angestrengt - What is the English translation? English translators help technical English translators with the translation of angestrengt

Conges terminology question

189 months ago

anglist47 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	angestrengt
Context:	Der Vierzylinder heult angestrengt

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188 months ago

Zorica Felbab wrote:

strained

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189 months ago

Zorica Felbab wrote:

The 4-cylinder wails exhausted.

My comment:

It's more intense than a litteral translation but it renders accurately the meaning of the sentence.
The engile is wailing becuse it's worn out and cannot bare it.

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189 months ago

Karin Monteiro-Zwahlen wrote:

the 4-cylinder engine wails intensely

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189 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

here: The 4-cylinder engine roars "painfully".

My comment:

I often heared this expression from both motor sport drivers/constructors and truckers.

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189 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

labo(u)red

My comment:

The four-cylinder sounds (really) labo(u)red

"It really made the engine sound laboured and I actually felt the car pull back when..."
http://www.mini2.com/forum/second-generation-faults-fixes/143187-mini-alternator.html

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189 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

the four-cylinder engine howls intensely and with great effort

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189 months ago

Rupert Kindermann wrote:

the straining sound of the engine

My comment:

Instead of "engine" you can say "4-cyclinder engine" if you fee you have to be specific. Otherwise shorten it.

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189 months ago

Jamison Gray wrote:

The four-cylinder whines like it's working too hard

My comment:

Ein bisschen mehr Kontext wäre hier hilfreich. Z.B., ist das ein einziges, spezifisches Auto, oder haben vielleicht alle Autos dieses Modells das gleiche Problem?

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