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ハンダゴテ

English translation: Soldering Iron

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Japanese term or phrase:ハンダゴテ、はんだごて
English translation:Soldering Iron
Entered by: conejo

20:37 Oct 2, 2005
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Tool name
Japanese term or phrase: ハンダゴテ
Part of a list of tools (such as wrenches & screwdrivers) needed to complete maintenance work. Does anyone know the English name??

Thanks.
conejo
United States
Local time: 15:13
Soldering Iron
Explanation:
There's loads of bilingual hits for this on google. Use the hiragana.
Selected response from:

Andrew Wille (X)
Local time: 05:13
Grading comment
Thanks everybody. It didn't occur to me to try hiragana at the time...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7Soldering Iron
Andrew Wille (X)
5soldering gun, soldering copper (iron)
humbird


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
ハンダゴテ
Soldering Iron


Explanation:
There's loads of bilingual hits for this on google. Use the hiragana.

Andrew Wille (X)
Local time: 05:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks everybody. It didn't occur to me to try hiragana at the time...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Kazuo SAWADA: This is the right translation.
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Joshua Carmody (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Maynard Hogg: Hardly a "pro" question.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks...agree it's not really a pro question.
agree  Katalin Horváth McClure: Agree to the translation, and also that it is not really a PRO question - changed it to Non-Pro.
3 hrs
agree  Kurt Hammond: usually I say "kote" not "gote" - btw, Handa sometimes also written as 半田. Also depending on the shape of the handle/grip, this can also be called a soldering gun.
5 hrs
agree  Saiwai Translation Services
5 hrs
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2 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
soldering gun, soldering copper (iron)


Explanation:
The first is the answer if you are thinking of electric-powered. If you are seeking for manual こて, then it depends on the material of which it is made -- i.e. whether it is iron or copper.

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Note added at 2005-10-05 05:20:33 (GMT)
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Originally and independently used, the tool is kote. However in this case it is inflected -- means pronounciation is affected by the word that comes before, in this case ¥"handa¥", then bastardization occurs. In other words, in customary Japanese prnounciation handa-**kote** is hard to say, whereas your tongune (at least for a native Japanese speaker) moves much smoother when pronounced handa-**gote**.
Much like 特冊本, for instance, is tokusatsu**hon** and not tokusatsu **bon**.

humbird
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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