Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

indicator position lob

French translation:

Indicateur de position

Added to glossary by Flore Bargain
May 30, 2012 10:20
12 yrs ago
English term

indicator position lob

English to French Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks moteur - Quik-Drive Volta
Bonjour,

Comment traduire cette expression dans la phrase suivante :

Remove the tapping indicator position lob pointer from the tap-changer



Merci encore de votre aide ! Flore
Proposed translations (French)
4 +1 Indicateur de position
4 repère indicateur de position

Discussion

Tony M May 30, 2012:
Lob pointer In fact, I think it is a 'lob pointer' that indicates the tap position.

Oddly, I'd have called the bit sticking out the 'lob(e)', whereas they seem to refer to the whole gizmo as the lob, and the 'bit sticking out' is called the 'pointer' — no logic there that I can see!

In point of fact, looking at the thing, you could almost think of it as a 'knob' — I'm wondering if this is perhaps just a globally (in!)corrected spelling mistake?!
Dhafer Ouaz May 30, 2012:
"lob" se traduit par "bossage" en général dans l'automobile
Tony M May 30, 2012:
In that case... ...I feel sure it ia a mistranslation of some other source language term.

Feel free to send me your picture privately via an e-mail if you wish.
Flore Bargain (asker) May 30, 2012:
lob Hi ! Lob comes back several time later in the text : "Position indicator lob"/ "The lob may have to be pried a little to be removed"... I also have a reference (pic - but can't send a link - not on line & too big) : it's a small round piece...
hope it can help you !
Thx for your help ! F
Vaddy Peters May 30, 2012:
position pointer lobe
Tony M May 30, 2012:
Dodgy English / Typo / scanno? Seems an odd word to find here; I'm wondering if it isn't an error for 'tab' (closest, but least likely) or 'tag' — both of which would make more sense than 'lob' here! It would help if you could give us an idea of what the original language might have been, in case back-translating might help.

Proposed translations

+1
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Indicateur de position

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-05-30 13:01:50 GMT)
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Commutateurs de contrôle de type industriel de 16mm et témoins lumineux. Indicateurs de position de commutateur et témoins de conformité de la véritable
Peer comment(s):

agree HERBET Abel
9 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci!"
2 hrs

repère indicateur de position

montre la position du commutateur d'après la photo
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