Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

telltale length of cord

French translation:

échantillon du cordage

Added to glossary by Anne Patteet
Aug 12, 2007 20:30
16 yrs ago
English term

"telltale" length of cord

English to French Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation compétitions d'athlétisme
Il s'agit de vérifier le filet de la cage de lancer du disque:

"Check cord netting annually by removing one of the "telltale" lengths of cord and checking it to ensure the continued_viability of the netting"

Je ne vois pas ce que cela à voir en soi, alors comment l'exprimer? Merci

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échantillon du cordage

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Il me semble qu'échantillon est le terme exact ici"
32 mins

bout de cordage temoin

It refers to a piece of cord, usually in a part of the net that's most likely to get damaged, that can easily be removed/replaced so that tests can be carried out to see if the whole net needs replacing.

I've no idea if my translation matched the official terminology!
Note from asker:
Thanks for your help Mediamatrix, your explanation was excelent.
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43 mins

"révélateur" longeur de câble

take a look at that for the terminology

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Note added at 1 saat (2007-08-12 21:44:57 GMT)
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http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/sailing/
enter the site from here
click to english to french sailing dictionnary
then Q-Z section
and there
Note from asker:
Merci Emir
Peer comment(s):

neutral Jennifer Levey : Your web-link is broken.
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