revêtements

English translation: (concentric) sheaths

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French term or phrase: revêtements (concentriques)
English translation:(concentric) sheaths
Entered by: B D Finch

20:17 Aug 21, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci
French term or phrase: revêtements
Le câble est constitué par un ou plusieurs conducteurs isolés électriquement, assemblés à l’intérieur d’une série de revêtements concentriques,
Malgoldberg
United States
Local time: 01:33
(concentric) sheaths
Explanation:
https://books.google.fr › books
R.S MacKay, ‎J.D Meiss - 1987 - ‎Mathematics
Imagine winding a cable starting from a "primary" single loop of thin wire (fig. 66). Cover It with concentric sheaths of plastic (tori). Interrupt this sheathing to find ...

https://www.google.es › patents
Electrical cables now in use consist of at least two concentric sheaths of conductive metal and a wound insulation. With this arrangement the electrical conductor ...

https://www.google.je › patents
A coiled, high resistance wire I3 extends along the main discharge path in said ... The concentric sheaths which surround the electrodes 2, 3 reduce the radiation ...


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Note added at 15 hrs (2019-08-22 11:58:49 GMT)
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The "sheathing" would be the totality of the sheaths.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 07:33
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4sheathings
Marco Solinas
4 +1(concentric) sheaths
B D Finch
2layers of cladding
Tony M


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sheathings


Explanation:
I think that a number of conductors are retained inside a series of concentric sheathings.

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Note added at 15 mins (2019-08-21 20:33:35 GMT)
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"casings" as an alternative

Marco Solinas
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not 'sheathings' — it is uncountable. The same problem exists to some extent with 'casing' too... although it can be countable, it doesn't really work in this particular context.
6 mins

agree  GILOU: dans ce contexte, oui
8 hrs

agree  mchd: oui pour cette description
9 hrs

agree  Roni Osbern: I think 'sheathings' is appropriate in this case.
1 day 4 hrs

agree  SafeTex: works fine
2 days 14 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
revêtements
layers of cladding


Explanation:
The trouble is, most of the options in EN using -ing are going to be uncountable, so this sort of solution may be necessary in order to correctly render the plural here.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-08-21 21:57:24 GMT)
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We sometimes talk about a cable having an outer 'sheath' or 'jacket', but we can't really apply that term to multiple internal layers, unless we say something like 'the conductors are sheathed within several layers of different materials' etc.

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
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Asker: Thank you very much.

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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(concentric) sheaths


Explanation:
https://books.google.fr › books
R.S MacKay, ‎J.D Meiss - 1987 - ‎Mathematics
Imagine winding a cable starting from a "primary" single loop of thin wire (fig. 66). Cover It with concentric sheaths of plastic (tori). Interrupt this sheathing to find ...

https://www.google.es › patents
Electrical cables now in use consist of at least two concentric sheaths of conductive metal and a wound insulation. With this arrangement the electrical conductor ...

https://www.google.je › patents
A coiled, high resistance wire I3 extends along the main discharge path in said ... The concentric sheaths which surround the electrodes 2, 3 reduce the radiation ...


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Note added at 15 hrs (2019-08-22 11:58:49 GMT)
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The "sheathing" would be the totality of the sheaths.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 07:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Than you very much.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Tony

disagree  GILOU: ça correspond à gaine. Revêtement = gainage
3 hrs
  -> Only if one translates in a limited word-by-word manner and fails to recognise that words and syntax in different languages can't be precisely mapped onto each other.

agree  kashew
3 days 5 hrs
  -> Thanks kashew
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