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Kälteverlust

English translation: rise in temperature

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German term or phrase:Kälteverlust
English translation:rise in temperature
Entered by: Rowan Morrell

09:03 Jun 2, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Food & Drink / Refrigeration Devices for Food Counters
German term or phrase: Kälteverlust
"Falls zwischen dem Geräte und dem Kälteaggregat längere Kupferleitungen vorgesehen sind, müssen die Kälteverluste entsprechend berücksichtigt werden."

From instructions for installing a cooling system/refrigerator/whatever in a food counter. I suppose Kälteverluste are just "cold losses"? TIA for your confirmation or correction.

I know I'm asking a lot of questions at the moment, but this text is over 9,000 words in length, and by the time I'm through, the target word count will likely exceed 10,000. So the number of words I've asked about in proportion to what I've actually translated (I'm about halfway through this) is really quite small. Thank you for the help you've given me so far. There will probably be a few more questions yet, but I'll be grading the lot in 2-3 days time.
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 19:58
drop in temperature
Explanation:
one posibility as "cold losses" doesn't make much sense in english.

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Note added at 40 mins (2004-06-02 09:43:37 GMT)
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as in Armorel\'s comment - sorry, got confused, not \"drop\" but \"rise in temperature\" (sorry)

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Note added at 55 mins (2004-06-02 09:58:27 GMT)
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as in Armorel\'s comment - sorry, got confused, not \"drop\" but \"rise in temperature\" (sorry)
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Amy Billing
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:58
Grading comment
Thanks everyone. Some interesting solutions offered here, but in the end I have opted for "rises in temperature". After all, if cold is being lost, the temperature must be rising! So thanks for that bartera, but thanks also to the others who contributed with answers or peer grades. Appreciate all your efforts.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2drop in temperature
Amy Billing
4 +2loss of cooling (power)
David Moore (X)
4 +1minimise heat gain
Nomad
4heat ingress
Cilian O'Tuama
4temperature loss
Heike Behl, Ph.D.
4cooling loss
Karen Adriaens
2loss of refrigeration power
Alarch Gwyn


Discussion entries: 2





  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Kälteverlust
minimise heat gain


Explanation:
In English we can talk about 'heat loss' but not about 'cold loss'. Similarly, we can talk about 'heat gain'. In this sentence we want to 'minimise heat gain'.


    Reference: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/ift3-2c.html
Nomad
Local time: 09:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gillian Scheibelein: from the thermodynamic point of view, thermal energy always "flows" from hot to cold (increase of entropy = increase in chaos). So this is a nice solution IMHO
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
loss of refrigeration power


Explanation:
This is completely off the top of my head - a pure invention, but there is something getting lost and it can't be "cold" - as noted - so you may try this.

Alarch Gwyn
Local time: 09:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Kälteverlust
heat ingress


Explanation:
one way of putting it

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 09:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 112
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Kälteverlust
drop in temperature


Explanation:
one posibility as "cold losses" doesn't make much sense in english.

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Note added at 40 mins (2004-06-02 09:43:37 GMT)
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as in Armorel\'s comment - sorry, got confused, not \"drop\" but \"rise in temperature\" (sorry)

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Note added at 55 mins (2004-06-02 09:58:27 GMT)
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as in Armorel\'s comment - sorry, got confused, not \"drop\" but \"rise in temperature\" (sorry)

Amy Billing
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks everyone. Some interesting solutions offered here, but in the end I have opted for "rises in temperature". After all, if cold is being lost, the temperature must be rising! So thanks for that bartera, but thanks also to the others who contributed with answers or peer grades. Appreciate all your efforts.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Armorel Young: but a Kälteverlust means you lose coldness, so the temperature doesn't drop, it rises
5 mins
  -> sorry, got confused in my answer - yes, sorry, meant "rise in temperature" - Thanks Armorel
agree  Heidi Stone-Schaller: agree with "rise in temperature"--good way to put it
20 mins
  -> thanks Heidrun :)
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): mit Heidrun
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Kälteverlust
loss of cooling (power)


Explanation:
would be another idea....

David Moore (X)
Local time: 09:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Marcolin
52 mins
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): another option
4 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Kälteverlust
temperature loss


Explanation:
Although my personal association with "temperature loss" is a cooling effect instead of a warming effect, if one compares English and German sites with similar context, one can find that "temperature loss" is, as it were, neutral and refers to any undesirable change in temperature. :-)


More doors are always preferred in a refrigerator since it reduces temperature loss each time the refrigerator is opened.
www.compareindia.com/tips/buying_tips_refrigerator.htm

Remind employees and delivery reps to keep the cooler door closed to minimize temperature loss. Avoid stacking warm goods near cold kegs.
www.abwholesaler.com/beertender/beertender03.htm


These solar-powered fridges and freezers have about the same footprint as a standard home refrigerator. The 5.8-cubic-foot unit retails at $899 and the 8-cubic-foot unit retails for $999. Food is stored in convenient, stackable baskets. Because the units open from the top, there is little temperature loss when the lid is open.
http://www.earthisland.org/project/newsPage2.cfm?newsID=199&...


Die LCD-Anzeige informiert Sie über die Kühltemperatur
im Inneren der Box - kein Kälteverlust durch ständiges Öffnen der Box.
www.preiswerter-onlineversand.de/camping/ camping_elektro_kuehlbox.html

Türöffnungen ohne Kälteverlust durch Luftstrom-Kältevorhang**.
www.kerstner.net/seiten/produkte/e_technik.htm

Heike Behl, Ph.D.
Ireland
Local time: 08:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
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1470 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cooling loss


Explanation:
I'm working on a document concerning climate control/air conditioning, and "cooling loss" is what I have been using.
Cooling loss, as far as I know, refers to both buildings/rooms and the air conditioner itself losing "its cool", and I have often seen it in reference to ducts and pipes.

"Insulation is especially important in unconditioned spaces and leaky ductwork is one of the biggest contributors to cooling loss in buildings."
(http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CIS_EO_GLM_HVAC_156168_7.p...

Less than 5% cooling loss occurs in insulated refrigerant lines versus up to 40% through ducts (http://www.timbersedgeheating.com/fujitsu.htm)

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Karen Adriaens
Germany
Local time: 09:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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