Полуторка

English translation: 1.5 tonner

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Russian term or phrase:Полуторка
English translation:1.5 tonner
Entered by: Polina Skibinskaya

17:47 Apr 11, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Russian term or phrase: Полуторка
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ГАЗ-АА

Is there an equivalent English nickname used for these types of trucks?
Polina Skibinskaya
Canada
Local time: 02:02
1.5 tonner
Explanation:
вроде бы так в народе говорили

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-11 19:14:07 GMT)
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американском, то бишь
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Ocean122
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +21.5 tonner
Ocean122
3 +2a 1/2 ton truck
Oleksiy Markunin
4dropside lorry
LanaUK


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dropside lorry


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1934_Thornycroft_dropside_...

LanaUK
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a 1/2 ton truck


Explanation:
Don't think u can say it in one word..)
http://goo.gl/WM98w

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Note added at 49 mins (2011-04-11 18:37:33 GMT)
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I didn't manage to find it with Google. Perhaps, native speakers will help..
That's the reason for my confidence level..

Oleksiy Markunin
Canada
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of: Russian
Notes to answerer
Asker: But is there a nickname for it? Like a "semi" or an "eighteen-wheeler" - not the official name, but the name truckers would use on their radios.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anton Shcheglov: Наверное, всё же "1 1/2 ton".
22 mins
  -> Спасибо, Антон =) Совсем не заметил, что единичку забыл одну. Надо было просто написать "one-and-a-half ton truck" =)

agree  Yuri Dubrov: 1 1/2 ton truck or "Polutorka"
10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
1.5 tonner


Explanation:
вроде бы так в народе говорили

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-04-11 19:14:07 GMT)
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американском, то бишь

Ocean122
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian Appleby: Sounds good to me. There are certainly equivalents in other weight categories, at least in British English.
1 hr
  -> Thank you

agree  cyhul
1 day 13 hrs
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