Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

voiture

English translation:

car

Added to glossary by literary
Mar 7, 2012 13:57
12 yrs ago
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French term

voiture

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)
Plan de l'ensemble déroulé une voiture ABC 1200

("déroulé" is probably unwinder)
the whole machine is shown, looks like a large box with most parts inside
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 car

Discussion

literary (asker) Mar 19, 2012:
It's just a view of the machine as a whole from the side, from the top, nothing is "unrolled", main assemblies are marked with numbers
literary (asker) Mar 8, 2012:
"la voiture conjointe ABC"
rkillings Mar 8, 2012:
It's the 'plan' that is figuratively "unrolled".
philgoddard Mar 7, 2012:
Help us out... Can you tell us more about the rest of the document, or do you just have a picture of a machine with this sentence at the top? The French doesn't make sense as far as I can see - shouldn't it be "d'une voiture"?
"Déroulé" doesn't mean "unwinder" - it's a description of the plan, though I can't quite work out what it means.
Surely some of the parts are labeled so you can tell what kind of machine it is? And have you Googled "ABC 1200"?

Proposed translations

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car

Often used for all sorts of things — though hard to tell without even knowing the overall context in which this is found!

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Note added at 19 heures (2012-03-08 09:00:06 GMT)
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As RK has said, the 'déroulé' refers to the 'plan de l'ensemble', and while we more usually talk of an 'éclaté' (= exploded view), I can see how for some things it might be said to be 'opened out' or 'unfurled' in a slightly different fashion.

Either way, only having sight of this drwg is like to shed light on just what sort of 'car' it is.
Peer comment(s):

agree cc in nyc : ;-)
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Thanks, CC!
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