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English translation: machinists

12:27 Sep 14, 2009

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French term or phrase: mécaniciennes

Une équipe de 30 personnes composée de stylistes, modélistes et mécaniciennes
sous la direction de:

mécaniciennes is someone who works in fashion, but I am unable to find the name...

Allison Lenchantin KudoZ activity Questions: 11 (none open) Answers: 3 France
Local time: 16:53

English translation:machinists

Explanation:
In BE at least this is what we call people who actually sew the clothes.

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Anne-Marie Grant
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:53

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

machinists

Anne-Marie Grant

4 +2

sewing machine operator

Stephanie Ezrol

sewing machinist

Helga Lemiere

mechanics

mimi 254

Summary of reference entries provided

sewing machine operators

Claire Chapman

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

machinists

Explanation:
In BE at least this is what we call people who actually sew the clothes.

Anne-Marie Grant
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

25 mins confidence:

mechanics

Explanation:
they can also be this

insdustrial power sewing machine mechanic = mecanicien de machine à coudre-industrielle

mimi 254
Cameroon
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sewing machine operator

Explanation:
The word machinist or mechanic has a different meaning in American English. The mechanist is the person who creates machines or machine tools. The mechanic is the person who fixes machines, most often used is car mechanics.

Example sentence(s):

SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS run high speed electric sewing machines to make
Sewing Machine Operator - Griffin Georgia. To assemble textile products, including garments, bags, such as laundry bags, tote bags or any other existing or potential sewn product, by operating sewing machines in conjunction with specified fabrics and acce

Reference: http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/occguide/Sewingop.htm
Reference: http://www.afb.org/community.asp?JobID=1230

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

8 days confidence:

sewing machinist

Explanation:
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do

Helga Lemiere
France
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of:

German

Reference comments

7 hrs

Reference: sewing machine operators

Reference information:
A l’atelier, nous mettons au point les prototypes qui seront ensuite mis en production.
Pour nous situer dans le processus de création des vêtements, nous intervenons à la troisième étape. D’abord les stylistes dessinent les pièces de la collection, puis le bureau des modélistes crée les patrons et choisit les tissus. Ensuite notre équipe monte les prototypes, qui une fois validés seront prêts à être produits.
Pour ce travail, il y a une coupeuse qui prépare les pièces, qui seront assemblées par cinq mécaniciennes.
http://www.brevesdestyle.com/index.php?2009/03/26

Like most industries, the apparel industry employs office, sales, managerial, and maintenance workers. It also employs many workers unique to clothing manufacturing, such as fashion designers, patternmakers, cutters, sewing machine operators, and finish pressers.
http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/589/Apparel-Industr...

Claire Chapman
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 327