key>> as in an automobile, or is there a special term here?

I found a German-English Bombadier glossary that referred to "activation key" (in English, yet my Swedish soruce lists 3 or four other synoymns.

Thus, how many other terms are in use and what are they?

thanks in advance
-scott ellis

Morning Scott Ellis, come back to us, been waiting for your other posts mate.

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[Midland Compound]

Originally Posted by Scott_Ellis

Thanks chuffchuff (like the name!).

QUESTION 2:
Is there a standard call that a driver of a light rail trains makes to announce the doors are about to close? Swedish "Se upp för dörrstängning" litteraly. "Look out for closing doors" Short and sweet, eh?

On the Hong Kong Metro its "tsingwah kaugat termon" !!

[locojoe]

Welcome to the Forum Scott Ellis.