bulle

English translation: bulb

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French term or phrase:	bulle
English translation:	bulb
Entered by:	claude-andrew

17:58 Dec 5, 2012

French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: bulle

Un flotteur fait d’une bulle de verre soufflé

I have doubts about using "buibble"

Paul Hirsh KudoZ activity Questions: 263 (2 open) (10 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 885 France
Local time: 09:20

bulb

Explanation:
So: a float consisting of a blown glass bulb.
"Ball" is more common, but "Bulb" may be approriate depending on context.

Selected response from:

claude-andrew
France
Local time: 09:20

Grading comment

I liked both your answers.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

bubble

Jean-Claude Gouin

4 +1

ball

Mercedes Claire Gilliom

4 +1

Blown glass float

emiledgar

balloon

Verginia Ophof

bulb

claude-andrew

sphere

claude-andrew

globe

claude-andrew

Discussion entries: 11

Paul Hirsh

France

ASKER

08:41 Dec 7, 2012

Did I hear plastic? Rock Crystal !! Gloves must be worn to turn the jade dial (with gold hourmarkers) to set the time, and the demineralised water must be changed (after carefully removing the float) once a week to avoid a severe case of "gene esthetique"

claude-andrew

France

@Mercedes

08:27 Dec 7, 2012

Thanks Mercedes for your back-up! I've posted it.

Mercedes Claire Gilliom

France

Claude-Andrew: post it!

21:30 Dec 6, 2012

now that I know the context, "sphere" sounds like a good choice. I recommend you post that as a translation!

claude-andrew

France

Posh register?

21:16 Dec 6, 2012

Maybe Cartier deserves something like "sphere" as in "blown glass sphere"?
Is this one of those apparently fashionable clocks that float on water inside a plastic container? (http://french.alibaba.com/products/water-clock-with-floater.... Else what's a flotteur doing in a watch or clock?

Paul Hirsh

France

ASKER

10:29 Dec 6, 2012

Hi Chris, they don't tell me these things and the only photo I could find on line had no dimensions.

chris collister

France

09:26 Dec 6, 2012

Knowing that it's for a Cartier clock does, like, make a difference, man...
How big is this clock? Ladies' wristwatch or Big Ben? That makes a difference too.

Paul Hirsh

France

ASKER

21:43 Dec 5, 2012

Oh jeez, did it repeat the musician's slang in the category? That was the last quesiton. This is for a Cartier magnetic clock !!

AllegroTrans

United Kingdom

If this is about glass blowing...

21:18 Dec 5, 2012

.. what has it got to do with musicians' slang? Asker, don't keep us in suspense.

B D Finch

France

Musicians or fishermen?

18:31 Dec 5, 2012

Sounds like one of those floats fishermen used to attach to the edges of their nets.

AllegroTrans

United Kingdom

I don't understand the context

18:22 Dec 5, 2012

Musician's slang for what? Who is saying it? what comes before/after?

Paul Hirsh

France

ASKER

18:21 Dec 5, 2012

Too late to edit the question, but you will have doubtless correctly assumed buibble to be a typo for bubble.

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

bubble

Explanation:
*

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 16

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ball

Explanation:
I am guessing what the context is, but it looks like the most common way to describe these things is simply to say "blown glass float." But to respect the structure of the source sentence, for bulle, "ball" turns up more Google hits than "bubble."

Reference: http://oregonglassfloats.com/

Mercedes Claire Gilliom
France
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3

Notes to answerer

Asker: Absolutely, but this bulle is only part of the float, which is called flotteur elsewhere in the text.

49 mins confidence:

balloon

Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 01:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 53

2 hrs confidence:

bulb

Explanation:
So: a float consisting of a blown glass bulb.
"Ball" is more common, but "Bulb" may be approriate depending on context.

Reference: http://www.zazzle.com/floating_glass_bulbs_canvas-1927000955...

claude-andrew
France
Local time: 09:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

I liked both your answers.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Blown glass float

Explanation:
I would just eliminate the word since this is usually referred to in English as a blown glass float.

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 09:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 125

1 day 13 hrs confidence:

sphere

Explanation:
glass ball (to float on water)

claude-andrew
France
Local time: 09:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

1 day 15 hrs confidence:

globe

Explanation:
A suitable word to match the high-class context

claude-andrew
France
Local time: 09:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

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