pompe de relevage

14:44 May 5, 2008
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French to English translations [PRO]
Engineering (general) / spa equipment
French term or phrase: pompe de relevage
This is part a a description in a diagram and there is no illustration I can refer to see what type of pump it is. Please le me know if you have any suggestion

Thanks everybody

Alain
alainrichard
Local time: 13:30


Summary of answers provided
3 +1lift pump
Joan Berglund
4Lifting pump
RealBlunt
3sump pump
MatthewLaSon
3 -1pumping up
swanda


Discussion entries: 6





  

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pumping up


Explanation:
suggestion

swanda
Local time: 19:30
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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disagree  Tony M: Wouldn't make any sense at all in EN, and isn't even an accurate word-for-word translation of the FR term. / Yes, but here it's clear we're talking about the actual pump used (pompe de relevage)!
31 mins
  -> pumping up = relevage par pompe, cf comprehensive dictionary of engineering and technology, Ernst
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lift pump


Explanation:
this is from the gtd. Word net defines a lift pump as:

"pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up"

Joan Berglund
United States
Local time: 13:30
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Basically a suction pump (pump is at top), though I have also seen it used for Archimedes screws.
30 mins
  -> thanks

neutral  Tony M: 'lift pump' refers to a specific pump operating principle, so it would be rather unwise to employ this term in the current context
30 mins
  -> true, some further research is not a bad idea, a quick google revealed all sorts of pumps used in hot tub/jacuzzis
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sump pump


Language variant: US

Explanation:
Hello,

Is this what you are talking about?

In English:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sewagepump...

In French:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motralec.c...




    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sump_pump
MatthewLaSon
Local time: 13:30
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Lifting pump


Explanation:
A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Lifting pump

RealBlunt
Portugal
Local time: 18:30
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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