This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to French
  3. Furniture / Household Appliances

guage wire

French translation: Ressorts de fil de fer sinueus, trempe, calibre 18

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:guage wire
French translation:Ressorts de fil de fer sinueus, trempe, calibre 18

20:38 Mar 10, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances
English term or phrase: guage wire
***** uses 14 to 16 eight guage tempered steel sinuous S springs
France Mercier (X)
Canada
Local time: 22:25
Ressorts de fil de fer sinueus, trempe, calibre 18
Explanation:
And yes, it is a typo.
They are talking about "S" springs" which are tempered steel spirng wire, (16 or 18 gauge) stretched across a frame, under a cushion.

Sorry about the accents.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 21:28:42 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

see? I meant to type SPRING

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 21:29:33 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Sorry about the 18 too. I\'ve got to start reading these things slower

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 22:25:07 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Okay, \"Fil D\'acier\" I\'ll get it right eventually
Selected response from:

zaphod
Local time: 04:25
Grading comment
merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2diamètre d'un fil métallique
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
5 +1Ressorts de fil de fer sinueus, trempe, calibre 18
zaphod
3câble jauge
GILLES MEUNIER


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
diamètre d'un fil métallique


Explanation:
gauge wire. Faute de frappe ...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 20:41:37 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------



1. Domaine(s)
– Metrology and Units of Measure
– Special-Language Phraseology

Domaine(s)
– Unités de mesure et métrologie
– Phraséologie des langues de spécialité



gauge of a wire Source CORRECT diamètre d\'un fil métallique Source

2003-02-18




Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 22:25
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter: English is "gauge", this answer is correct for the French translation.
48 mins
agree  Isabelle Bouchet
11 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
câble jauge


Explanation:
... L’AO-10 peut être installée à distance, jusqu’à 3000 m (10,000
pieds), dans un circuit bouclé, avec un câble Jauge 18 (0,823 mm). ...
www.milltronics.com/pdf/manual/spl_0120.pdf - Pages

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 04:25
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 272

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hacene
22 mins
disagree  Tom Bishop: Il ne s'agit pas d'un câble électrique mais d'un fil métallique.
1 hr
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ressorts de fil de fer sinueus, trempe, calibre 18


Explanation:
And yes, it is a typo.
They are talking about "S" springs" which are tempered steel spirng wire, (16 or 18 gauge) stretched across a frame, under a cushion.

Sorry about the accents.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 21:28:42 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

see? I meant to type SPRING

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 21:29:33 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Sorry about the 18 too. I\'ve got to start reading these things slower

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2004-03-10 22:25:07 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Okay, \"Fil D\'acier\" I\'ll get it right eventually

zaphod
Local time: 04:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.: Oui, il s'agit bien du calibre du fil déterminé par son diamètre. Gauge wire...
3 mins
neutral  Tom Bishop: The principle is correct. However, I would suggest that "sinueux" relates to the springs rather than to the wire and for this application "fil métallique" is probably more appropriate than "fil de fer" which is essentially a merchant product .
44 mins
  -> Yeah, I should have put in the "X" but it's late where I am. And I should have put "fil d'acier"
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search