15:51 Jan 27, 2003 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering / design | |||||||
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5 +2 | [it's your translation, be resourceful] |
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4 +1 | time entry |
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2 +1 | time reading devices ? time display systems ? |
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time reading devices ? time display systems ? Explanation: guesswork |
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[it's your translation, be resourceful] Explanation: This is simply MEANT as a list of zany inventions the very name of which is obscure. I think. Or otherwise, the guy who wrote this text IS the crazy nut who's trying to have his nutty inventions taken seriously. I am very French, read a lot and can't make sense of these items, except the sense I just mentioned. "Calorifère" is the ancestor of modern heaters and was very much the subject of inventions one century ago. "Fers de lunettes" might be the fixtures that hold a WC's seat to the bowl, "Inscription d'heures" finds me at a loss but it must have to do with another quaint reference, "Bic sympathique" means a temporarily invisible ballpoint pen, and then it gets REALLY WEIRD, so much so that I am at a loss! ;) |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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