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mit Gleitmittel beschicken

English translation: to lubricate; to apply lubricant to

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German term or phrase:mit Gleitmittel beschicken
English translation:to lubricate; to apply lubricant to
Entered by: Rowan Morrell

10:35 Jun 21, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry / Endodontics Text
German term or phrase: mit Gleitmittel beschicken
"Die Feile wird vor jedem Einführen in den Kanal mit Gleitmittel beschickt."

From a text about endodontics, root canal therapy etc. A file is "beschickt" with lubricant before being inserted into the root canal.

I'm a bit dubious about the usual translations of beschicken and wonder if I could just say coated? TIA for your help.
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 05:57
lubricated
Explanation:
Hmm, how about just writing "lubricated"?

"The file is lubricated each time it is inserted...." seems to work.
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margarete
United States
Local time: 13:57
Grading comment
Thanks Ariane. This works well. I'll use "lubricated" here. However, Cilian's "apply lubricant to" is also quite a good suggestion, and I'll include that in the glossary as well. Thanks again to you both for your assistance.
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margarete
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lubricated


Explanation:
Hmm, how about just writing "lubricated"?

"The file is lubricated each time it is inserted...." seems to work.

margarete
United States
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks Ariane. This works well. I'll use "lubricated" here. However, Cilian's "apply lubricant to" is also quite a good suggestion, and I'll include that in the glossary as well. Thanks again to you both for your assistance.

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agree  Edhild
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rephrase


Explanation:
you could always turn it around and say sth. like

'lubricant is applied to the file...'
'the file is lubricated...'
'lubricate the file...'
'apply lubricant to the file...'

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 19:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37
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