English translation of "Schutzbauten" - "damm / wall / cover / protective building"

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216 months ago

Claudia C. Weberpals (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Schutzbauten
Context:	Tunnelbau
Keywords:	Schutz- und Tunnelbauten

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216 months ago

Vrinda wrote:

guarding structures

My comment:

Guarding structures in tunnels

216 months ago

Angelika Inglis wrote:

protective structures

My comment:

protective and tunnel structures

Vielleicht helfen untenstehende Links bei der Entscheidung, ob dies gemeint ist.

My references:

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=Schutzbauten&relink=on

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=protective+and+tunnel+structures

216 months ago

Rupert Kindermann wrote:

damm / wall / cover / protective building

My comment:

as far as I know there is no single term / I gave you a link below from LEO which also has several possibilities. The way I would translate this depends on the purpose of the Schutzbau ... a "rain cover" could be a Schutzbau too, in this meaning.

My references:

http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=141599&idForum=1&lp=ende&lang=de

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