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D-stolpe

English translation: D-pillar

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Swedish term or phrase:D-stolpe
English translation:D-pillar
Entered by: Ulla Lundquist

10:27 Oct 27, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / kaross
Swedish term or phrase: D-stolpe
D-stolpe kallas på bilar med fem dörrar den del av en bils kaross som fungerar som takstöd och är placerad mellan lastutrymmet och bagageluckan
Ulla Lundquist
Italy
Local time: 06:13
D-pillar
Explanation:
I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
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Ian Bradburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:13
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Thanks - even to Reference comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5D-pillar
Ian Bradburn
Summary of reference entries provided
D-pillar definition
Cynthia Coan

  

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D-pillar


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure that's what it is.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-pillar
Ian Bradburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:13
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shewid: Also called D-post in US English
1 min
  -> Thanks - you're right of course :)
agree  Charles Ek: It gets my support. :-)
4 mins
  -> Thanks Charles :)
agree  Janine Roberts (X): Yes definitely OK as D-pillar (British English)
36 mins
  -> Thanks Janine :)
agree  Diarmuid Kennan
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Diarmuid :)
agree  Cynthia Coan: But D-pillar is OK in U.S. English too. In fact, John Dinkel, author of the U.S.-published Road & Track Illustrated Automotive Dictionary, prefers D-pillar to D-post.
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6 hrs
Reference: D-pillar definition

Reference information:
In a station wagon or minivan, the fourth or rearmost vertical roof members (after the A-, B-, and C-pillars) that support the rear window and the rear portion of the roof. (Dinkel, John, _Road & Track Illustrated Automotive Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Bentley Publishers, c2000), pp. 69-70.)

Cynthia Coan
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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