Technology in languages. For many car (and motorcycle) enthusiasts who can reasonably reasonably well manage in various foreign languages, technical cretology about their beloved vehicle is and remains a matter of raised eyebrows when reading classic magazines purchased on vacation.
"Autotaal" is a largely underexposed language. Even globally. “What is the name of what in which language? Not only in catchwords, but also in compact definitions.
Henk Wagenaar Hummelinck, a man who has earned his spurs in journalism and on the circuits, noticed that in his time as an HTS student, there were no proper automotive technical dictionaries. Since 1992 he makes it himself. In the past twenty years he has sold around 30.000 copies of the eight-part series 'Car dictionary'.
Nowadays this material - and much more - is digitally available via 'www.autodictio.com. On this pay site you will find ninety extensive car dictionaries in ten languages (including Russian and Chinese). Testing yourself costs nothing!
www.autowoordenboek.nl