Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pignons d'entraînement
English translation:
drive gears
Added to glossary by
Maria Constant (X)
Aug 11, 2005 12:05
18 yrs ago
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French term
Maria Constant (X)
pignons d'entraînement
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
machine instruction manual
In a bottle inverter instruction manual
Graisser les pignons d'entraînment du retourneur en démontant les deux cartes de protection.
Are they wheels ?
Graisser les pignons d'entraînment du retourneur en démontant les deux cartes de protection.
Are they wheels ?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | drive gears |
Tony M
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| 3 +1 | drive pinions / sprockets |
JCEC
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
pignons d'entra�nement
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drive gears
Whilst JCEC's 'pinions' is certainly far from wrong, I just wanted to add that in more everyday tech. speak, 'gear' is usually a perfectly adequate alternative.
As far as 'sprocket' is concerned, I have slightly more doubts, inasmuch as there is already a perfectly good word for sprocket available in FR, so why use a different one? However, only the wider context will perhaps tell you wheteher this is a sprocket driving a chain or toothed belt, or a gear driving another gear (etc.) --- there IS a difference!
As far as 'sprocket' is concerned, I have slightly more doubts, inasmuch as there is already a perfectly good word for sprocket available in FR, so why use a different one? However, only the wider context will perhaps tell you wheteher this is a sprocket driving a chain or toothed belt, or a gear driving another gear (etc.) --- there IS a difference!
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French term (edited):
pignons d'entra�nement
drive pinions / sprockets
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