Grundwissen
Technisches Englisch
luk5/2009, 2 Seiten
Fremdsprache The experiences of an electrical engineer This is a series depicting events in the working life of Brian Watt, head of a section of Carlisle & Baker Ltd., a large engineering firm based in Newhaven. Episode 4 Introducing a junior engineer Brian Watt, who just returned from his Mexico trip, is discussing the last items of his report on the extension of „Valle de Mexico“ with Kenneth Vail, the director. Later he goes to meet a new engineer and introduce him to the firm. Kenneth: And that brings us to the last point but one, the machine tools building. No space problem as far I can see. Brian: However, for the larger milling machine we would need another room. Kenneth: Probably we'll find somewhere else sufficient space for that machine. We'll know when we have a detailed report from our mechanical engineers. - For the uprated medium-voltage switchgear the existing room is adequate. Brian: I think so, too. Do you need me any longer? I've got to go and look after our new engineer, Aubrey White. Kenneth: Yes, of course - introduce him around and so on. Off you go, then. After having met the new engineer Brian: Now that we've introduced ourselves, how about a cup of coffee? Aubrey: Yes, please. I could do with one. Brian: You're primarily a designer of highvoltage switchgear, aren't you, Mr. White? Aubrey: Well, I've been in this field for nearly three years. Last year I worked in the test department of Kendall & Biggs. Brian: Ah well, you've come to the right place, then. Aubrey: I think so, too. Brian: In our department, tests are being performed on indoor as well as outdoor equipment. Aubrey: As far as I know, this company is leading in the field of air-blast breakers. But you're developing vacuum breakers as well. Brian: Well, we're marketing circuit-breakers and have been started developing vacuum contactors. After some talk on breaker design Now I would like to introduce you to your new colleagues. There's just Miss Alice Westwood coming along. experiences Erfahrungen, Erlebnisse; series Reihe, Serie; to depict schildern, darstellen; event Ereignis, Vorfall; head of a section Leiter einer Gruppe; based in mit Stammhaus in; to introduce vorstellen, einführen; junior engineer jüngerer Ingenieur; extension Erweiterung; the last point but one der zweitletzte Punkt; machine tools Werkzeugmaschinen; space Platz, Raum; probably wahrscheinlich; sufficient genügend; milling machine Fräsmaschine; uprated erhöht (in den Leistungen) medium-voltage switchgear Mittelspannungs-Schaltanlage(n); I could do with one ich könnte ... gebrauchen; primarily hauptsächlich, vor allem; designer Konstrukteur; department Abteilung; to perform ausführen; indoor and outdoor Innenraum- und Freiluft...; equipment Gerät, Anlage(n); leading führend; air-blast breaker Druckluft(leistungs)schalter; to develop entwickeln; vacuum breaker Vakuumschalter; circuit-breaker Leistungsschalter; contactor Schütz; design Konstruktion, Aufbau; colleague Kollege An engineering feat When „Pioneer 10“ vaulted into the sky in 1972, its life span was predicted for 21 months - enough for it to fulfill its stated mission of reaching Jupiter. The last signals, received 26 years ago, took nearly eleven hours to reach the earth. But its scientific value has dwindled. Scientists finally switched off the earth-based sensors that received the signals. It was the first spacecraft to reach Jupiter. It might now be some billion miles away from the sun. The only possible observers could be aliens smart enough to read a plague on the spacecraft. It shows a man, a woman and a map of the earth. By courtesy of New Scientist, London engineering feat technische Leistung, Großtat to vault sich erheben, schwingen Elektrotechniker kommen in der Praxis vermehrt mit englischsprachigen Dokumentationen bzw. Plänen in Berührung. Auch verständigt man sich mit internationalen Handwerkern häufig in Englisch. Diese Seite erleichtert den Zugang zur englischen Sprache und vermittelt elektrotechnische Fachausdrücke. Technisches Englisch F a c h w i s s e n L e r n f e l d e r 6 - 1 3 12 LERNEN KÖNNEN 5/09 Fremdsprache F a c h w i s s e n L e r n f e l d e r 6 - 1 3 LERNEN KÖNNEN 5/09 to predict voraussagen to fulfill erfüllen stated hier: bestimmt to reach erreichen value Wert to dwindle schwinden, nachlassen earth-based auf der Erde stationiert oberver Beobachter aliens Fremde plague Gedenktafel; auch: Namensschild How to pronounce these