Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 13, 2007 18:22
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French term
United States
Precise and on time; lawyer/writer.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 7 more.
couteau
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Les pattes de fixations et la hauteur du couteau seront tels que :
- le couteau ne puisse pas toucher le fond de la gorge contenant le gel d’étanchéité.
- le couteau soit enfoncé de minimum 1,5 mm dans le gel lorsque les tolérances dimensionnelles des différents éléments sont le plus défavorables.
I am not quite sure... cutter, blade...
Thank you as always!
- le couteau ne puisse pas toucher le fond de la gorge contenant le gel d’étanchéité.
- le couteau soit enfoncé de minimum 1,5 mm dans le gel lorsque les tolérances dimensionnelles des différents éléments sont le plus défavorables.
I am not quite sure... cutter, blade...
Thank you as always!
Proposed translations
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| 4 | blade |
Giovanni Diamante
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| 3 +2 | blade |
Bourth (X)
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Change log
Jan 13, 2011 15:33: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/599094">Silvia Brandon-Pérez's</a> old entry - "couteau in this context"" to ""blade""
Jan 13, 2011 15:33: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "couteau in this context" to "couteau"
Jan 13, 2011 15:33: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/132717">Stéphanie Soudais's</a> old entry - "couteau "" to ""blade""
Proposed translations
5 mins
Giovanni Diamante
Native in English
Specializes in field
hands on technical
Native in: English , Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, French to English, and 1 more.
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French term (edited):
couteau in this context
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blade
Silviantonia,
I think you got the idea. I agree with your blade because it is more generally used than knife.
I think you got the idea. I agree with your blade because it is more generally used than knife.
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Comment: "Since both of your answers are the same, although Bourth's gives an additional option, I go with yours which is first in time. I wrote an explanation in my separate attachment for translation issues. Thank you very much!"
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French term (edited):
couteau in this context
blade
More context would help. Without it, what springs to mind is a "knife switch" - you know, the one operated in Dr Frankenstein's castle to connect the lighting strike to his monster - of what Chambers Sci & Tech says:
knife switch (elec. eng.) An electrical circuit switch in which the moving element consists of a flat blade which engages with fixed contacts.
Often the contacts are spring steel in each side of the blade, forming a "gorge" into which the blade slides.
But I have a nasty feeling we're not talking about anything of the sort.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-02-13 22:38:49 GMT)
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<<This has to do with gel and foam filters for laminar flow benches and ceilings>>
Ah, so that's why we have "Electronics / Elect Eng" in the title. ;-(
Can you tell us where this "gorge" is, why the "pattes" are inserted into it (but only a certain distance) and what the "couteau" is being used for? It may not be a knife or a cutter at all, but the part of a bracket, say, that is inserted into this "groove" (for whatever purpose). So called because it resembles the blade of a knife, even if it has no deliberate, intentional cutting function.
knife switch (elec. eng.) An electrical circuit switch in which the moving element consists of a flat blade which engages with fixed contacts.
Often the contacts are spring steel in each side of the blade, forming a "gorge" into which the blade slides.
But I have a nasty feeling we're not talking about anything of the sort.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-02-13 22:38:49 GMT)
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<<This has to do with gel and foam filters for laminar flow benches and ceilings>>
Ah, so that's why we have "Electronics / Elect Eng" in the title. ;-(
Can you tell us where this "gorge" is, why the "pattes" are inserted into it (but only a certain distance) and what the "couteau" is being used for? It may not be a knife or a cutter at all, but the part of a bracket, say, that is inserted into this "groove" (for whatever purpose). So called because it resembles the blade of a knife, even if it has no deliberate, intentional cutting function.
Note from asker:
| This has to do with gel and foam filters for laminar flow benches and ceilings. I had translated gorge to groove, rather than leave it at gorge, and I was suspecting this would not be as simple as a 'knife' or blade. |
| It is always a joy to read your answers... here I was transported to Dr. Frankenstein's castle and had a merry old romp in his laboratory... Thanks! |
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Tony M
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It must be nice to have such confidence in me when I don't have it in myself! ;-)
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Charles Hawtrey (X)
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Ditto
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