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auffälligen Führungen

English translation: clearly visible guides

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German term or phrase:auffällige Führungen
English translation:clearly visible guides
Entered by: Ed Ashley

15:39 Nov 7, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Furniture / Household Appliances
German term or phrase: auffälligen Führungen
This is a description of a pair of tailor's scissors. "Die ergonomische Form mit gebogenem Halm und langem Griffauge sowie die *auffälligen Führungen* ermöglichen einen ruhigen Gang und eine gerade Schnittführung."

I have no idea what Führungen could be in the context of scissors. Any ideas?
Slindon
Germany
Local time: 17:12
clearly visible guides
Explanation:
The only thing I can think these must be are guides of some kind. I've referenced two patent applications for scissors, one in German and one in US English (you'll see that the US patent is actually cited within the German one as a similar example). The German invention includes 'Führungen' and the US one a 'guide attachment'. There's also a picture with the US patent, which does provide some clarification.

I assume auffällig simply means that the guides are clearly visible to the tailor (maybe painted a different colour or something?). There's probably a less clunky way of saying this but nothing is popping immediately into my head!

Also, if you hadn't already spotted it, this page might help you with some of the other terms: http://www.whiteley.co.uk/user_guide.html

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Note added at 53 mins (2015-11-07 16:33:18 GMT)
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Another example: https://www.google.us/patents/US6038772

I'm actually feeling a bit more certain about my answer the more I look into it. But I'll leave it to my peers to bump up the confidence rating (or not!) :-)
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Ed Ashley
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:12
Grading comment
Thanks Ed, 'guides' sounds pretty convincing to me.
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clearly visible guides


Explanation:
The only thing I can think these must be are guides of some kind. I've referenced two patent applications for scissors, one in German and one in US English (you'll see that the US patent is actually cited within the German one as a similar example). The German invention includes 'Führungen' and the US one a 'guide attachment'. There's also a picture with the US patent, which does provide some clarification.

I assume auffällig simply means that the guides are clearly visible to the tailor (maybe painted a different colour or something?). There's probably a less clunky way of saying this but nothing is popping immediately into my head!

Also, if you hadn't already spotted it, this page might help you with some of the other terms: http://www.whiteley.co.uk/user_guide.html

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Note added at 53 mins (2015-11-07 16:33:18 GMT)
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Another example: https://www.google.us/patents/US6038772

I'm actually feeling a bit more certain about my answer the more I look into it. But I'll leave it to my peers to bump up the confidence rating (or not!) :-)


    Reference: http://www.patent-de.com/19980108/DE19726629A1.html
    https://www.google.us/patents/US1251101
Ed Ashley
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks Ed, 'guides' sounds pretty convincing to me.
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