Swedish term
platsbit
The term appears in places such as the following (a description of an invention that helps stabilize certain kinds of loads on a bicycle):
"Det är en platsbit som är fäst vid sadelstolpen som gör att strandstolen sitter stadigt och fast på pakethållaren."
Thanks
| 3 +2 | plastic piece |
Matt Bibby
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| 3 -1 | fixation item |
Sven Petersson
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Jun 23, 2018 17:07: Michele Fauble changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Christopher Schröder, Anna Herbst, Michele Fauble
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Proposed translations
plastic piece
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Note added at 18 mins (2018-06-22 08:10:49 GMT)
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Obviously 'piece of plastic' might work better in the context.
| Thanks! The typo explanation occurred to me as well, but I also thought that "plats-" might refer to the "positioning" function of the invention, or similar. |
| agree |
Agneta Pallinder
: Also think it is a typo.
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| agree |
Michele Fauble
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fixation item
See https://www.gekas.se/veckans-vinnare-solstolshaallaren-och-q...
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Note added at 2 days 8 hrs (2018-06-24 16:39:45 GMT)
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As in "hålla på plats".
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Agneta Pallinder
: I think if they had meant "fixation item" they would just have written "hållare".
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Det hade sett fult ut att ha två "hållare" i meningen. Därför kallade skribenten inte platsbiten "hållare".
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