tricks words alignment ['lainmnt] Ausrichtung f alloy ['æli] Legierung f alternative [:l't:ntiv] Alternative f altitude ['æltitju:d] Höhe f analysis ['nælsis] Analyse f armature ['a:mtju] Anker (el.) m asset ['æset] Guthaben n, Vermögen n asymmetry [æ'simtri] Asymmetrie f From Morse code to the internet In 1872, the world was truly wired: more than 650,000 miles of telegraph line and 30,000 miles of submarine cable were throbbing with Morse code. Samuel Morse (1791-1872), on photograph, was one of the most important inventors of his time. By courtesy of New Scientist, London The idea of Morse code is said to have occurred to Samuel Morse while he was on board a ship crossing the Atlantic. At the time Morse was a painter and occasional inventor, but when another of the ship's passengers informed him on recent advances in electrical theory, Morse was suddenly taken with the idea of building an electric telegraph. Morse succeeded and is now remembered as „the father of the telegraph“ partly thanks to his singlemindedness - It was 12 years, for example, before he secured money from Congress to build his first telegraph line. Morse's design was simple: it required little more than a „key“ (essentially a spring-loaded switch) to send messages, a clicking „sounder“ to receive them, and a wire to link the two. Although the hardware was simple, there was a catch: in order to use the equipment, operators had to learn the special code of dots and dashes that still bears his name. With the help of Alfred Vail, his associate, they devised the Morse alphabet. And some people, it soon transpired, had a natural facility for Morse code. A world well wired In 1872, 20,000 towns and villages were connected to the global network and the telegraph was described in its day as an „instantaneous highway of thought“. Following the invention of radiotelegraphy by Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) in 1896, its potential for use at sea quickly became apparent. For the first time, ships could communicate with each other. The first sea rescue, after a distress call was sent, took place in 1899, when a lightship in the Dover straits reported the grounding of „Elbe“, a steamship. Three years later, Marconi sent the first transatlantic radio signal: three dots, the letter „s“ in Morse code. The sinking of the „Titanic“ in 1912, however, highlighted the need for radio operators to listen at all times for distress signals. After its disaster it emerged that the liner „Califorinan“ had been only a few miles away, and that hundreds of lives might have been saved had the „Californian's“ radio operator been on duty and so able the receive the „Titanic's“ distress call. With the advent of satellite technology, the installation of an automated emergency communication system has been introduced in 1988. And the Internet also has contributed to more safety at sea. submarine cable Seekabel; to throb hämmern, pochen (auch: Herz); to occur erscheinen, sich ereignen, auftauchen; to cross überqueren, fahren über; occasional gelegentlich; advance Fortschritt, Vorankommen; he was taken with the idea er war von der Idee gepackt (oder: eingenommen); to succeed erfolgreich sein; singlemindedness Zielstrebigkeit; to secure sich sichern; to build bauen; design Konstruktion; require benötigen, erfordern; key Taste; essential(ly) im wesentlichen; spring-loaded switch Federschalter; sounder etwa: Tongeber; to receive empfangen; there was a catch die Sache hatte einen Haken; equipment Gerät(e), Ausrüstung; dots and dashes Punkte und Striche; to bear tragen; associate Gefährte, Kollege; to devise ersinnen; it transpired es stellte sich heraus; facility hier: Geschick, Talent to connect verbinden, vernetzt; to describe beschreiben; instantaneous hier: Schnell..., Sofort...; apparent offensichtlich; to communicate kommunizieren; sea rescue Rettung auf See; lightship Feuerschiff; radio signal Funksignal; radio operator Funker, Funkoffizier; distress signal Notsignal, Hilfesignal; to emerge sich herausstellen, auch: auftauchen; on duty auf Wache; advent Aufkommen, Ereignis; emergency Not..., Hilfs...; to contribute beitragen G. Möllerke Samuel Morse (1791-1872) Morse Telegraph International Morse Code 1. A dash is equal to three dots. 2. The space between parts of the same letter is equal to one dot. 3. The space between two letters is equal to three dots. 4. The space between two words is equal to seven dots.
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