Jun 29, 2011 13:54
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

manivela que acompanha o veículo

Portuguese to English Other Mechanics / Mech Engineering
em caso de falha do sistema elétrico , de a partida atravéz da manivela que acompanha o veículo.

Proposed translations

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crank kept/stored in the vehicle/car

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Peer comment(s):

agree raptisi
3 mins
Obrigado raptisi! Tenha um bom dia!
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25 mins

crank that comes with the vehicle

this is the idiomatic way of saying it in English

see zillions of examples:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&xhr=t&q="that comes with the ve...
Peer comment(s):

agree kashew : or vehicle's starting handle
32 mins
Thanks Kashew. Sure, handle is a good translation for manivela as well.
agree Douglas Bissell : like kashew's idea too
36 mins
Thanks Doug :)
neutral Christopher & Rozilene Frye : But, cars stopped using cranks decades ago! Is this a Model T we're talking about?
1 hr
he...he....good question...I don't know...(don't have the full text) but our job as translators is to translate exactly what it says (whether we agree or not with the source text)
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