Jun 30, 2014 19:19
9 yrs ago
English term
Close to 10 years of experience
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French
run-off tendency
English to French
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Factory equipment
Cylindrical pulleys which are not at right angles to the belt running direction are not self-tracking and so, with changes in run-off tendency will need to be reset.
I started as such: Les poulies cylindriques qui ne sont pas situées perpendiculairement au sens d'avancement de la courroie ne s'alignent pas automatiquement et doivent, du fait des changements...
I started as such: Les poulies cylindriques qui ne sont pas situées perpendiculairement au sens d'avancement de la courroie ne s'alignent pas automatiquement et doivent, du fait des changements...
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 | tendance à s'égarer / s'écarter |
Leman (X)
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| 3 | tendance à riper |
florence metzger
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Change log
Jun 30, 2014 19:27: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "Electronics / Elect Eng" to "Mechanics / Mech Engineering"
Jun 30, 2014 19:32: Daniel Chokote changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English to French"
Proposed translations
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tendance à s'égarer / s'écarter
Mais on pourrait refaçonner cette possibilité avec des substantifs - 'tendance d'écart' par exemple ou omettre 'tendance'.
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15 hrs
tendance à riper
une suggestion..
Discussion
leur tendance à se désaligner évolue et elles doivent être remises en place
"Cylindrical pulleys which are not at right angles to the belt running direction are not self-tracking and so, with changes in run-off tendency, will need to be reset."
However, it still reads rather oddly, and other interpretations may be possible. I have to say I'm not entirely sure what they are getting at — obviously if a pulley is not at right-angles to the running direction, the belt is very likely to come off sooner rather than later! I wonder if they are actually trying to say "If cylindrical pulleys are not at right angles, as they are not self-tracking, they will have a variable run-off tendency and will have to be reset (to make them at 90°)" — but that's quite a lot of rewriting! So perhaps it's just me who am not following...