Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
ob man den Schnitt nicht gegen die Schweissung herstellt
English translation:
to make sure the cuts aren't being made at the welds
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Hilary Davies Shelby
Dec 20, 2004 16:05
19 yrs ago
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ob man den Schnitt nicht gegen die Schweissung herstellt
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
insulation glass profiles
Hello all!
This is from a document about spacer profiles for insulation glass. WHile I have managed to work that much out, I really don't know how they work or anything (luckily its not a big document). But I have these two sentences which read as follows:
"Insbesondere die Position der Schweissung muesste bei der Herstellung und beim Trennvorgang keine zu grossen Toleranzen ergeben. Man muesste, falls erforderlich,pruefen, ob man den Schnitt nicht gegen die Schweissung herstellt."
It's the last bit that is giving me real trouble. Are they saying that you should check that the cut isn't made along the welding (seam)? Or something completely different?
Thanks very much for any help!
Hilary.
This is from a document about spacer profiles for insulation glass. WHile I have managed to work that much out, I really don't know how they work or anything (luckily its not a big document). But I have these two sentences which read as follows:
"Insbesondere die Position der Schweissung muesste bei der Herstellung und beim Trennvorgang keine zu grossen Toleranzen ergeben. Man muesste, falls erforderlich,pruefen, ob man den Schnitt nicht gegen die Schweissung herstellt."
It's the last bit that is giving me real trouble. Are they saying that you should check that the cut isn't made along the welding (seam)? Or something completely different?
Thanks very much for any help!
Hilary.
Proposed translations
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| 3 | to make sure the cuts aren''t being made at the welds |
Ken Cox
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| 4 | Agree with asker |
Gareth McMillan
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Proposed translations
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to make sure the cuts aren''t being made at the welds
That's how I understand it. This typical bit of polite German indirect expression (giving someone a direct instruction seems to be the height of rudeness) requries an ear for nuance, but IMO the 'nicht' means the intention is that the the cuts are not made at the weld locations.
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Gareth McMillan
Native in English
Specializes in field
Least is most, so keep it simple!
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English
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Agree with asker
Think you've got it dead right. You could just leave it at "weld"- seam is almost superfluous here.
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