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Sep 2, 2012 23:22
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French term
arête abattue
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Medical: Instruments
metallurgy
TOLERANCES GENERALES:
Ecarts admissibles pour les dimensions linéaires à l'exception des dimensions d'aretes abattues,
Ecarts admissibles pour les dimensions linéaires à l'exception des dimensions d'aretes abattues,
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | chamfered edge |
Didier Fourcot
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| 3 +2 | round edge |
kashew
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| 2 | arrissed edge |
Sophie Sysavanh
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References
| KudoZ personal glossary entry |
Tony M
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Change log
Sep 3, 2012 18:28: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "arete abattue" to "arête abattue"
Proposed translations
4 hrs
French term (edited):
arete abattue
arrissed edge
I am unsure if this corresponds to your subject area, but I found the term arrissed edge in several websites relating to glass cutting. The English definition from the second link below states that "it is a finish where sharp corners of the edge are removed" and it also relates specifically to "glass".
I also found that arrissed edge was spelled with only one s in another glossary but I noticed it was compiled by an Asian company...
I also found that arrissed edge was spelled with only one s in another glossary but I noticed it was compiled by an Asian company...
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
rkillings
: Hmm. COED says, "arris n. (Architecture) a sharp edge formed by the meeting of two flat or curved surfaces". *Sharp*, and derived from Fr. areste!
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French term (edited):
arete abattue
chamfered edge
I use this term often (arête with a circumflex) in CAD context, other possible translations being chanfreinée, biseautée, arrondie, adoucie, the meaning being "non-sharp", "abattue" is rather commonly used in glass context, for
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Note added at 15 heures (2012-09-03 14:37:52 GMT)
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The same Webster gives "chanfreiner, abattre, biseauter" for "to chamfer":
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.com/definitions/chamfe...
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Note added at 15 heures (2012-09-03 14:37:52 GMT)
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The same Webster gives "chanfreiner, abattre, biseauter" for "to chamfer":
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.com/definitions/chamfe...
Note from asker:
| Thanks Didier, when it is referring to metalwork, would it be "bevelled" rather than "chamferred" edge? |
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Possibly too specific; the FR is less so, and it could so easily lead to over-translation...
1 hr
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| agree |
rkillings
: It's 'bevel' that is not specific enough! See the picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevel. We really are talking about a chamfered arriss. (And it's 'edge' that is ambiguous in English.)
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French term (edited):
arete abattue
round edge
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: I'd prefer it as 'rounded edge', to imply that it has been deliberately rounded off so as not to be sharp, rather than actually being of a specifically circular shape.
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Yes, rounded edge better.
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| agree |
rkillings
: 'A rounding of an exterior corner is called a "round" or a "chamfer".' -- Wikipedia, sourced to Madsen et al., Engineering Drawing and Design, 2004.
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Reference comments
6 hrs
Reference:
KudoZ personal glossary entry
A term search throws up the following personal glossary enry:
http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=4299294
http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=4299294
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
kashew
: Certainly a possibility here - damaged edges - but not on new instruments I imagine.
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Oh I see what you mean! 'broken' doesn't mean 'damaged' here, it just means that the edge has been treated in such a way as not to be sharp. At least, that's the way I understand it...
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