Feb 20, 2004 03:59
20 yrs ago
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German term
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
über einen spürbaren Widerstand hinweg bis zum Anschlag
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Medical: Dentistry
Milling Machine
"Zum Öffnen der Spannzange den Spannhebel über einen spürbaren Widerstand hinweg bis zum Anschlag nach vorne ziehen."
More dental milling machine stuff. I'm having trouble understanding the entire phrase, "über einen spürbaren Widerstand hinweg bis zum Anschlag". My current extremely clumsy translation of the sentence is: "To open the collet chuck, pull the tension arm forwards as far as possible over a noticeable resistance."
There has got to be a far better way of putting it than that. TIA for helping me make the sentence better resemble English!
More dental milling machine stuff. I'm having trouble understanding the entire phrase, "über einen spürbaren Widerstand hinweg bis zum Anschlag". My current extremely clumsy translation of the sentence is: "To open the collet chuck, pull the tension arm forwards as far as possible over a noticeable resistance."
There has got to be a far better way of putting it than that. TIA for helping me make the sentence better resemble English!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......... |
Gareth McMillan
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| 4 +2 | overcoming/past a percetible/noticeable resistance |
Gillian Scheibelein
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| 4 +1 | And here's another proposal: |
David Moore (X)
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Proposed translations
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Gareth McMillan
Native in English
Least is most, so keep it simple!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
German term (edited):
�ber einen sp�rbaren Widerstand hinweg bis zum Anschlag
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........
Yawn, stretch.............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhiczzzzzzzzzzz.........mfmpfm.........what time is it? Oh yes- milling machines is it? Must be the chap from NZ.
"To release the collet locking lever, pull it forward through the resistance until a solid stop is felt.
Is how I would put it- the resistance is obvious- when to stop is more important.
You people who insist on living upside down on the wrong side of the planet must appreciate that in DE it's Carnival Week and all civilised people are either pissed or shagged or both (if they've been lucky).
Maybe better wait till the Americans wake up.
"To release the collet locking lever, pull it forward through the resistance until a solid stop is felt.
Is how I would put it- the resistance is obvious- when to stop is more important.
You people who insist on living upside down on the wrong side of the planet must appreciate that in DE it's Carnival Week and all civilised people are either pissed or shagged or both (if they've been lucky).
Maybe better wait till the Americans wake up.
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: bleedin' Karneval - must have got at least 5 punctures in me bike this morning on way to work - broken glass everywhere
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They're probably Guiness bottles chucked away by Irish immigrants! (Heh,heh). Or Winnick was there.
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IanW (X)
: Two "n"s in Guinness, one in Winick. And for your information, Uncle Gareth, I was in Hamburg at the time ... the biggest karnevalfreie Zone I could find. AND ... the Scots over here don't throw away their bottles - they eat them!
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I prefer the Scottish speling, thanks. And your wrong about the bottles- in parts of Glasgow they smash them on the bar and stick what's left in your face, I'm ashamed to say. Killy-em should look for bits of skin stuck to his tyres then he'll know .
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks guys - you made the long wait worthwhile! Some side-splitting humour here, but amongst it all, you also helped me with my question, and it was good help too. I'm actually using a mixture of Gareth and David's answers, but found Gareth's answer fractionally more helpful, so he gets the points. But I'd award four to both of you if I could! And not to leave Jill out - appreciate her assistance also.
Cheers from Down Under - where upside down is right way up! ;-)"
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Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
25 years' technical translation, CHEMIST
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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78
German term (edited):
�ber einen sp�rbaren Widerstand hinweg bis zum Anschlag
overcoming/past a percetible/noticeable resistance
is a possibility.
BTW, here in Europe its wakey-wakey time (and holiday time for mums with kids at school). We have to have our morning jolt of coffein first.
I like the "forwards as far as possible" as it is less formal than "as far as the limit stop"
BTW, here in Europe its wakey-wakey time (and holiday time for mums with kids at school). We have to have our morning jolt of coffein first.
I like the "forwards as far as possible" as it is less formal than "as far as the limit stop"
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: right, who's for coffee?
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strength 1 (hangover) or strength 2 (wake-up)?
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Gareth McMillan
: Strength 3, please, and two aspirin if you have them. ADD Condensed milk? Thank you, but I think I'll be OK with just the aspirin.
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black, with milk, cream - or that wonderful German speciality - condensed milk?
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And here's another proposal:
pull the tensioning lever forwards past a detectable resistance to a positive stop.
In engineering terms, one would often talk of "a positive stop" - why not here?
And also that would mean you don't need to add "as far as possible"....
In engineering terms, one would often talk of "a positive stop" - why not here?
And also that would mean you don't need to add "as far as possible"....
Peer comment(s):
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Gareth McMillan
: Like posive stop and agree with dropping the "far as possible" bit- "until" is neater.
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