Feb 10, 2010 20:55
14 yrs ago
French term
étampe
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
fine watch-making
I am translating the resume of a fine watch-maker. This term appears in several of this person's roles and responsibilities:
contrôle des plans CAO (conception, dessin, suivi fabrication nouvelle étampe)
mise en place de la gestion des stocks d'éléments standards pour montage d'étampe et du stock matières
Expert étampes (2001 - 2005)
- gestion et suivi des outils de découpage
Agent méthodes et étampeur
I'm not sure of the best way to translate this a watch-making context (die? stamp? matrix?). I know this term appears elsewhere in kudoz, but not in this particular context and I get very few hits for my ideas on google so am worried they are not right.
Specialists in this field only please!
contrôle des plans CAO (conception, dessin, suivi fabrication nouvelle étampe)
mise en place de la gestion des stocks d'éléments standards pour montage d'étampe et du stock matières
Expert étampes (2001 - 2005)
- gestion et suivi des outils de découpage
Agent méthodes et étampeur
I'm not sure of the best way to translate this a watch-making context (die? stamp? matrix?). I know this term appears elsewhere in kudoz, but not in this particular context and I get very few hits for my ideas on google so am worried they are not right.
Specialists in this field only please!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | swage | SueE |
2 +1 | stamping (tool) | Hélène Curtis |
3 -1 | embossed | Serena Warlu (X) |
Proposed translations
+1
52 mins
stamping (tool)
I am not a specialist in this field, but a translator is only as good as their ability to understand the text they are translating and their ability to research the material. I believe we are talking about a cutting tool.
9 hrs
swage
This is the definition from the Illustrated Professional Dictionary of Horlogery
SWAGE, PRESS-TOOL n. Tool for stamping, swaging. Swage for watch-cases. Blanking-swage, truing-swage, etc. The swage is a precision tool that has revolutionized the mechanical production of watches; it enables most of the parts of a watch to be formed, pierced, trued and blanked.
The swage is formed of two main parts, the punch and the die. These two parts are fixed into blocks, one of which slides on pillars (pillar die-sets used in presses).
Also referred to on website below.
SWAGE, PRESS-TOOL n. Tool for stamping, swaging. Swage for watch-cases. Blanking-swage, truing-swage, etc. The swage is a precision tool that has revolutionized the mechanical production of watches; it enables most of the parts of a watch to be formed, pierced, trued and blanked.
The swage is formed of two main parts, the punch and the die. These two parts are fixed into blocks, one of which slides on pillars (pillar die-sets used in presses).
Also referred to on website below.
-1
10 hrs
embossed
This is from the Selva catalogue (my ex-husbands bible, he was an atique watch enthusiast!)
If you type "étampe" into the French search box and then transfer to the English site, that is what you get.
http://www.selvatime.fr/product_info.php?cPath=&upage=1&sPat...
If you type "étampe" into the French search box and then transfer to the English site, that is what you get.
http://www.selvatime.fr/product_info.php?cPath=&upage=1&sPat...
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
SueE
: I have to say that I think this is a mis-translation on the site. I really can't reconcile "étampé" ("stamped") and "embossed", they are surely two different processes.
1 day 11 hrs
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