Hi.

When skritter asks me for "taxi rank" it wants to see 磁悬浮站。

P.S.: "taxi rank" is wrong, not 磁悬浮站。

Woh, taxi rank. What's the correct translation? Is it "Maglev station", as in the one at 上海浦东国际机场？

Sure looks like it: http://www.google.com/images?q= 磁悬浮站

Okay, I've fixed it. Looks like you created that word, jackeg, and it somehow got "taxi rank" in there. Perhaps there is another word that should have "taxi rank" and maybe accidentally got "Maglev station".

I never heard of a taxi rank before. Where do people use this, England?

Yep!

Presumably from rank and file.

Well, if i have created it and accidentally entered "taxi rank" instead of "maglev station" it was my own fault, of course. Sorry in that case.

"Rank": I am from Germany and don't differentiate very much between English and US-English vocabulary. Have never been in the US and only twice in GB. ;)

Yeah I had never heard of a "taxi rank" either (I'm American). I've always called it a "taxi stand".

James

Yep, taxi rank is commonly used in British English.