Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pare-flammes du type gaufré
English translation:
embossed flame arrestor/guard
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Tony M
Apr 7, 2006 16:16
18 yrs ago
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French term
pare-flammes du type gaufré
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
Equipment
The paragraph concerns the description of a motor. The context is as follows:
"Le moteur est equipe d'un pare-flammes du type gauffre' comportant deux elements et a l'echappement par un echangeur a' eau avec pare-flammes integres du type gauffre' comportant deux elements."
I am totally stuck on both the word 'pare-flammes' and the term 'gauffre'.
Any help would be very much appreciated !!
Thanks!
"Le moteur est equipe d'un pare-flammes du type gauffre' comportant deux elements et a l'echappement par un echangeur a' eau avec pare-flammes integres du type gauffre' comportant deux elements."
I am totally stuck on both the word 'pare-flammes' and the term 'gauffre'.
Any help would be very much appreciated !!
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | embossed flame arrestor/guard |
Francis MARC
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| 3 | spark arrester/arrestor (of some kind!) |
Bourth (X)
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Change log
Dec 21, 2010 15:24: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "pare-flammes du type gauffre\'" to "pare-flammes du type gaufré"
Dec 21, 2010 15:25: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/103066">tinawizzy (X)'s</a> old entry - "pare-flammes du type gauffre'"" to ""embossed flame arrestor/guard""
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
pare-flammes du type gauffre'
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embossed flame arrestor/guard
Backfire Flame Arrestor: A Coast Guard approved backfire flame arrestor is required for inboard gasoline motors which are not exposed to the atmosphere ...
www.state.nj.us/njsp/maritime/remember.html - 36k
www.state.nj.us/njsp/maritime/remember.html - 36k
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kari Foster
: Sounds pretty good. BTW, the trouble looking up "gauffre" could be because it should only have one f...
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6 hrs
French term (edited):
pare-flammes du type gauffre'
spark arrester/arrestor (of some kind!)
Spark Arrestor
A device which removes incandescent particles from a gas stream. Fitted to vehicles and stationary engines which are operated in potentially flammable atmospheres
http://www.eminox.com/technology/glossary.shtml
Read also http://www.eminox.com/products/spark-arrestors.shtml
Tampering with an ATVs exhaust silencer and spark arrestor is illegal on all federal lands and most state lands, however enforcement is spotty. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-terrain_vehicle
"arrester" is also said.
Quite what they mean by "gaufré" I do not understand. Corrugated??? Waffle type???
A device which removes incandescent particles from a gas stream. Fitted to vehicles and stationary engines which are operated in potentially flammable atmospheres
http://www.eminox.com/technology/glossary.shtml
Read also http://www.eminox.com/products/spark-arrestors.shtml
Tampering with an ATVs exhaust silencer and spark arrestor is illegal on all federal lands and most state lands, however enforcement is spotty. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-terrain_vehicle
"arrester" is also said.
Quite what they mean by "gaufré" I do not understand. Corrugated??? Waffle type???
Discussion
I thought that there was a mistake with 'gauffre'... but since it was spelt incorrectly all throughout the text, I assumed that it was correct !!