Aug 12, 2003 04:44
21 yrs ago
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German term

Windenergieanlagen

German to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
The context is wind farms. The document refers both to 'Windkraftanlagen" (wind turbines?) and to 'Windenergieanlagen'.
Change log

Jan 9, 2008 10:56: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Energy / Power Generation"

Proposed translations

+1
5 mins
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wind energy plants

I would lean towards this for "Windenergieanlagen". "Anlage" is frequently translated as "plant" in a technical context, and certainly, there are some quite good search engine hits for this phrase.

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Note added at 7 mins (2003-08-12 04:52:14 GMT)
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Hmm, a rather interesting result from the Laixicon technical dictionary:

http://www.tecnologix.net/laixicon/

It renders \"Windenergieanlage\" as \"wind energy CONVERTER\".

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Note added at 9 mins (2003-08-12 04:54:12 GMT)
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Just looked up \"Windkraftanlage\" in Laixicon. It offers two suggestions: \"windmill\" (so I suppose you could say \"wind turbine\" in this context) and \"wind energy converter\" again.

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Note added at 13 mins (2003-08-12 04:58:15 GMT)
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Then there\'s this entry from Eurodicautom:

\"Subject Electrical Engineering - Electronics (EL)
Mechanical Engineering (MG)


(1)
TERM Windkraftanlage

Reference Ernst;v.König,p.180;BMFT,P.59;VDI-Statusbericht,p.87

Note {NTE} WINDENERGIE
(2)
TERM Windturbine

Reference Ernst;v.König,p.180;BMFT,P.59;VDI-Statusbericht,p.87

Note {NTE} WINDENERGIE
(3)
TERM Windenergieanlage

Reference Ernst;v.König,p.180;BMFT,P.59;VDI-Statusbericht,p.87

Note {NTE} WINDENERGIE
(4)
ABBREV WEA

Reference Ernst;v.König,p.180;BMFT,P.59;VDI-Statusbericht,p.87

Note {NTE} WINDENERGIE
(5)
TERM Windmühle

Reference Ernst;v.König,p.180;BMFT,P.59;VDI-Statusbericht,p.87

Note {NTE} WINDENERGIE
(6)
TERM Windmotor

Reference Ernst;v.König,p.180;BMFT,P.59;VDI-Statusbericht,p.87

Note {NTE} WINDENERGIE


(1)
TERM wind turbine

Reference Webster;Sharing the Sun,Vo.7,p.191

Note {NTE} WIND ENERGY
(2)
TERM wind engine

Reference Webster;Sharing the Sun,Vo.7,p.191

Note {NTE} WIND ENERGY
(3)
TERM wind motor

Reference Webster;Sharing the Sun,Vo.7,p.191

Note {NTE} WIND ENERGY\"

What both Eurodicautom and Laixicon show is that \"Windkraftanlage\" and \"Windenergieanlage\" are pretty well synonymous. Both basically mean \"wind turbine\", I think. But if you want to distinguish between them, maybe call one a \"wind turbine\" and the other a \"wind energy converter\" or \"wind engine\" - something like that.
Peer comment(s):

agree William Stein : wind turbines
48 mins
Thanks William.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I chose to use 'wind energy converter' for 'Windenergieanlage' - acknowledging that it is synonymous with Windkraftanlagen, but nevertheless keeping a distinction."
+3
36 mins

Wind power plant or system

Both mean the same thing. German 'Energie' is usually translated as 'power' in English. Windenergie is generation of power from wind through turbines.
Peer comment(s):

agree Alan Johnson
50 mins
agree Proelec : OK
2 hrs
agree Kim Metzger : Or wind power station. http://www.eionet.eu.int/gemet/concept?langcode=en&cp=9336
955 days
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+2
50 mins

wind turbines

I translated something like this recently and used 'wind turbines' for both, I think they are just synonyms of each other.
Peer comment(s):

agree Alan Johnson
36 mins
agree David Moore (X)
5 hrs
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1 day 7 hrs

wind plants

short and not uncommon for wind energy//power plant

"..IC plants elsewhere. wind energy plants wind plants in Germany. wind plants in Ireland and the UK. wind plants in Europe. wind plants in the Eastern USA..
http://www.industcards.com/ppworld.htm
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