French translation: roue un-seize de la gamme « Ultra Light » de chez Carlsson
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English term or phrase:
1/16 wheel
French translation:
roue un-seize de la gamme « Ultra Light » de chez Carlsson
The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-05-07 17:54:16 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
English to French translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Wheels/Roues
English term or phrase:1/16 wheel
Bonjour,
Je travaille actuellement sur le doublage d'une émission automobile. Il y est question de roues 1/16. Savez-vous comment se prononce ce "1/16", puisque je dois l'écrire en toutes lettres ?
Sur Internet, difficile de trouver ce genre d'infos...
The best solution would of course be to phone someone in France who fits this type of wheel, and see what they call it; but I can't really see there are that many other options?
Cf. « une clé de douze » , « je fais du trois-huit »
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I can see no possible justification here for imagining it is « un seizième »
On the face of it, there's no reason I can see why it would be 8.5"; according to the Carlsson site, they seem to be available in various diameters, including 19" [internationally, wheel diameters are traditionally in inches, even in metric countries], whereas the other dimension (not sure what it is meant to be?) seems on the Carlsson site to be expressed in cm — 8.5 cm and 10 cm; however, this is worrying, since if they were inches, it would make more sense in terms of the wheel width [which on tyres is usually expressed in mm] — these would then be 215 and 250 mm respectively, which seems to be consistent with the tyre sizes fitted on my own Mercedes. Might be worth double-checking carefully here!
The script I work on is not always very reliable. The correct sentence should have a little " after 8.5. I will make sure to translate it properly. Thank you so much for your help.
In the sentence you quote, there is actually an error in the dimensions given — I don't know if this is just your typo, but you'd better be careful not to reproduce the same error in your translation!
These 1/16 wheels are 19" in diameter (not cm!), it is the 8.5 and 10 (only) that refer to dimensions in cm. So your text ought to read:
8.5 and 10 cm × 19" respectively
(See Carlsson site posted as ref. below for details)
How should I write it down, then? It it a "one sixteenth wheel", "a wheel one out of sixteen"? In order for the voice talent to read my script properly, I need to tell him how to pronounce such a thing. But I have no clue on what it refers to.
La phrase complète est "The wheels fitted by Carlsson, 1/16 from the Ultra Light series sized 8.5 and 10x19 cm respectively." Je pensais que c'était des roues de 8.5 pouces et que 1/16 faisait référence à autre chose. Je vois sur Google qu'il existe des roues "19inch Ultra Light 1/16 wheels".
roue un-seize de la gamme « Ultra Light » de chez Carlsson
Explanation: Just to give a bit of an idea...
The best solution would of course be to phone someone in France who fits this type of wheel, and see what they call it; but I can't really see there are that many other options?
Cf. « une clé de douze » , « je fais du trois-huit »
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 36 minutes (2011-05-04 14:37:24 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
I can see no possible justification here for imagining it is « un seizième »
Reference information: It seems as if this is simply a model number from Carlsson (DE); it clearly doesn't refer to any specific dimension of the wheel, and it's hard to guess how they'd pronounce it; I'd suggest either phoning them, or your local Mercedes tuning expert who fits them.
My one guess would be that one would say it "one-sixteen', just as one might say "Boeing seven-four-seven" or "Airbus A three-eighty"
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be "one sixteenth", which wouldn't make a lot of sense to me here.
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peer agreement (net): +1
