Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Schneidhaltigkeit
English translation:
edge-holding ability
Added to glossary by
Kay Fisher (X)
Feb 3, 2003 20:14
22 yrs ago
German term
Kay Fisher (X)
schneidhaltigkeit
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Describing the properties of a particularly good tool steel:
sehr gute Verschleißbeständigkeit / Schneidhaltigkeit
edge retention??
TIA
Kay
sehr gute Verschleißbeständigkeit / Schneidhaltigkeit
edge retention??
TIA
Kay
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | edge-holding ability/property/performance |
Gillian Scheibelein
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| 4 +2 | wear-resistance |
William Stein
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Proposed translations
+1
39 mins
Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
25 years' technical translation, CHEMIST
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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3469
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edge-holding ability/property/performance
I had this one a short while ago, and this is what I used after some research (no complaints from the customer!)
see ref.
see ref.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Gillian
This is the expression I was looking for (I've heard it before)... knew it was out there somewhere!
Kay"
+2
4 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1734
wear-resistance
This boils down to the same thing for in the case of blades:
Street Boss - Wear resistant Street Hockey, blast hockey abs ...
New and unique Wear resistant Street Hochey, Stainless steel
blade insert, long lasting piece of equipement. ...
www.farleytechnologies.com/blast-hockey.htm -
Street Boss - Wear resistant Street Hockey, blast hockey abs ...
New and unique Wear resistant Street Hochey, Stainless steel
blade insert, long lasting piece of equipement. ...
www.farleytechnologies.com/blast-hockey.htm -
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
mchd
28 mins
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| neutral |
Gillian Scheibelein
: thats Verschleißbeständigkeit
35 mins
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| agree |
Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M.
: 'Keeping one's edge' makes this permissible, but 'holding ability' is really not as good as durability.
4 hrs
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