Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
Kraankinderen
English translation:
treadwheel workers
Added to glossary by
Richard Purdom
Feb 4, 2015 16:26
9 yrs ago
Dutch term
Kraankinderen
Dutch to English
Tech/Engineering
History
OK, I think this is a colloquial term for somebody in a treadwheel (operating a medieval cargo crane), has this 'job' any title?
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | treadwheel workers | Marijke Singer |
4 | crane workers; crane workmen | Michael Beijer |
References
refs | Michael Beijer |
Proposed translations
3 days 2 hrs
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treadwheel workers
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane
"Additionally, the crane master who usually gave orders at the treadwheel workers from outside the crane was able to manipulate the movement laterally by a small rope attached to the load."
"Additionally, the crane master who usually gave orders at the treadwheel workers from outside the crane was able to manipulate the movement laterally by a small rope attached to the load."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I actually went with 'treadwheel lads' to reflect ' kinderen' in the Dutch"
2 hrs
crane workers; crane workmen
My best shot. See my Reference comment and Discussion entries.
I think mentioning the treadmill is overkill.
I think mentioning the treadmill is overkill.
Example sentence:
Vauxhall crane workmen escape death because they overslept.
Other crane workers such as the signal person, repair and maintenance workers, and riggers, must meet specific qualifications …
Reference comments
17 mins
Reference:
refs
Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e editie, 2005):
kraankind:
1·arbeider, sjouwer die de stedelijke kraan bediende
1a bier-, wijndrager
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Geïntegreerde Taalbank (GTB):
See: http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=MNW&id=23686...
CRAENKINT
Woordsoort: znw(m.)
Varianten: cranekint
Modern lemma: kraankind
(cranekint), znw. m.
Vooral in het mv. craenkinder, de werklieden of sjouwerlui, die aan de kranen werkten Vgl. kint (3, 1439). Kil. kraenkind, geranius, operarius gerani, calcator tympani versatilis. Vgl. Rek. v. Brugge v. 1302, bl. 331. Zie Invent. v. Brugge 2, 480 en Ann. Em. 5, 163: “Les ouvriers de la grue (kranekinders).”
and:
http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M0352...
http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M0322...
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Wikipedia:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraankind
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kraankind:
1·arbeider, sjouwer die de stedelijke kraan bediende
1a bier-, wijndrager
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Geïntegreerde Taalbank (GTB):
See: http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=MNW&id=23686...
CRAENKINT
Woordsoort: znw(m.)
Varianten: cranekint
Modern lemma: kraankind
(cranekint), znw. m.
Vooral in het mv. craenkinder, de werklieden of sjouwerlui, die aan de kranen werkten Vgl. kint (3, 1439). Kil. kraenkind, geranius, operarius gerani, calcator tympani versatilis. Vgl. Rek. v. Brugge v. 1302, bl. 331. Zie Invent. v. Brugge 2, 480 en Ann. Em. 5, 163: “Les ouvriers de la grue (kranekinders).”
and:
http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M0352...
http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M0322...
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Wikipedia:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraankind
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Discussion
• http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bmAIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=fro...
• https://books.google.nl/books?id=SJFZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA417&lpg=P...
Ook leuk: https://archive.org/details/hossfeldsdutchdi00londuoft (Hossfeld's Dutch dialogues, and idiomatic phrases indispensable for a rapid acquisition and correct expression of the Dutch language (1903))
http://www.medievaltravel.co.uk/jobs/treadmill-operator.html
The operator would trudge for hours, turning the treadmill which moved the winch on a crane. It was monotonous and dangerous because if the treadmill was damaged by the weather, or badly constructed it could come crashing down.
PS: added freek's vondst ("A Compleat Dictionary English and Dutch…") to my http://wordbook.nl/
It has "a workman belonging to a crane". Hmm.
Seems it is:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/compleat-dictionary-English-language...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Compleat-Dictionary-English-Language...
http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/compleat-dictionar...
How about "crane worker" or "crane workman"?
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SJFZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA417&lpg=P...