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drink surface

French translation: surface en contact avec les lèvres

00:06 Nov 15, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: drink surface
lid protects drink surface

Il s'agit de la surface ou s'accomplit l'acte de boire, mais je suis infichu de trouver le terme qui convient.
jmleger
Local time: 12:48
French translation:surface en contact avec les lèvres
Explanation:
lid protects drink surface

......protège (contre la contamination) la surface en contact avec les lèvres



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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-11-15 12:02:02 GMT)
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"Il s'agit de la surface ou s'accomplit l'acte de boire, ..." which means:

lid protects drink surface => drink surface = the surface (of the bottle ) that you touch with your lips when you drink

when you drink from a bottle, you should use as a "drink surface" only the surface that was protected by the lid before you removed it.
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:48
Grading comment
This came closest to what I was thinking.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1buvant
pecheurt
4 +1surface de la boisson
FX Fraipont (X)
4niveau/surface de/du liquide
HERBET Abel
4surface en contact avec les lèvres
Daryo


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
niveau/surface de/du liquide


Explanation:
je pense

HERBET Abel
Local time: 19:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 106
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
buvant


Explanation:
.

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Note added at 10 mins (2013-11-15 00:16:48 GMT)
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http://www.modeverre.com/anatomie-d-un-verre-a-vin

pecheurt
France
Local time: 19:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 hrs
  -> merci !
neutral  FX Fraipont (X): "Le buvant : Il s'agit des rebords du verre. la finesse du Buvant est un signe de qualité pour un verre à vin" - ici c'est "surface", pas "rim", et "drink", pas "glass". http://www.modeverre.com/anatomie-d-un-verre-a-vin
5 hrs
neutral  Daryo: the right term (=>c'est ici que se posent les lèvres) but only for a wine glass.
11 hrs
  -> http://www.adiservepro.fr/flutes-verres-tasses-gobelets-cara...
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
surface de la boisson


Explanation:
"Patent EP0854089B1 - Méthode d'emballage d'une boisson ...
http://www.google.com/patents/EP0854089B1?cl=fr‎Translate this page
... dans laquelle les moyens à ouverture restreinte seront immergés dans la boisson lorsque l'insert flottera sur la surface de la boisson ; fermer le sommet ouvert ..."

"The other advantage of the dome lids equipped with cup holding recess is to hold the bottom section of the 2nd cup securely which prevents a stacked 2nd cup on skilled lid from falling off and spilling. Furthermore, the two drink openings of the dome lids located well above the hot drink surface help to prevent the hot beverage leaks through the openings."



FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 19:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1529

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian Fournier
3 hrs
  -> merci!
agree  emiledgar
4 hrs
  -> merci!
disagree  Daryo: right story, but wrong character: "drink surface" is not the surface of the drink, but the surface (of the bottle / cup / container ...) used when drinking.
6 hrs
  -> "LID" of the cup, of course, not the bottle...
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
surface en contact avec les lèvres


Explanation:
lid protects drink surface

......protège (contre la contamination) la surface en contact avec les lèvres



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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-11-15 12:02:02 GMT)
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"Il s'agit de la surface ou s'accomplit l'acte de boire, ..." which means:

lid protects drink surface => drink surface = the surface (of the bottle ) that you touch with your lips when you drink

when you drink from a bottle, you should use as a "drink surface" only the surface that was protected by the lid before you removed it.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 112
Grading comment
This came closest to what I was thinking.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  FX Fraipont (X): no lid on a bottle ....
1 hr
  -> on a cyclist's bottle? anyway, it wouldn't change my proposed translation.
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