Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
blocco delle marce
English translation:
low gear hold
Added to glossary by
Sarah Ponting
Jun 2, 2003 16:13
21 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
blocco delle marce
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
automotive
It's from a text about the automatic gearbox of a car:
"Non prevede la selezione manuale dei rapporti, un "dettaglio" che ci sembra ormai irriununciabile, ma del quale, in realtà, ci si dimentica piuttosto in fretta. E in ogni caso, se ci si trovasse alle prese con una pendenza impegnativa, si può fare ricorso al tradizionalissimo **blocco delle marce**".
I'm not sure whether to translate it as "gear lock", "gear lockout" or something else ;-)
TIA
Sarah
"Non prevede la selezione manuale dei rapporti, un "dettaglio" che ci sembra ormai irriununciabile, ma del quale, in realtà, ci si dimentica piuttosto in fretta. E in ogni caso, se ci si trovasse alle prese con una pendenza impegnativa, si può fare ricorso al tradizionalissimo **blocco delle marce**".
I'm not sure whether to translate it as "gear lock", "gear lockout" or something else ;-)
TIA
Sarah
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | kick-down |
tramont (X)
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| 4 | gearbox |
Giovanna Cerruti
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kick-down
The 'traditional' way of getting into a low gear on an automatic gearbox, either for extra acceleration or to provide extra pull on a hill.
The sense of the word 'blocco' would here seem to be, 'something which interupts the normal succession of gears', which aptly describes the kick-down process.
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Note added at 2003-06-02 17:28:29 (GMT)
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On further research, I think that is wrong.
See the reference below. I think the correct term would be \'low gear hold\'. The gearbox is locked into a particular gear to avoid the auto changing to and fro on a gradient.
http://www.trasmatic.com/Quanti tipi di cambi automatici esi...
The sense of the word 'blocco' would here seem to be, 'something which interupts the normal succession of gears', which aptly describes the kick-down process.
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Note added at 2003-06-02 17:28:29 (GMT)
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On further research, I think that is wrong.
See the reference below. I think the correct term would be \'low gear hold\'. The gearbox is locked into a particular gear to avoid the auto changing to and fro on a gradient.
http://www.trasmatic.com/Quanti tipi di cambi automatici esi...
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Gian
: 'low gear hold'; penso sia corretto; si impone al cambio autom. una marcia bassa fissa
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Comment: "Low gear hold sounds like the term I'm looking for.
Thanks everyone!"
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gearbox
secondo me si riferisce a "blocco delle marce", cioe` "blocco del cambio", inteso come "cambio" tradizionale, a mano
ciao
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ciao
... The EuroTronic full-automated offers many advantages over the traditional gearbox: a net improvement in terms of driving comfort...
www.trucktarget.com/Comunicati Iveco/ frameivecocomunicati6.html
... system offers the following improvements over the traditional system: Shifting up and down through the gears is faster than with a traditional gearbox and the ...
www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/ferrari_575m.asp
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