wind up

French translation: la tension

11:45 Jan 19, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / automotive
English term or phrase: wind up
The vehicle height is adjusted through an anchor adjustment bolt that increases or decreases the wind up of the torsion bar.
Increasing or decreasing the bar angle changes the wind up of the suspension arms.
Annie Tétrault
Canada
Local time: 03:39
French translation:la tension
Explanation:
Je pense qu'ici "wind up" est la substantivation du verbe tel quel. J'aurais plutôt écrit "wind-up".
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Lucie Brione
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:39
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Merci beaucoup!

Annie
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4 +2la tension
Lucie Brione
4essor
Hatem Abacid
4oscillation
mtgtrip


  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
essor


Explanation:
l´essor ...

Hatem Abacid
Sweden
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
la tension


Explanation:
Je pense qu'ici "wind up" est la substantivation du verbe tel quel. J'aurais plutôt écrit "wind-up".

Lucie Brione
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup!

Annie

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agree  yvette1
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
oscillation


Explanation:
Par analogie avec la traduction de l'italien (voir McGrawHill-Zanichelli):
wind-up = oscillazione torsionale.
Toutefois, il ne m'a pas été possible de trouver la meme correspondance dans les dictionnaires francais en ma posséssion.

mtgtrip
Romania
Local time: 10:39
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