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Jul 12, 2004 11:05
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French term
pare-cravatte
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
In a text about the layout of parts in a car engine compartment:
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | I think it's Par-Gravats / gravel shield |
zaphod
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| 3 | safety shield, safety housing |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
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3 hrs
I think it's Par-Gravats / gravel shield
Seems to be the only thing that makes any sense close to the bumper
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Note added at 2004-07-12 17:02:02 (GMT)
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I agree \"gravats\" is odd here, but in English it would be called a belly pan, or a bib in some circles. I can\'t think of anything else that would be clipped to a bumper; BY one yes, On one, no.
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Note added at 2004-07-12 17:02:02 (GMT)
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I agree \"gravats\" is odd here, but in English it would be called a belly pan, or a bib in some circles. I can\'t think of anything else that would be clipped to a bumper; BY one yes, On one, no.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bourth (X)
: Makes a lot of sense, even if "gravats" (rubble) seems odd in the circumstances.
47 mins
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I would have said "graviers" but I couldn't make it fit the mis-spelling
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35 mins
safety shield, safety housing
My guess is it's a shield to prevent people getting sucked into the engine and strangled when they lean over it and their tie gets caught up in the mechanism.
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Note added at 4 hrs 7 mins (2004-07-12 15:13:26 GMT)
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I\'m leaving my answer, en cas de doute, but think Zaphod\'s proposal deserves serious consideration, even if \"gravat\" would be odd here. There ARE plenty of hits for \"pare-gravats\" on the Web, but in reference to netting on scaffolding, for obvious reasons.
My little automotive dictionary DOES give \"pare-pierre\": Grille de protection fixée extérieurement à la carrosserie et à proximité de certains organes, dans le cas où le véhicule est destiné à circuler dans un environnement dangereux (gives GRILL as translation).
I know rally cars tend to be fitted with such things to prevent road stones being thrown up into the engine compartment. Given a recent accident, they should be placed beneath the navigator\'s seat too!
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Note added at 4 hrs 11 mins (2004-07-12 15:17:25 GMT)
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Then again maybe it\'s a beach buggy and this is a \"pare-crevette\".
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Note added at 11 hrs 21 mins (2004-07-12 22:27:35 GMT)
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Zaphod: We don\'t know that whatever it is that is clipped somewhere IS clipped to the bumper. All we know is that the clips are not accessible because behind the pare-crevettes and that the only way to access them is to remove the bumper. I wonder why we can\'t simply remove the pare-crevettes?
I wonder if the 4x4 version of the car comes with a pare-écrévisse.
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Note added at 11 hrs 23 mins (2004-07-12 22:29:36 GMT)
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Also wonder why they don\'t do what most people in garages do: give the thing a yank, break off the clips, and not bother putting it back.
Also also wonder why they don\'t shoot the designer.
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Note added at 4 hrs 7 mins (2004-07-12 15:13:26 GMT)
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I\'m leaving my answer, en cas de doute, but think Zaphod\'s proposal deserves serious consideration, even if \"gravat\" would be odd here. There ARE plenty of hits for \"pare-gravats\" on the Web, but in reference to netting on scaffolding, for obvious reasons.
My little automotive dictionary DOES give \"pare-pierre\": Grille de protection fixée extérieurement à la carrosserie et à proximité de certains organes, dans le cas où le véhicule est destiné à circuler dans un environnement dangereux (gives GRILL as translation).
I know rally cars tend to be fitted with such things to prevent road stones being thrown up into the engine compartment. Given a recent accident, they should be placed beneath the navigator\'s seat too!
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Note added at 4 hrs 11 mins (2004-07-12 15:17:25 GMT)
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Then again maybe it\'s a beach buggy and this is a \"pare-crevette\".
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Note added at 11 hrs 21 mins (2004-07-12 22:27:35 GMT)
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Zaphod: We don\'t know that whatever it is that is clipped somewhere IS clipped to the bumper. All we know is that the clips are not accessible because behind the pare-crevettes and that the only way to access them is to remove the bumper. I wonder why we can\'t simply remove the pare-crevettes?
I wonder if the 4x4 version of the car comes with a pare-écrévisse.
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Note added at 11 hrs 23 mins (2004-07-12 22:29:36 GMT)
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Also wonder why they don\'t do what most people in garages do: give the thing a yank, break off the clips, and not bother putting it back.
Also also wonder why they don\'t shoot the designer.
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