Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Hartmacher

English translation:

hardening agent, hardener

Added to glossary by Inge Meinzer
Feb 22, 2009 23:19
15 yrs ago
German term

Hartmacher

German to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Runflats gelten als Hartmacher.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 hardening agent, hardener
2 +1 rough riders
Change log

Mar 8, 2009 05:23: Inge Meinzer Created KOG entry

Discussion

casper (X) Feb 23, 2009:
Do you have more context, Chris? How about some sentences before & after? Googling for runflats reveals that these tyres "give a hard drive", but we need more context to ascertain whether Hartmacher means that or something else.

Proposed translations

+2
25 mins
Selected

hardening agent, hardener

Runflats are known as hardening agents.
Runflats are known to make drivers tough.
Peer comment(s):

agree Anja Rosenbusch : hardening agent
5 hrs
Thank you, Anja.
neutral casper (X) : Runflats are tyres. How can tyres be "known as hardening agents", Inge ?
5 hrs
In the context at hand, I would chose my second suggestion, casper :-)
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
4 days
Herzlichen Dank, Harald!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
8 hrs

rough riders

... as a quick shot.
Peer comment(s):

agree Inge Meinzer : I like it!
5 hrs
Thank you, Inge. It's not really about translating, is it?
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