Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 23, 2011 05:53
12 yrs ago
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French term
Tech/engineering, business, humanities
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
patin
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Technical brochure describing benefits of a particular hydraulic motor
Extract from technical brochure: "Construction à axe brisé des moteurs [marque, modèle], les pistons ne possèdent pas de patin, ceci permet de transmettre 90 % du couple nominal au démarrage et d’effectuer une très grande plage de variation."
This is an axial tapered piston bent-axis design of hydraulic motor. My translation continues (of the above): " pistons without pads allow the transmission of 90% normal torque at start and offer wide variation." [Or something like that]
My question is "patin". In the French it is used in the singular here. My "pads" doesn't seem right. How do we use "patin" in terms of a condition?
Insights please. Someone put me right - thanks.
This is an axial tapered piston bent-axis design of hydraulic motor. My translation continues (of the above): " pistons without pads allow the transmission of 90% normal torque at start and offer wide variation." [Or something like that]
My question is "patin". In the French it is used in the singular here. My "pads" doesn't seem right. How do we use "patin" in terms of a condition?
Insights please. Someone put me right - thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | pad |
Didier Fourcot
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| 3 | shoe |
silvester55
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Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
pad
Or "hydrostatic pad":
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3872775.html
http://www.patsnap.com/patents/view/US4788902.html
French discussion:
http://forums.futura-sciences.com/technologies/238560-tete-d...
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Note added at 3 heures (2011-05-23 09:52:03 GMT)
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Perhaps the issue is purely grammatical: "ne possèdent pas de patin" follows a French rule: singular because 0 can be considered just as well as singular, and because if there were any pads, each piston should have one pad, ie "un piston sans patin", "des pistons sans patin"
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3872775.html
http://www.patsnap.com/patents/view/US4788902.html
French discussion:
http://forums.futura-sciences.com/technologies/238560-tete-d...
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Note added at 3 heures (2011-05-23 09:52:03 GMT)
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Perhaps the issue is purely grammatical: "ne possèdent pas de patin" follows a French rule: singular because 0 can be considered just as well as singular, and because if there were any pads, each piston should have one pad, ie "un piston sans patin", "des pistons sans patin"
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Comment: "Thank you, Didier, for your legwork and comments that gave a very helpful perspective on this particular case. And thanks also to silvester55 for his contribution, which was also helpful."
2 hrs
shoe
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-05-23 08:26:34 GMT)
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http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WguMmHxFNygJ:ftp:/...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-05-23 08:27:00 GMT)
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I hope this is what you are looking for
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-23 09:33:42 GMT)
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Hydraulic Pump Repair Kits
Pistons
Piston Shoes
Valve Plates
Rotars / Cylinder Blocks
Set Plate & Ball Guides
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-23 09:34:29 GMT)
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http://hydraulics.eaton.com/products/pdfs/7-139.pdf
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-05-23 08:26:34 GMT)
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http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WguMmHxFNygJ:ftp:/...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-05-23 08:27:00 GMT)
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I hope this is what you are looking for
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-23 09:33:42 GMT)
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Hydraulic Pump Repair Kits
Pistons
Piston Shoes
Valve Plates
Rotars / Cylinder Blocks
Set Plate & Ball Guides
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-23 09:34:29 GMT)
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http://hydraulics.eaton.com/products/pdfs/7-139.pdf
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