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spennbukker

English translation: transmission towers

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Norwegian term or phrase:spennbukker
English translation:transmission towers
Entered by: Dawn Nixon

20:21 Jan 26, 2014
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
Norwegian term or phrase: spennbukker
Dagens endemast består av tre spennbukker med høyde 22 m som omsøkes flyttet.

Tension spreaders? I'm rather stuck with this one. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Dawn Nixon
Norway
Local time: 00:02
transmission towers
Explanation:
Transmission tower is the technical term, but they are commonly referred to as (electricity) pylons - see first reference. Pylons have several designations in Norwegian, see http://snl.no/ledningsmast.
The second reference shows a picture of some "spennbukker" being repainted.
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Michael Ellis
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:02
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. Transmission towers was the most suitable for the context and I was also helped with 'endemast' at the same time :) You should get double points!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4stretching blocks
eodd
4transmission towers
Michael Ellis
3stretching electrical tension block/tautening block
Diarmuid Kennan


Discussion entries: 1





  

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stretching blocks


Explanation:
tension blocks or tautening blocks
These three terms are given by my Ansteinsson Reiersen technical dictionary.

eodd
Local time: 23:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
transmission towers


Explanation:
Transmission tower is the technical term, but they are commonly referred to as (electricity) pylons - see first reference. Pylons have several designations in Norwegian, see http://snl.no/ledningsmast.
The second reference shows a picture of some "spennbukker" being repainted.

Example sentence(s):
  • The terminal consists of three transmission towers (pylons), each 22 metres high, which have to be moved.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_tower
    Reference: http://www.tu.no/kraft/2013/09/18/na-legges-hele-ocas-system...
Michael Ellis
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. Transmission towers was the most suitable for the context and I was also helped with 'endemast' at the same time :) You should get double points!
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
stretching electrical tension block/tautening block


Explanation:
Clue SE>EN

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 23:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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