Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
couple roue/vis sans fin
English translation:
worm drive/ worm gearing
Added to glossary by
Lavinia Pirlog
Apr 5, 2008 10:42
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French term
Romania
Romanian Spanish English French Trados
Native in: Romanian
Works in: Spanish to Romanian, English to Romanian, Romanian to Spanish, and 3 more.
couple roue/vis sans fin
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
1) Suite à l’expertise du réparateur, il y a nécessité de modifier ou reconfigurer le matériel X: le dossier est alors transmis à X pour analyse. Les modifications mineures (changement du rapport de réduction du couple roue/vis sans fin par exemple) seront faites par le réparateur, sur conseil et préconisation de X. Les modifications majeures et les reconfigurations de produit seront pilotées par X qui étudiera ces dossiers au cas par cas.
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Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | worm drive/ worm gearing |
Dolores Vázquez
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| 4 | worm gear (ratio) |
Abdelbaki Boukheit
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| 3 | cog/endless screw |
Irene McClure
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| 2 | worm and wheel assembly/set/pair |
Philippe Etienne
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Proposed translations
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Dolores Vázquez
Also a Technical Engineer
Native in: Galician 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 5 more.
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worm drive/ worm gearing
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Jack Dunwell
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Irene Chalmers Preire
: worm gearing
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raj_gup
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David Goward
: "worm drive" for the full assy (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm_drive)
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Irene McClure
Native in English
Political scientist, former UK Govt
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English
cog/endless screw
Here is a picture of a cog and endless screw set up:
http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=277485
See also :
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=1999/28656&IA=WO1999/...
http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/screw
The latter here suggests that the combination of cog and endless screw is known as a 'worm', as Dolores suggests above...
http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=277485
See also :
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=1999/28656&IA=WO1999/...
http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/screw
The latter here suggests that the combination of cog and endless screw is known as a 'worm', as Dolores suggests above...
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Philippe Etienne
Spain
Spain
Native in French
Works in field
Spain
In the reader's shoes since 2000
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French
Related KudoZ points
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16
worm and wheel assembly/set/pair
For housekeeping purposes, please close your 19 open questions if they are of no use.
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Abdelbaki Boukheit
Algeria
Algeria
Native in French
Specializes in field
Algeria
Professional, USA university graduate
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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15
worm gear (ratio)
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