Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

vannes paillon

English translation:

butterfly valve

Added to glossary by Daniel Weston
Dec 18, 2011 18:57
12 yrs ago
French term

vannes paillon

French to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation Tranformers
I'm they mean "vannes papillon" rather than "vannes paillon" - or is there such a thing as a "wrapper valve"? There seems to be more references for "butterfly valve". Here is the sentence:


Les radiateurs seront raccordés par l’intermédiaire de **vannes paillon** de sorte que chaque radiateur pourra être démonté sans mettre le transformateur hors service et sans vidanger de l’huile de la cuve.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 butterfly valve
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Discussion

Lori Cirefice Dec 18, 2011:
vote for typo check with your customer of course, but it has to be papillon

Proposed translations

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butterfly valve

must be a typo... vannes papillon are extremely common, but I've never hear of a vanne paillon

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Note added at 2 mins (2011-12-18 19:00:21 GMT)
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I've never HEARD
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