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Lors du changement de direction, après verrinage, les galets doivent pivoter tou

English translation: jacking-up

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French term or phrase:verrinage > vérinage
English translation:jacking-up
Entered by: Tony M

08:42 Nov 3, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Transformer rolling on tracks
French term or phrase: Lors du changement de direction, après verrinage, les galets doivent pivoter tou
The problem is verrinage - anyone out there who can help? Must admit I am totally stumped! These are specs for transforms for a steel mill that will be mounted on tracks...
Rowena Fuller (X)
France
Local time: 21:44
jacking-up
Explanation:
I suspect it may even be a made-up verb, from 'vérin', presumably meaning to be jacked up using hydraulic jacks or screw feet? Could this possibly make sense in the overall mechanical logic of what you've got there?
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Tony M
France
Local time: 21:44
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1lifting with cylinders
Raoul COLIN (X)
1jacking-up
Tony M


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
verrinage
jacking-up


Explanation:
I suspect it may even be a made-up verb, from 'vérin', presumably meaning to be jacked up using hydraulic jacks or screw feet? Could this possibly make sense in the overall mechanical logic of what you've got there?

Tony M
France
Local time: 21:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 338
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I had come up with the same theory - yet another 'invented' word! Well, life was never meant to be easy, was it? Thank you Tony


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  kly: The word may be misspellt (it may be "vérinage"). Could you tell us more about the context?
2 hrs
  -> Indeed! Though there are precedents for words in -ér- becoming -err- when turned into verbs. But I think it is a case of sloppy pronunciation and poor phonetic rendering.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Lors du changement de direction, après vérinage, les galets doivent pivoter tou
lifting with cylinders


Explanation:

verrinage does not exist
vérinage - definition from reverso dictionary - levage d'éléments lourds par des vérins
so lifting with cylinders



    Reference: http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/francais-definition/v%C3%A9r...
Raoul COLIN (X)
Local time: 21:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you! Indeed, in a perfect world our customers would be able to spell! Things have worsened considerably with voice dictated files! I think you, Tony and I all reached the same conclusion from different directions! Once again thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
22 mins
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