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 07/31/2005 05:13:24 PM · #1
Can someone help me? I can't figure out how this kind of transportation is called in english:



Thanks in advance.
 07/31/2005 05:14:39 PM · #2
In English, this a called a "gondola" or sometimes, a "gondola car". Hope this helps!
 07/31/2005 05:15:47 PM · #3
Thanks, in romanian is telegondola, preety close :)
 07/31/2005 05:25:49 PM · #4
I'd call it a "cable car" myself.
 07/31/2005 05:33:49 PM · #5
cable car....
 07/31/2005 05:36:28 PM · #6
Tram ?
 07/31/2005 06:00:03 PM · #7
Definately a cable car..
 07/31/2005 06:13:23 PM · #8
To me a cable car is what they have in San Francisco. This is a gondola.
 07/31/2005 06:16:09 PM · #9
i thought a gondola was a boat that you rode up the canals of Venice?
I'd call it a cable car, and the things in sanfran id call a tram.
 07/31/2005 06:17:47 PM · #10
Isn't English great. More than one meaning for the same word and more than one word for the same object.
 07/31/2005 06:18:49 PM · #11
OK, are we wanting to know what it's called in UK English or USA English? I guess that is the question now ;)
 07/31/2005 06:19:39 PM · #12
They call them "People Movers" at Disneyland. :)
 07/31/2005 06:21:52 PM · #13
Originally posted by Resusit8u:
Tram ?

Thats what I call them. Or gondola.
07/31/2005 06:22:37 PM · #14
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
i thought a gondola was a boat that you rode up the canals of Venice?
I'd call it a cable car, and the things in sanfran id call a tram.


Those things in San Fran are also referred to as Trollies.
 07/31/2005 06:24:01 PM · #15
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Isn't English great. More than one meaning for the same word and more than one word for the same object.

It's just to confuse the enemy... i.e. us, the rest of the word... just kidding, it happens the same in every language AFAIK.

Just for helping, it's called in spanish "teleferico" and in french "teleferique", the diccionary translation for the word is "cable car"

Message edited by author 2005-07-31 18:27:20.
 07/31/2005 06:26:04 PM · #16
Originally posted by LadeeM:
They call them "People Movers" at Disneyland. :)


No, no, people movers are those things at the airport...the flat escalators. :)
 07/31/2005 06:28:26 PM · #17
Just to confuse things... a.k.a. air/sky tram

//www.hellsgateairtram.com/

Message edited by author 2005-07-31 18:28:36.
 07/31/2005 06:28:57 PM · #18
Originally posted by mk:
Originally posted by LadeeM:
They call them "People Movers" at Disneyland. :)


No, no, people movers are those things at the airport...the flat escalators. :)


No, those are moving sidewalks.
 07/31/2005 06:29:00 PM · #19
Sometimes, also referred to as sky-lifts.
 07/31/2005 06:31:45 PM · #20
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
Can someone help me? I can't figure out how this kind of transportation is called in english:



Thanks in advance.


Are you ready to say 'Uncle' yet? ;o)
 07/31/2005 06:37:44 PM · #21
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
Can someone help me? I can't figure out how this kind of transportation is called in english


My girlfriend is Romanian...it's amazing how many of the words are similar (if not identically) spelled, but of course, with a slightly different pronunciation. 'Excellent' is a good example.

By the way...I think your photo of the girl in the trainstation is my most favorite on the site. It is fan-friggin'-tabulous (Foarte minunat!)


07/31/2005 06:47:30 PM · #22
Wikipedia has some entries on gondolas vs gondola lifts vs aerial liftsvs aerial tramways vs cable cars and whatever else there may be.
 07/31/2005 07:22:10 PM · #23
In southern california its called "not tagged yet".
 07/31/2005 07:33:45 PM · #24
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
i thought a gondola was a boat that you rode up the canals of Venice?
I'd call it a cable car, and the things in sanfran id call a tram.


Those things in San Fran are also referred to as Trollies.

No a trolley is completely different: it is a streetcar (on rail) which acquires its power from overhead electric lines, but has its own motors. There are also some "trolley buses" which are like regular rubber-wheeled buses, but which also get overhead electric power.

The San Francisco Cable Cars have no engines of their own, but rather are pulled along the rails by grabbing onto a moving cable which circulates continuously under the street.

The thing in the picture is probably best referred to as a tram (similar to a ski lift); any small car or container for carrying people can be called a gondola, including not only the boats of the Venetian canals, but also the small room or basket suspended from a balloon or blimp, to it could be considered one of the gondolas on that tram.
 07/31/2005 07:50:17 PM · #25
Originally posted by mk:
Originally posted by LadeeM:
They call them "People Movers" at Disneyland. :)


No, no, people movers are those things at the airport...the flat escalators. :)


Oh yeah ... I like those ... you walk on em and feel like your running.
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