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plansilo

English translation: horizontal silo

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Swedish term or phrase:plansilo
English translation:horizontal silo
Entered by: Paul Lambert

09:15 Apr 13, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / Types of silos
Swedish term or phrase: plansilo
A kind of silo used to store silage, obviously enough. I can't seem to find any relevant good hits for "flat silo" or "level silo" etc.
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 12:46
horizontal silo
Explanation:
alt.

bunker silo

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-04-13 09:25:41 GMT)
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(May be useful) ..to conserve moist fodders, such as corn, sorghum, and grass. There are two types of silos. The horizontal silo is a parallelepiped, either cut into the ground (trench silo) or built above ground (bunker silo). The floor is natural earth or concrete. The walls can be concrete, timber or plywood, or sheet steel. The capacity varies but can...
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Viachaslau
Sweden
Local time: 12:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2horizontal silo
Viachaslau
2 -2trench silo
Ingemar Kinnmark


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
horizontal silo


Explanation:
alt.

bunker silo

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-04-13 09:25:41 GMT)
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(May be useful) ..to conserve moist fodders, such as corn, sorghum, and grass. There are two types of silos. The horizontal silo is a parallelepiped, either cut into the ground (trench silo) or built above ground (bunker silo). The floor is natural earth or concrete. The walls can be concrete, timber or plywood, or sheet steel. The capacity varies but can...


    Reference: http://www.google.com.by/#hl=ru&safe=off&q=%22horizontal+sil...
Viachaslau
Sweden
Local time: 12:46
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in BelarusianBelarusian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: "Horizontal silo" is the generic term corresponding to "plansilo". A "bunker silo" is one type of these; see http://www.agsafety.psu.edu/Factsheets/E49.pdf
1 hr
  -> that's true! Thank you, Charles!
agree  Sven Petersson
7 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -2
trench silo


Explanation:
Reference: Gullberg.


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Note added at 11 mins (2010-04-13 09:27:26 GMT)
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Gullberg also supports "bunker silo" in parenthesis.

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Note added at 33 mins (2010-04-13 09:49:10 GMT)
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Actually, a better translation may be the following:

Swedish
plansilo
English
silage storage slab

This is already on ProZ KudoZ:

Link: http://sve.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_swedish/agriculture/296...



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Note added at 36 mins (2010-04-13 09:52:26 GMT)
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Swedish reference (including picture):

Link: http://www.ensilagenytt.se/plansilo.htm

This reference pretty clearly shows that a "plansilo" today is a concrete slab with low walls.

It is not the traditional, older type of silo.


Ingemar Kinnmark
Local time: 06:46
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Charles Ek: A "trench silo" is one type of horizontal silo/plansilo. Your reference with picture states, "Plansilon kan vara belägen över markytan, eller grävas ned." See http://www.agsafety.psu.edu/Factsheets/E49.pdf to distinguish types of horizontal silos.
1 hr
disagree  Sven Petersson: As Charles.
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