Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Bandejas porta-pilotos
English translation:
indicator light panel
Added to glossary by
Gilberto Diaz Castro
Dec 4, 2008 17:04
15 yrs ago
Spanish term
Bandejas porta-pilotos
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
This appears in a list of elements of a refrigerated semi-trailer:
"Bandejas porta-pilotos en acero inoxidable"
Thank you in advance
"Bandejas porta-pilotos en acero inoxidable"
Thank you in advance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | indicator light panel |
Gilberto Diaz Castro
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| 4 | (light/)lamp-mounting panel/tray |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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| 3 | Please see below |
eski
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Change log
Dec 15, 2008 13:28: Gilberto Diaz Castro Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Gilberto Diaz Castro
United States
United States
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&
English
Specializes in field
United States
I translate the message, not just words.
Native in: English 
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indicator light panel
Los pilotos (indicadores) en inglés se montan en un "panel" -tablero - no en "trays" -bandeja-.
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pilot lamp
n. A small electric lamp used to indicate that an electric circuit is energized. Also called pilot light.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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pilot lamp
n. A small electric lamp used to indicate that an electric circuit is energized. Also called pilot light.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Comment: "Thank you Gilberto!"
1 hr
Please see below
Hi Sonia . I can't find the english translation, but you can see a picture HERE:
http://www.junqueralugo.com/PDF/Montenegro/chasis.pdf
The other possibility is a longshot: if you're referring to a scale model of the truck; a "bandeja porta-pilotos" is the lexan driver insert with the figure of the driver(s) molded in.
http://www.junqueralugo.com/PDF/Montenegro/chasis.pdf
The other possibility is a longshot: if you're referring to a scale model of the truck; a "bandeja porta-pilotos" is the lexan driver insert with the figure of the driver(s) molded in.
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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
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Spain
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
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(light/)lamp-mounting panel/tray
Yes, I had great fun with porta-pilotos a few months back in a translation about vehicle bodywork parts. Not exclusive to refrigerated trucks of course, but for any vehicle with lights.
That time I decided in conjunction with the client on *lamp mounting panel for porta-pilotos*, having found this on a reliable looking US list of components (but DID I keep the link?!) Plenty of google hits tho, such as www.thefind.com/cars/info-tail-lamp-panel
Lamp is probably more US English, so light is the alternative, but isn't half as common.
Piloto itself is always something of a poser, since in Spanish they distinguish between the headlights (faro) and the rest. If I have to distinguish, as I often have to, on a list of elements to be repaired, I use "headlights" and "other lights", but that's when they stand alone. Here I would stick with lamp, personally.
HTH
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-12-04 17:47:33 GMT)
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I originally wrote tray as an alternative in my answer at the top, but I wasn't keen on this, and subsequent googling confirmed my reluctance. But I forgot to delete it!
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Note added at 1 day17 mins (2008-12-05 17:21:23 GMT)
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Eski's link below shows us what we are talking about. In Spain at least "pilotos" is the term often used to refer to indicator lights, brake lights and side lights, as a group, in other words, everything except headlights. However, in this context I don't think we need to worry about this distinction, since we're looking at rear lights anyway (and that's the part that would be inside the refrigerated section at the back of a van). Gilberto's suggestion omits mounting, and I'm inclined to agree with him over that - it's cumbersome and it's clear without it.
That time I decided in conjunction with the client on *lamp mounting panel for porta-pilotos*, having found this on a reliable looking US list of components (but DID I keep the link?!) Plenty of google hits tho, such as www.thefind.com/cars/info-tail-lamp-panel
Lamp is probably more US English, so light is the alternative, but isn't half as common.
Piloto itself is always something of a poser, since in Spanish they distinguish between the headlights (faro) and the rest. If I have to distinguish, as I often have to, on a list of elements to be repaired, I use "headlights" and "other lights", but that's when they stand alone. Here I would stick with lamp, personally.
HTH
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-12-04 17:47:33 GMT)
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I originally wrote tray as an alternative in my answer at the top, but I wasn't keen on this, and subsequent googling confirmed my reluctance. But I forgot to delete it!
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Note added at 1 day17 mins (2008-12-05 17:21:23 GMT)
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Eski's link below shows us what we are talking about. In Spain at least "pilotos" is the term often used to refer to indicator lights, brake lights and side lights, as a group, in other words, everything except headlights. However, in this context I don't think we need to worry about this distinction, since we're looking at rear lights anyway (and that's the part that would be inside the refrigerated section at the back of a van). Gilberto's suggestion omits mounting, and I'm inclined to agree with him over that - it's cumbersome and it's clear without it.
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Gilberto Diaz Castro
: Pilot is not a poser. A pilot light is also refered to as an "idiot" light. It is a light that shows the status of something on the machine/vehicle it is mounted on. For example it will show if the fuel/oil are low or the vehicle is hot or somethign is on
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I didn't say that pilot was a poser, but piloto, since the term is used in Spanish to cover more than just "testigo" lights in the context of vehicles.
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