tails

German translation: Schwänze

18:16 Dec 17, 2013
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Food & Drink / Fleischportionierer
English term or phrase: tails
"Some common defects in portioned fresh products are: lips, tails, knock-out cup markings and rough edges (product contour sharpness)."

Dieselbe Frage wie eben. "Mein" Fleischportionierer macht keine "Tails", aber wie ist der deutsche Begriff dafür?
Elke Fehling
Local time: 12:03
German translation:Schwänze
Explanation:
Almost guesswork, but I think that tails are thin, tapering bits on the edges of meat that has been cut into steaks or joints for roasting.

The butcher/cutter here cuts the meat cleanly so that there are no bits hanging of the sides of the piece to make it look untidy
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Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 12:03
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3 +2Fransen/Ausfransungen
mcbride
2Schwänze
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Schwänze


Explanation:
Almost guesswork, but I think that tails are thin, tapering bits on the edges of meat that has been cut into steaks or joints for roasting.

The butcher/cutter here cuts the meat cleanly so that there are no bits hanging of the sides of the piece to make it look untidy

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Notes to answerer
Asker: Ja, vorstellen kann ich mir das auch, aber ich würde schon gerne wissen, ob es eine Fachbegriff dafür gibt. Sowas zu googeln ist ja fast unmöglich.

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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Fransen/Ausfransungen


Explanation:
Contacted a friend in the British animal processing industry -- "tails" was not a part of their professional terminology - thus possibly a term coined by the engineers of the processing machinery - discriptive, rather than generic.

mcbride
Belgium
Local time: 12:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bettina Hammer
13 hrs

agree  Johanna Timm, PhD
19 hrs
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