Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

manches ronds non tenus

English translation:

unrestrained/loose round handles

Added to glossary by B D Finch
Jun 9, 2010 20:57
13 yrs ago
French term

manches ronds non tenus

French to English Tech/Engineering Furniture / Household Appliances lave-vaiselle
Chargement des couverts dans les tiroirs.
Pour un lavage et un séchage optimum, privilégiez une orientation des couverts telle que représentée
fig.11.1. Prenez garde à éviter des positionnements tels que représentés fig. 11.2 (couverts
trop rapprochés, ***manches ronds non tenus***, couverts débordants du tiroir.......
Change log

Jun 9, 2010 22:43: Katerina Kallitsi changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "French to Greek"

Jun 10, 2010 06:15: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "Electronics / Elect Eng" to "Furniture / Household Appliances"

Jun 11, 2010 14:07: Helen Shepelenko changed "Language pair" from "French to Greek" to "French to English"

Sep 20, 2010 11:32: B D Finch Created KOG entry

Discussion

chris collister Jun 10, 2010:
Whoops! Please forgive me if I delete previous half-baked comments. As my teachers used to say: Read the question!
B D Finch Jun 10, 2010:
@ chris In a dishwasher?!

Proposed translations

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unrestrained/loose round handles

Not stuck between the prongs of the dishwasher basket. However, I have no idea why it should matter whether the handles are round or flat.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-06-09 22:04:58 GMT)
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Perhaps cylindrical handles? Perhaps it would be adequate to just leave it out and call them handles. Do you have the picture?
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : I think the idea is simply that round ones will tend to rotate of their own accord, so they need to be 'wedged' in some way
8 hrs
Thanks Tony, sounds reasonable.
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μη σταθερες στρογυλλεμενες λαβες

Τα παράθυρα WOLFA κατασκευάζονται από πολυεστέρα (όχι PVC), ενισχυμένο με ίνες υάλου. Είναι ευκολόχρηστα, λόγω των σταθερών χειρολαβών τους και εντελώς ...
www.kaltsidis.gr/.../prokatdomikastoixeia.htm
Peer comment(s):

disagree Lianne Wilson : This is certainly not English.
5 days
i sgreek! o.k.? the asker wanted the greek translation when I saw the question! after he change it
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