German-English translations for schneckentempo

crawl
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The era of containers being transported from the North Sea port to Northern Italy on trains crawling along at 18 km per hour must be consigned to history as soon as possible. Die Zeiten, in denen die Container auf der Schiene im Schneckentempo von 18 km/h von den Nordseehäfen nach Norditalien kriechen, müssen so rasch wie möglich der Vergangenheit angehören. Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trenchThe rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass
snail's paceWe have moved forward at a snail's pace. Wir haben uns im Schneckentempo voranbewegt. Things have really only progressed at a snail's pace. Es ging wirklich nur im Schneckentempo vorwärts. However, we are still only progressing at a snail's pace. Es geht aber nur im Schneckentempo voran.

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