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filetages

English translation: thread

07:38 Aug 23, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / telescopes
French term or phrase: filetages
2 filetages fournis

this refers to a telescopic tripod.

is it thread or threading?
walkerk
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:50
English translation:thread
Explanation:
I think here it is 'thread' — it seems to me they are saying that it "comes complete with two different threads"

I don't know about telescopes, but camera tripods usually use either a ¼" Whitworth thread, or a 3/8" Whitworth one — sometimes they are supplied with 2 different screws, or at least, a thread adaptor between the two diameters.

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-08-23 07:49:41 GMT)
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Oh, perhaps you didn't mean a tripod for a telescope, but just a tripod (maybe photographic, then?) that happens to have telescopic legs?

If it is photographic, then I'm even more sure of my answer!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 11:50
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2thread
Tony M
3 +2thread
Alison High


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
thread


Explanation:
If you take the number of hits on google as the authority

+"tripod"+"thread" 1,400,000 hits
+"tripod"+"threading" 64,100 hits



Alison High
Switzerland
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Personally, with such general terms and the possibility of fortuitous collocations, I wouldn't actually rely on Google for this type of term.
4 mins
agree  Evans (X)
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
filetage
thread


Explanation:
I think here it is 'thread' — it seems to me they are saying that it "comes complete with two different threads"

I don't know about telescopes, but camera tripods usually use either a ¼" Whitworth thread, or a 3/8" Whitworth one — sometimes they are supplied with 2 different screws, or at least, a thread adaptor between the two diameters.

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-08-23 07:49:41 GMT)
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Oh, perhaps you didn't mean a tripod for a telescope, but just a tripod (maybe photographic, then?) that happens to have telescopic legs?

If it is photographic, then I'm even more sure of my answer!

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chris collister: Hmmm, how to choose between "thread" and "thread"?
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris!
agree  GeoS: Now that I'm choosing an answer, Gila's thread has 2 votes (including yours) and your thread has one. I'll choose your thread (to keep the balance).
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, GeoS! I appreciate your sense of fair-play :-)
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