French term
United States
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Native in: Chinese (Variant: Mandarin) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: French to Chinese, Chinese to English, English to Chinese, and 1 more.
Antenne Sous Capot Speciale Train
| 3 | Special aerial in housing for trains |
Tony M
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| 1 -1 | special under-the-hood train antenna |
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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Aug 5, 2017 12:35: Tony M changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Yolanda Broad, Sandra & Kenneth Grossman, Tony M
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Proposed translations
Special aerial in housing for trains
I have followed the FR expression in saying it is 'special for trains', but it might be better to express it in EN as 'special railway aerial/antenna in housing' — it's pretty self evident that if it is for use on railways, then it is intended to go on trains.
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special under-the-hood train antenna
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Tony M
: That would be translating 'capot' as if it were the 'hood' [US] or 'bonnet' [GB] of a car; but I don't think trains or cranes have those; I believe this is just a casing to house the aerial, perhaps to streamline it and/or protect it from the elements.
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Thanks, Tony! Looking at various rail cranes, it appears that they actually do. https://goo.gl/efjPGp
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Discussion
My own feeling is that this is simply an aerial within a special non-radio blocking cover or casing — a housing, probably made of some non-metallic material, and probably mounted on the roof of the crane, train, or whatever. Clearly, it needs some kind of prtection from the elements, and also, probably from mechanical damage during lifting / handling operations
"Can someone verify the meaning of this Antenna for me?"
OK, so if you want us to 'verify' something, please can you tell us what your own proposed translation is, so that we can 'verify' it?