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fondo mobile / piano mobile

English translation: sliding floor / moving floor

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Italian term or phrase:fondo mobile / piano mobile
English translation:sliding floor / moving floor
Entered by: xlationhouse

09:29 May 6, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Italian term or phrase: fondo mobile / piano mobile
From technical specifications for a semitrailer:

Specifica tecnica semirimorchio FONDO MOBILE [brand]

Piano mobile Cargo Floor con 21 doghe in alluminio...

Kudoz has the German, but not the English, for fondo mobile. Also piano mobile exists, but in a completely different context.

I suspect these might be the same term in English so I am asking them together. Apologies if I am mistaken.
xlationhouse
United States
Local time: 04:29
sliding floor
Explanation:
see here, for example:

http://www.bpwtranspec.com.au/cargofloor/cargoworks.html
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:29
Grading comment
Thanks! I think sliding floor, or moving floor, works.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2sliding floor
Tom in London
2mobile walking deck
Eileen Cartoon


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sliding floor


Explanation:
see here, for example:

http://www.bpwtranspec.com.au/cargofloor/cargoworks.html

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124
Grading comment
Thanks! I think sliding floor, or moving floor, works.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Toffolon (X): yes....IMHO this one is OK ...Hi Tom!
39 mins
  -> Hi Barbara, thanks
agree  Gerardo Franco
3 days 1 hr
  -> Thanks Gerardo
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
mobile walking deck


Explanation:
I'm not exactly certain but the piano of many tractor-trailers is called the walking deck hence the thought

Eileen Cartoon
Local time: 13:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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