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Old June 20, 2008, 01:25 AM
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Cog-rail

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What is the spanish equivalent for the "cog-rail".

Also I want to translate the phrase "winding it's way up the hill side".

"Enrollando su camino ...." - I am stuck.

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Old June 20, 2008, 01:44 AM
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I don't think there is a specific word,so I would simply say: tren, or tranvía. The sentence would be: subiendo por la ladera de la colina, subiendo por la colina.
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Old June 20, 2008, 01:55 AM
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Old June 20, 2008, 07:07 AM
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First of all, I wasn't 100% sure what you meant by cog rail. A cog railway is a railway in the mountains or going up a hill. It has cogs and the locomotive has a cogwheel, thus ensuring traction.

Maybe you can partially explain what it is:
tranvía dentada
tranvía con dientes
tren con rueda dentada
tren de montaña con rueda dentada
un tren cog railway con rueda dentada para subir la pendiente
I don't know if any of those sound good in Spanish

winding it's way up the hill side

El tren culebreaba de lado a lado mientras subía la colina/pendiente/ladera.
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Old June 20, 2008, 07:11 AM
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You say trAnvía, David.
Your translation sounds a bit weird, but I cannot come with anything better that conveys the same idea as wind up.
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Old June 20, 2008, 07:14 AM
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Is there a word for switchbacks in Spanish? This is when a road or trail goes back and forth from one side to the other to climb a hill, so that the road isn't so steep.
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It seems the best translation is camino o carretera en zigzag. At least that's what I found,not that I've ever heard it myself.
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Hmmm perhaps you could use zigzag de alguna forma para decir que the train was winding up the hill.
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Mountain train: tren de cremallera
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Old June 22, 2008, 05:55 PM
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Quote:
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Mountain train: tren de cremallera
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It looks like:

cog rail = cremallera
cog railway = cremallera
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