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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Masa M. » 11 Apr 2012, 15:41

It's me again. This time, just a question about one term in below sentences.

S-curves, the first one
After you passed through it, move over to the left as much as possible
Turn the wheel hard
It doesn't matter if it becomes a *resistance


Resistance...? Is it about a deceleration caused by the change of direction of the front wheels during cornering? Has anyone heard of "cornering resistance"? Is that what the speaker is talking about?
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby dreggs » 11 Apr 2012, 16:48

Masa M. wrote:It's me again. This time, just a question about one term in below sentences.

S-curves, the first one
After you passed through it, move over to the left as much as possible
Turn the wheel hard
It doesn't matter if it becomes a *resistance


Resistance...? Is it about a deceleration caused by the change of direction of the front wheels during cornering? Has anyone heard of "cornering resistance"? Is that what the speaker is talking about?


I would read it that way. There is more rolling resistance with the wheels turned as opposed to heading straight, even though the diff allows the rear wheels to turn at different speeds.
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Masa M. » 12 Apr 2012, 12:59

dreggs wrote:I would read it that way. There is more rolling resistance with the wheels turned as opposed to heading straight, even though the diff allows the rear wheels to turn at different speeds.

I'm not much good at physics. I read the article on wiki, but not be able to understand sufficiently. But the rolling resistance would make sense in that sentence. The car slows down (a little or some...?) as he turns the (steering) wheel, but he's trying to put his car on the ideal racing line.
Should it be "It doesn't matter if it becomes "the" resistance"
This sounds like an anti-government group or something!
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby dreggs » 12 Apr 2012, 21:08

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dreggs wrote:I would read it that way. There is more rolling resistance with the wheels turned as opposed to heading straight, even though the diff allows the rear wheels to turn at different speeds.

I'm not much good at physics. I read the article on wiki, but not be able to understand sufficiently. But the rolling resistance would make sense in that sentence. The car slows down (a little or some...?) as he turns the (steering) wheel, but he's trying to put his car on the ideal racing line.
Should it be "It doesn't matter if it becomes "the" resistance"
This sounds like an anti-government group or something!

Honestly it's not well formed english and doesn't make complete sense in either case. Is this a literally translated sentence from the cartoon?

Basically the problem with understanding this paragraph is the "it" in the middle of the last sentence. What is "it" being referred to? If I was phrasing it I'd suggest this;

After you've passed through the first S-curve, move to the left as much as possible and turn the wheel hard. It doesn't matter if _______ causes resistance.

But i'm still guessing at what the author is suggesting will cause the resistance. Is it the turning of the wheel or something else that was described earlier in the cartoon.
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Masa M. » 12 Apr 2012, 23:52

After you've passed through the first S-curve, move to the left as much as possible and turn the wheel hard. It doesn't matter if _______ causes resistance.

But i'm still guessing at what the author is suggesting will cause the resistance. Is it the turning of the wheel or something else that was described earlier in the cartoon.

I probably think it's referring to the turning of the wheel. In Japanese, a subject is often omitted in a sentence (just like Espanol), so I can't be certain.

The dialogue continues as;
Just try hard to get as close to the left edge as you can on the second one (of the S), so you get a fast exit at the third one (of the S)
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Masa M. » 26 Oct 2012, 14:21

hi, guys. I need help with making these sentences natural in English.

1. Steering and transmission directly respond, like there's not even 1mm of play.
("the" steering? Is the term "respond" an appropriate word to associate with those things?)

2. The chassis is capable of withstanding any stress. So the car's stability is much higher than F-Toyota.
(In the original text, the speaker says "receiving any input" instead of "withstanding any stress". I changed it coz I didn't think it made sense...)

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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby dreggs » 26 Oct 2012, 17:26

Me again Masa.

first one, make is "respond directly" instead of "directly respond".

second one, no changes needed.
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Masa M. » 27 Oct 2012, 00:25

thanks :D
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Masa M. » 06 Nov 2012, 13:15

need help again;

"Despite not taking a lot of speed at the corners, there's so much body roll so it leaves the weight transfer towards the outside a long time.
It should quickly go away. "

Does this sentence make sense?
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Re: Can you guys rephrase these sentences?

Postby Luís » 06 Nov 2012, 13:44

Would it work like this:

"Despite not taking a lot of speed at the corners, there's a lot of body roll, so the weight transfers towards the outside for a long a time. It should quickly go away."

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I don't understand what you mean by body roll, and by quickly going away.
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