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håndbåren løsning

English translation: portable

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Danish term or phrase:håndbåren
English translation:portable
Entered by: Thomas T. Frost

06:11 Jul 9, 2022
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Danish term or phrase: håndbåren løsning
It is used to describe a railway platform:

"Løsningen understøtter Network Rails mål frem ved at levere en letvægts-, robust, jordingsfri og håndbåren løsning."

What does "håndbåren" mean in this context? Does it mean "manually operated" or maybe "handy"?
Katarzyna Lewandowska, PhD
Poland
Local time: 20:40
portable
Explanation:
Easy to look up in a dictionary. 'Which can be easily carried or carried in the hands because of their light weight or size.'

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-07-09 07:28:34 GMT)
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Are you sure it refers to the actual platform and not some equipment? This is what 'håndbåren' (carried by hand) means, in any case, so if they use that term about an actual, physical railway platform, it makes no sense and it would be better to ask the client about their intention.
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Thomas T. Frost
Portugal
Local time: 19:40
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2portable
Thomas T. Frost
4 -1wieldy alternative/ manageable solution
Adrian MM.


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
håndbåren
portable


Explanation:
Easy to look up in a dictionary. 'Which can be easily carried or carried in the hands because of their light weight or size.'

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-07-09 07:28:34 GMT)
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Are you sure it refers to the actual platform and not some equipment? This is what 'håndbåren' (carried by hand) means, in any case, so if they use that term about an actual, physical railway platform, it makes no sense and it would be better to ask the client about their intention.


    https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=h%C3%A5ndb%C3%A5ren
Thomas T. Frost
Portugal
Local time: 19:40
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: But it refers to a railway platform - can it be carried in the hands?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder: Perhaps it’s not a passenger platform but another kind of platform
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Michele Fauble
6 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
wieldy alternative/ manageable solution


Explanation:
_ in the evnt of English being used as a bridging or 'relay' language into Polish, I have added a linguee weblink with an array of translatiions, though I'm not sure that 'sustainable' is a *feasible* alternative to manageable.

Example sentence(s):
  • A wieldy Bayesian solution | Real phenomena often leads to challenges in data.

    Reference: http://www.linguee.com/english-polish/translation/manageable...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Christopher Schröder: Doesn't mean that
1 day 21 hrs
  -> a categoric comment but, even with your low-profile cycling crash-helmet off, you - from your agree - still don't seem to understand the 'handheld' platform technology involved.
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