05:56 Aug 24, 2000 |
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see below Explanation: Semiautomatik is Gerlish or maybe Engleutsch. Semiautomatik is not in Duden or Ernst. There are not too many German words with "semi" and "Semiautomatik is not one of them. The real German word is "Halbautomatik" so they mean the same thing in your context. As far as the furnace goes: You have figured it out the same way I would have. The parts are "coarse-grained" (from Ernst) because the furnace started again before the rollers started moving. The steel got too hot, "overheated", causing the coarse-grained structure. The only other words for "no-load" in my technical dictionaries are "neutral" and "idle". For a furnace, none of the three sounds too "red-hot". ;-) This "Leerlauf" must be a lower temperature so maybe "low idle" would do if nobody can come up with a real metallurgical term. - HTH - Dan |
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See below Explanation: Halb/Semiautomatik: As far as I know there is no difference. The author is probably just trying to impress the reader - I see this kind of thing fairly often in technical reports. Leerlaufzeit: unproductive time, idle time Teile sind überhitzt grobkörnig: While in the overheated state, the parts are coarse-grained. (I suppose the dictionaries aren't much use to you, but I think they deserve mention.) L&H Tysk-Dansk Teknisk Ordbog L&H Dansk-Engelsk Teknisk Ordbog |
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See below Explanation: Thank you very much for reporting back! - Yes, I'm Danish and so are the dictionaries - I just thought I would mentione them in case someone else could use them. Best regards sirius |
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