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English translation: fir wood


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French term or phrase:en sapin
English translation:fir wood
Entered by: Howard Cooper
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23:37 Sep 6, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Performance testing of military headgear, binoculars and associated devices
French term or phrase: en sapin
1m sur aire de chute normalisée en sapin selon GAM EG13 -

NB this is a performance test for a mixed sources battery charger
Jenny Duthie
France
Local time: 22:46
fir wood
Explanation:
I'm not sure how that fits with your source. The only meaning I can find for "aire de chute" is "landing area"...
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Howard Cooper
Local time: 16:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4fir woodHoward Cooper
4"V shape"
Philippe Lascourrèges
4pine wood surface
jmleger
Summary of reference entries provided
Quality difference
B D Finch
drop area/surfacexxxBourth

Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
fir wood


Explanation:
I'm not sure how that fits with your source. The only meaning I can find for "aire de chute" is "landing area"...

Howard Cooper
Local time: 16:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
5 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Kari Foster: Certainly
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Clive Phillips: 1m drop test on fir wood surface to GAM EG13 standard.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  André Vanasse
23 hrs
  -> Thanks
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pine wood surface


Explanation:
I think that this is what they mean.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-09-07 11:48:48 GMT)
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It does seem like fir wood surface would be the right translation


jmleger
Local time: 15:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  irat56
5 hrs
disagree  B D Finch: "sapin" is "fir" as opposed to "pin" which is pine. There's a difference in the quality of timber.
8 hrs
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1 day22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"V shape"


Explanation:
V shape dropping zone

ou ? "fir tree" dropping zone

Philippe Lascourrèges
Local time: 22:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Reference comments


9 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Quality difference

Reference information:
The quality difference means that it matters whether this is pine or, poorer quality, fir.

"Pine stretcher bars are superior in quality and finish to that of fir bars which most canvas printing companies use. The bars are heavier and over the years ..."
www.canvasdezign.co.uk/.../new-pine-bars-being-used-for-can...

"Many of the commercially valuable softwoods belong to the family Pinaceae, the most important of which are dealt with below. Other significant softwoods include the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. (Taxodiaceae), the hemlock, Tsuga spp. (Pinaceae) and the cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani A. Rich (Pinaceae).

Firs belong to the genus Abies (Pinaceae). To the non-expert, the vernacular terms 'pine' and 'fir' can cause confusion. There are about 40 species of fir tree, all native to North and Central America, Europe, Asia and North Africa. Many of the coniferous species with common names containing the term 'fir' are not true firs belonging to Abies; an example of this is Pinus sylvestris L., sometimes erroneously called the Scots fir. ..."


    Reference: http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq2705.html
    Reference: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/seeds-of-trade/page...
B D Finch
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  xxxBourth: Though I wonder how much difference it actually makes to the effect on a battery of being dropped from 1m.
4 hrs
  -> Perhaps they are trying to save money? The glossary entry should be accurate all the same.
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9 hrs
Reference: drop area/surface

Reference information:
GAM EG 13 is:

GAM EG 13. Essais généraux en environnement des matériels. BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING PROCEDURES. 1989, Guide for conducting environment test. ...
www.nato.int/docu/stanag/randmstan/france_d.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL
_ Salt spray : 96 hours
_ Temperature range : -10°C, +70°C
_ Sinus vibrations : in compliance with GAM EG13 - 41
_ Randon vibrations, in compliance with GAM EG13 - 42
_ Shocks : in compliance with GAM EG13 – 43
(excuse their English)
http://www.souriau.com/fileadmin/Souriau/product_pdf/PYRO.pd...

You know how sometimes you drop one of your mother's fine crystal glasses? If you're in the living room on deep pile carpet, there's a goodly chance it will survive; if you're on the wood floor of sapin selon GAM EG13 in the hallway there's a very slim chance of its surviving: but if you're on the hard tiled floor of the kitchen, no way is it not going to smash into a million pieces.

To determine the impact resistance of equipment, you have to have a standardized "drop surface", or a standardized drop hammer, etc.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-09-07 13:16:56 GMT)
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Re. pine vs fir, as I've said before, it's a pain:

Britannica, for example, says of pine :
Any of 10 genera of coniferous trees (rarely shrubs) of the family Pinaceae (see conifer), native to northern temperate regions, especially about 90 species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers of the genus Pinus. Needlelike leaves and cones are solitary or in bunches. Shallow root systems make pines susceptible to wind and surface disturbance. THE FAMILY INCLUDES FIR, DOUGLAS FIR, hemlock, SPRUCE, larch, and cedar.

xxxBourth
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 136
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