Railway 2.0 » technical http://www.railway20.net The Railway World looked from the Web Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:01:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Choosing the right word http://www.railway20.net/2009/07/choosing-the-right-word/ http://www.railway20.net/2009/07/choosing-the-right-word/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:00:05 +0000 Railway 2.0 http://www.railway20.net/?p=55 locomotiveAlmost everyday in a globalised world we, railway people, face the reality of working in English. Sometimes it can happen we are looking for the right word  to indicate “that damn piece of train” we know in our native language  but unfortunately not in English.

Luckily Internet is full of resources helping us and making our job easier. I know, there are plenty of paper dictonaries we can buy but what about trying to use free dictionaries when we can reach them just clicking on a link?

I think a good basis to start with can be the Railway Technical Terminology Dictionary by Japanese RTRI (Railway Technical Research Institute) offering drawings and traslations in English, German, French, Chinese and Japanese (of course!) of basic railway related terms.

It worths a bookmark.

]]> http://www.railway20.net/2009/07/choosing-the-right-word/feed/ 0 Spreading railway researches http://www.railway20.net/2009/07/spreading-railway-researches/ http://www.railway20.net/2009/07/spreading-railway-researches/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:00:01 +0000 Railway 2.0 http://www.railway20.net/?p=48 logo_vialibreI’ve always been a supporter of the freedom of knowledge, a reason why I opened this private blog to share what I feel can be useful to others like me in the specific sector I work for. It’s the first initiative of this kind I’ve heard about: Via Libre a well-known Spanish magazine focused on railway topics opened this week a new website Vía Libre Investigación Ferroviaria aiming to collect papers regarding results coming from R&D studies linked to railway world in general.

Universities, professionals, professors, researchers are invited to share and publish the results of their investigations. Given the localisation of Via Libre, papers will be submitted (I hope only for a while) in Spanish.

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