mediamatrix: 10:19pm Jul 6, 2007: garniture could be many things - perhaps you can narrow down the choice by providing the next 5 or 6 words of the ST, which probably give something of a description...? Jonathan Widell: 10:23pm Jul 6, 2007: ...cette garniture s'appuyant elle-même contre la face du corps.
Help me! Tony M: 6:33am Jul 7, 2007: JW? as so often when going between FR and EN, it is probably the shape or design of this part that is going to determine the exact trasnlation needed. If this is a patent, do you have access to any drawings, which may be the only way to narrow this down? Jonathan Widell: 10:05pm Jul 7, 2007: It could indeed be a liner: "La garniture, disposée entre le barillet et la face du corps, est elle-même percée d'un passage pour la clef." Jonathan Widell: 12:45am Jul 13, 2007: The English translation uses the word "fitting".
The same patent seems to be online at http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1233127.html . If you create an account, you can see the images. I think it is a bushing, which is "a metal lining inserted in a hole, pipe etc. to reduce its size" according to the dictionary. References missing. 2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Explanation: ... presses against a liner (lining / pad) which in turn presses against the (side plate, for example).
mediamatrix Chile Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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Explanation: According to Littré and Larousse (both), une garniture is "un dispositif ou matière formant un joint hermétique auour d divers organes" (Lar),or " garnitures métalliques, en cuir ou en caoutchouc, destinées à protéger ou renforcer divers objets" (Lit). I do not think it has any relation with a side plate.
Explanation: was the corresponding term, again in another language.
Yngve Roennike United States Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 2
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The same patent seems to be online at http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1233127.html . If you create an account, you can see the images. I think it is a bushing, which is "a metal lining inserted in a hole, pipe etc. to reduce its size" according to the dictionary. References missing.
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