Oct 26, 2011 15:33
12 yrs ago
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French term
cache néon pharmacie
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
electrical spare parts
This is from a website for a ski resort. The management agent sells spare plumbling and electrical parts for people's holiday homes and this is listed under electricity. The list is for household use only. As it is a list. there is no detail. I have a couple of other queries whcih I will itemise separately.
Thanks for any help!
Thanks for any help!
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| 1 +2 | diffuser for fluorescent fitting (medicine cabinet) |
Tony M
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diffuser for fluorescent fitting (medicine cabinet)
Almost impossible to tell without more information from the customer.
'néon' almost certainly refers to a fluorescent light fitting, or the tube itself
'cache' could be some kind of a panel simply to hide it, but I think it is more likely in fact to be some kind of diffuser for the light (especially since these are the sort of things likely to need replacing!)
In a domestic context, 'pharmacie' usually refers to some kind of medicine cabinet — often included with a mirror in a bathroom, hence perhaps the need for a light...
However, all this can only be (informed) speculation, since we really don't have enough information to go on; in particular, it seems an odd thing to stock as a spare part, unless of course all the apartments are fitted with the same standard medicine cabinet!
'néon' almost certainly refers to a fluorescent light fitting, or the tube itself
'cache' could be some kind of a panel simply to hide it, but I think it is more likely in fact to be some kind of diffuser for the light (especially since these are the sort of things likely to need replacing!)
In a domestic context, 'pharmacie' usually refers to some kind of medicine cabinet — often included with a mirror in a bathroom, hence perhaps the need for a light...
However, all this can only be (informed) speculation, since we really don't have enough information to go on; in particular, it seems an odd thing to stock as a spare part, unless of course all the apartments are fitted with the same standard medicine cabinet!
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Makes perfect sense to me, a "cache-néon" for an "armoire à pharmacie". Hyphens are helpful and are fast becoming rare! Could be referring to the fluorescent light fitting close to the cabinet or actually part thereof.
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Thanks, Nikki!
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philgoddard
: I think it's a panel (try doing Google Images with "cache-néon"), and one term I came up with was "light valance". But this is the right kind of idea.
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Thanks, Phil!
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Comment: "The agency seemed happy with this.. the end client has not given feedback. I appreciated all your help."
Discussion
Appreciate your help!
In France, pharmacies all have green neon signs basicly in the form of a green cross made up of neons and/or LEDs that flash in different patterns. I belive each pharmacy has it's own unique pattern(s).
Does that help in any way?
However I can't quite see what it would be doing in a list of spare electrical parts for private individuals.