Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 16, 2011 20:50
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French term
Translation is depth of the passion
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
ballons
French to English
Other
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Pièces mécano-soudées ou chaudronnées (sauf enveloppes spécifiques Fluobloc)
Les éléments tels que réservoirs, cuves, ballons etc.. ont leurs orifices obturés à l'aide de plaques métalliques, bouchons en plastique ou en toile type Waterproof ou similaire maintenue par rubans adhésifs.
Les éléments tels que réservoirs, cuves, ballons etc.. ont leurs orifices obturés à l'aide de plaques métalliques, bouchons en plastique ou en toile type Waterproof ou similaire maintenue par rubans adhésifs.
Proposed translations
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| 2 +3 | cylinder |
Tony M
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| 3 | flasks |
Wendy Streitparth
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Change log
Dec 18, 2011 02:18: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1063948">pooja_chic's</a> old entry - "ballons"" to ""cylinder""
Dec 18, 2011 10:30: pooja_chic changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14723">Tony M's</a> old entry - "ballon"" to ""cylinder""
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
ballon
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cylinder
A 'ballon (d'eau chaude)' is a 'hot water cylinder', and that fits with your context of chaudronnerie — and this extra context of course now helps with your earlier question about 'virole'!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-12-16 22:52:13 GMT)
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Thanks, Pooja! But do take care though, whether this is right or not is going to depend a lot on the rest of the context (which you don't seem to have, bad luck!) — so do wait and see if this fits in with the rest of your document ;-)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-12-16 22:52:13 GMT)
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Thanks, Pooja! But do take care though, whether this is right or not is going to depend a lot on the rest of the context (which you don't seem to have, bad luck!) — so do wait and see if this fits in with the rest of your document ;-)
Note from asker:
| I know all mechanical and electrical answers are well answered by Tony...Hats off!!! |
Peer comment(s):
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Bourth (X)
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Thanks, Alex!
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chris collister
: Though a "ballon" can also be ellipsoidal: not just rugby balls, but storage tanks too.
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Thanks, Chris! Although perhaps not mathematically precise, one can of course have oval cylinders too.
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kashew
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Thanks, J!
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Wendy Streitparth
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Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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flasks
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chris collister
: Although the term "flask" is sometimes used for massive containers transporting nuclear waste, I'm not sure it would apply here.//Yes, (glass) flasks are used all the time, but here I think they may be much heavier duty (chaudronnerie)
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Would a flask not be used in the chemical industry?
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