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Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / voice-over tekst, industrial safety | | Dutch term or phrase: afschakelen | "X is bijv. heel gefocust op een VHR of dubbele sensoren, maar men vergeet het achterste stukje, het *afschakelen* of men vergeet het afzekeren."
Background: the text focuses on industrial safety (safeguards, etc.), and specifically in this section on safety controls.
How should this term be rendered accurately? TIA for your assistance. Cheers, R. |
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| | disconnection | Explanation:
Kluwer Elektrotechniek: afschakelaar = disconnect switch; afschakelstroom = breaking current, disconnect current; afschakelvermogen = breaking capacity |
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Jack den Haan
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Local time: 10:35
| Grading comment Of the three, I prefer Jack's solution. And my apologies for the sloppy use of Eurodicautom... ahem (blush). Thanks, gents. :-)
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