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Old 27th Jun 2010, 09:48
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Marp
 
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Help required with aviation terminology

Newbie here and not sure if I'm posting in the right place, but here goes...

I'm a translator working on a TV series about an airline that runs old planes up in the Yukon (many of you may have seen it). The translation is Eng-Fr.

Most of the standard terminology can be found on internet, but a lot of it is slang or plain incomprehensible to most non-flying mortals.

Through experience, I know that bad translation is a complete turn-off when watching a TV series when you know the subject, and that's what I want to avoid in this case.

I was wondering if any good souls would be able to help me decipher some of the more obscure language used by the pilots. We're talking about DC3's DC4's C46's etc.. (pistonheads)

For example, the following exchange between pilot and copilot when taking off:
A:"One Five Four is fine in the back track."
B: "Check. One Five four on the right."

If it's easier (and so as not to waste bandwidth) it could be done off-forum.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you could provide
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