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dime

French translation: Les machines ne s'arrêtent pas immédiatement

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English term or phrase:dime
French translation:Les machines ne s'arrêtent pas immédiatement
Entered by: GILLES MEUNIER

08:45 Aug 12, 2019
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / CAT machinery
English term or phrase: dime
User manual for device stopping all compatible autonomous machinery around you so you can physically go to them without being hurt.

A-Stop devices do NOT stop:
Machines that are in [b]manual operation
Machines on a ***dime*** – expect two seconds of continued momentum
Machines that are out of range due to terrain or distance
Solen Fillatre
France
Local time: 06:35
Les machines ne s'arrêtent pas immédiatement
Explanation:
Machines on a ***dime

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Note added at 1 heure (2019-08-12 09:54:39 GMT)
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Selon cette phrase : expect two seconds of continued momentum

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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 06:35
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Ne provoquent pas l'arrêt instantané des machines
FX Fraipont (X)
4Les machines ne s'arrêtent pas immédiatement
GILLES MEUNIER
3rapide
Julien ROUWENS


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rapide


Explanation:
on a dime => soudainement, rapidement

Machines on a ***dime*** =>
- machines rapides ?
- machines à inertie ?
- machines lancées ?...



    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on_a_dime
Julien ROUWENS
France
Local time: 06:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 23
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ne provoquent pas l'arrêt instantané des machines


Explanation:
à mon avis, il faut comprendre "STOP devices do not [stop machines on a dime]

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3287

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: That's the correct parsing! It would have been clearer if the writer hadn't made the error of capitalising "machines" at the start of each line.
1 hr
agree  Tony M
1 hr
neutral  Julien ROUWENS: How do you integrate this translation in the text ?... I see this as a list of machines situations/types with which the device is not working.
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Les machines ne s'arrêtent pas immédiatement


Explanation:
Machines on a ***dime

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Note added at 1 heure (2019-08-12 09:54:39 GMT)
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Selon cette phrase : expect two seconds of continued momentum



GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 3321
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