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French translation: On ne peut trouver le défaut de la cuirasse

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English term or phrase:	You can't see the joint
French translation:	On ne peut trouver le défaut de la cuirasse
Entered by:	xxxCHENOUMI

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16:06 Mar 24, 2004

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Automotive / Cars & Trucks

English term or phrase: you can't see the joint

The main purpose which the polisher has in mind as he goes about his painstaking task is to ensure that the tank has a uniform finish and that it has every appearance of being made from a single piece of steel - never was the phrase “You can’t see the join” more apt than in this job.

Is there a french equivalent to what seems to be a common expression in english ?

flouriot KudoZ activity Questions: 306 (8 open) (9 without valid answers) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 78 France
Local time: 20:22

On ne peut trouver le défaut de la cuirasse

Explanation:
"Is there a french equivalent to what seems to be a common expression in english ?"

>> Yes, for "joint"
The English expression is: >> To find the joint in the armour <<

FRENCH
>> Trouver le défaut de l'armure
>> Trouver le défaut de la cuirasse

Cela veut dire que le travail de finition est si bien fait qu'on n'y trouve rien à redire, qu'on n'y trouve pas la moindre imperfection...

À ttes fins utiles, la mm exp. ds d'autres langues :

S Encontrar el punto débil en la coraza
G Seine schwache Seite entdecken
Jemanden an seiner schwachen Seite packen
E To find somebody's weak, vulnerable spot / To find the joint in the armour / To pick a hole in one's coat / To strike between wind and water

L'axiome/le proverbe "On ne peut trouver le défaut de la cuirasse" n'a jamais été aussi adapté que pour ce boulot.

Un peu littéralement pr le contexte qqc comme "On ne peut détecter aucune trace de soudure...

Par ailleurs "cuirasse" et "armure" s'adaptent parfaitement à votre contexte d'acier.
Voilà. J'EQÇA.

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soudure invisible

Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen

On ne peut trouver le défaut de la cuirasse

xxxCHENOUMI

on ne peux pas voir le raccord

mchd

joint invisible

Jacques Desnoyers

Discussion entries: 1

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16 mins confidence:

joint invisible

Explanation:
C'est le terme que j'ai vu le plus souvent dans la plupart des domaines

Reference: http://www.castorama.fr/conseils/guide_achat/guidmastic.jhtm...
Reference: http://www.leguide.net/go/search/nbtot/85/id_rech/0/idx/5060...

Jacques Desnoyers
Local time: 14:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 100

25 mins confidence:

on ne peux pas voir le raccord

Explanation:
il s'agit d'un réservoir soudé, c'est expliqué dans le texte

mchd
France
Local time: 20:22
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 17

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

soudure invisible

Explanation:
Profil de Delta-zinc
... esthétique. parfaitement cylindrique et droit. soudure invisible. pas d'apport d'étain plus ou moins régulier. pas de trace de décapant, une patine uniforme. ...
www.delta-zinc.fr/actu/defaut.htm

la soudure étant limé, poli pour ne faire qu'un avec son support.

Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
France
Local time: 20:22
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

22 hrs confidence:

On ne peut trouver le défaut de la cuirasse

xxxCHENOUMI
Native speaker of:

Haitian-Creole,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Merci beaucoup ! Ça me semble en effet convenir à merveille ! Aude

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