Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fahrzeugverschmutzung

English translation:

Surface soiling of vehicles

Added to glossary by Marc Svetov
Dec 25, 2023 15:15
4 mos ago
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German term

Fahrzeugverschmutzung

German to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks Braces
"Unter Fahrzeugverschmutzung versteht man die Ansammlung von Wasser, Schnee oder anderen Verunreinigungen an der Oberfläche eines Fahrzeugs." "Verschmutzung kann außerdem die Funktion von Sensoren stark beeinträchtigen, was zu Einschränkungen oder dem vollständigen Ausfall von Fahrerassistenzsystemen führen kann."

Can anybody help? It would be much appreciated. This phrase seems strange to my ears: Vehicle soiling, vehicle pollution, vehicle dirtying. Thank you in advance.

Discussion

Lancashireman Jan 8:
Surface soiling of vehicles is simply a recombining of elements already posted on Day One. In what respect does this constitute 'added value'?
Brent Sørensen Dec 25, 2023:
It depends… …there could be things like oil, sap, and salt

“soiling” is a nice catch-all term
Marc Svetov (asker) Dec 25, 2023:
Dirt accumulation on the vehicle "Dirt accumulation on the vehicle" might work.

Proposed translations

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Surface soiling of vehicles

Die Kollegen haben Recht, Wasser und Schnee verschmutzen nicht das Fahrzeug. Schmutz kommt allein aus der Umgebung, sei es durch Bremsenabrieb, Staub, Verbrennungsrückstände oder Umweltverschmutzung. Außerdem sind sie in schlechtem Deutsch und unfachlich geschrieben. Deshalb müssen die Sätze anders verstanden und übersetzt werden, z.B. " Vehicle surface soiling comprises the superficial accumulation of dirty water, dirty snow, combustion residues or other dirty particles on the vehicle" and "Soiling can impair the sensor functions to such an extent that the driver assistance system is restricted or fails completely."

Um den Einfluss der Fahrzeugverschmutzung auf das Bremsverhalten von Kraftfahrzeugen zu ermitteln, wird am FKFS ein speziell dafür entwickeltes Bremskraft-Messsystem verwendet.
In order to determine the influence of vehicle soiling on the braking behavior of vehicles, a braking force measuring system specially developed for this purpose at FKFS is used.
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Entfernt typische Fahrzeugverschmutzungen wie Straßenschmutz, Staub, Laubreste oder biologische Ablagerungen etc.
Removes contaminants like typical vehicle road dirt, dust, leaves residues or biological deposits etc.
https://context.reverso.net/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/Fah...

Perfekt, um Oberflächenschmutz zu entfernen und das saubere Aussehen von Böden zu erhalten.
Perfect for removing surface dirt and maintaining the clean looks of floors.
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Eres LEDER-BALSAM beseitigt Oberflächenschmutz auf Lederhandtaschen, Schuhen, Sesseln und im Auto.
Eres LEATHER BALM removes the surface dirt from your leather handbags, shoes, armchairs and car trimmings.
https://context.reverso.net/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/Obe...

Water whirled up by preceding vehicles can soil the vehicle windows. Depending on the resulting soiling pattern, this can impair the visibility. Therefore, the origin of the vehicle side glass soiling and its influencing factors were investigated in a wind tunnel, resulting in the identification of different soiling phenomena.
https://www.springerprofessional.de/methodical-investigation...

Verschmutzung / soil, soiling, dirt retention, pollution, contamination
(Kučera, Dictionary of Exact Science and Technology)

Term: sichtbare Oberflächenverschmutzung
Term in context: Wo Staubanteile und/oder andere Luftverschmutzungen eine sichtbare Oberflächenverschmutzung verursachen, müssen alle empfindlichen Systeme dicht abgedeckt werden, bis annehmbare Bedingungen wieder hergestellt sind.
Term: visible surface contamination
https://iate.europa.eu/entry/result/3517897/de-en

"Vehicle soiling" "Fahrzeugverschmutzung" 46 Ghits
"Vehicle soiling" "oberflächliche Verschmutzung" 2.350 Ghits
"superficial soiling" 2.840 Ghits
"surface soiling" 71.300 Ghits

5. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine oberflächliche Verschmutzung des zweiten Sensors (20) diagnostizierbar ist.
5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a superficial soiling of the second sensor (20) can be diagnosed
https://data.epo.org/publication-server/pdf-document/EP13799...

Oberflächliche Verschmutzungen kann man mit einem feuchten Tuch abwischen
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Surface soilings can be removed with a damp cloth.
https://qo.qa/2017/05/Qoqa_VLUV_BDA_Screen.pdf
Note from asker:
Thank you, Johannes!
Peer comment(s):

agree Tomasso : Surface dirt seems right for US English
5 days
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7 mins

vehicle soiling

Peer comment(s):

agree Brent Sørensen : Beat me to it :)
1 min
agree Simon Vigneault
1 hr
agree Andrew Bramhall
3 hrs
agree Edith Kelly
14 hrs
neutral philgoddard : I don't think this makes sense - see my answer.
15 hrs
agree Cilian O'Tuama : @phil: What about water and snow splashed up from the street? That can definitely soil a vehicle. And the "anderen" shows they're not pure H2O.
5 days
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vehicle soiling


Practice of vehicle soiling investigations: A review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03019...

Somebody wrote a whole dissertation on “vehicle soiling”
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fahrzeugverschmutzung soilin...
Peer comment(s):

agree Andrew Bramhall
3 hrs
agree Edith Kelly
14 hrs
agree Cilian O'Tuama
5 days
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3 hrs

build up dirty film,

Sorry, auto soiling sounds like it is wearing diapers....from science direct quote ***The build-up of a liquid film on the surface.***

Localization, Western USA , Ihad no idea what it meant.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2023-12-25 23:14:44 GMT)
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I would go with asker's answer DIRT Accumulation,
another possibility is ROAD Film, sehen Sie bitte....https://www.carwashforum.com/threads/road-film.16252/

In Eng and maybe in German hard to tell when a word is an adjective, a noun or a verb.

ex Road Kill,,,does that mean dead end road Road Film (strada pelicula) stariing Gesulmina, ....E arrivato.Zampano...or is it Zampano e arrivato?


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Note added at 8 hrs (2023-12-25 23:17:31 GMT)
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Carwash Forum quote....What does water softness have to do with road film? The car has the film before entering the wash the hard part is cutting into that road film on a touchless, you can rub your finger over the film and it comes off but without friction I find it hard to remove a film on a car.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Andrew Bramhall : "build-up OF dirty film",but that is really only a description, and not a set term;
35 mins
Thanks , i agree with the asker, Dirt Accumulation,, (pues sustantivo)
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16 hrs

[see my suggestion]

I can see why you posted this - the German doesn't make sense because water and snow are not soiling.

I would rewrite it, combine the two sentences into one, and say something like: 'Accumulations of water, snow, dirt or other substances on the vehicle's surface can seriously affect the operation of the sensors.'

I'd also add a note explaining why I'd done this.
Peer comment(s):

agree Maja_K
3 hrs
agree Kim Metzger
15 hrs
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : But rainwater and snow can indeed soil a vehicle.
4 days
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