Sep 21, 2001 08:04
23 yrs ago
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French term
quart de tour
Non-PRO
French to English
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Champagne cellars
Les bouteilles sont placées la tête en bas.
Le remueur leur fait faire un quart de tour une fois par jour.
How would you translate the expression: fait faire un quart de tour.
Regards,
Nathalie
Les bouteilles sont placées la tête en bas.
Le remueur leur fait faire un quart de tour une fois par jour.
How would you translate the expression: fait faire un quart de tour.
Regards,
Nathalie
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | turn the bottle a quarter turn | Alexandra Hague |
4 +5 | (give them a) quarter turn | Yolanda Broad |
4 | a fourth of a turn | Genevieve Tournebize |
Proposed translations
11 mins
Selected
turn the bottle a quarter turn
turn the bottle a quarter turn.
Grand dictionnaire
Grand dictionnaire
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, I have also found this expression on a website that speaks about Champagne fermentation.
Regards,
Nathalie"
+5
10 mins
(give them a) quarter turn
One gives things (bottles, screws, even melons in my garden, so they ripen evenly) " quarter turns" or "half turns" -- depending on how much of a turn they should be given.
The LGDT's entry has to do with plumbing, but it's the same thing:
plomberie
robinetterie industrielle
quarter turn (ac)
quart de tour loc adj (abc)
Mouvement de rotation à 90°, de la tige de manoeuvre d'un appareil de robinetterie. (ab)
[Office de la langue française, 1993]
RBT2080152
The LGDT's entry has to do with plumbing, but it's the same thing:
plomberie
robinetterie industrielle
quarter turn (ac)
quart de tour loc adj (abc)
Mouvement de rotation à 90°, de la tige de manoeuvre d'un appareil de robinetterie. (ab)
[Office de la langue française, 1993]
RBT2080152
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Alexandra Hague
: This sounds better than my answer. Cheers Yolanda.
2 mins
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agree |
Maya Jurt
: Absolutely!Give is the right word.
4 mins
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agree |
Didier LONGUEVILLE
11 mins
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agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: or : give them a 90° turn, turn them through 90°
31 mins
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I like the "90o" solution, too. :-)
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agree |
Anna Beria
: Definitely "give it a quarter turn"
10 hrs
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1 hr
a fourth of a turn
ok
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