Feb 9, 2009 10:56
15 yrs ago
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French term
base arrière
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
A transport management company is providing information services to an airport (regulating taxi and passenger flow, etc.)
The services include:
- Contrôler l'accès des taxis en attente sur la base arrière
Thanks for any insight!
The services include:
- Contrôler l'accès des taxis en attente sur la base arrière
Thanks for any insight!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | holding area/overflow taxi rank |
polyglot45
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| 4 | rear base |
Michel F. Morin
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| 3 | taxi rank |
Vasileios Paraskevas
|
Proposed translations
+2
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polyglot45
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holding area/overflow taxi rank
Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale SocietyAt present the overflow taxi rank is on the bridge, and the problem is compounded ... Express and the continuing expansion of capacity at Heathrow Airport. ...
www.paddingtonwaterways.com/archive.php?amend=1&id=39 - 34k -
[PDF] Melbourne AirportFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Melbourne Airport has no power to stop taxis entering the rank on Arrivals .... During peak periods up to 500 taxis overflow from this holding area into the ...
www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=752760&nodeId...M...
www.paddingtonwaterways.com/archive.php?amend=1&id=39 - 34k -
[PDF] Melbourne AirportFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Melbourne Airport has no power to stop taxis entering the rank on Arrivals .... During peak periods up to 500 taxis overflow from this holding area into the ...
www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=752760&nodeId...M...
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3 mins
Vasileios Paraskevas
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French term (edited):
base
taxi rank
(which is obviously behind the airport)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
polyglot45
: no - taxis queue at the main taxi rank and this is where the overflow is kept
2 mins
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1 day 6 hrs
rear base
This is the military common term: therefore, if we want to stick to the image in French, "rear base" does answer the need !
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