Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

offene Flamme

English translation:

naked flame

Added to glossary by Julia Gal
Oct 9, 2001 06:02
22 yrs ago
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German term

offene Flamme

Non-PRO German to English Tech/Engineering
Context: "Gas-Wandheizgerät mit Schichtenspeicher"

- (...) kein Telefon
im Gefahrenbereich benutzen;
keine offene Flamme (z. B.
Feuerzeug, Streichholz)
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 naked flame
5 +2 naked flame
4 +1 open flame

Proposed translations

+2
4 mins
Selected

naked flame

is the term usually used

"If leaks are detected, ventilate the area, keep away from naked flames and repair the leak. After the repair continue with the charging procedure. "
Peer comment(s):

agree Mary Worby : This looked right as soon as I saw it, but suprisingly gets an awful lot fewer hits ..,Hmmmm!
2 mins
Yes, but one tends to talk about 'naked flames' rather than 'flame', don't you think?
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Yes for "keep away from naked flames". Or dress the flames? British humour?
6 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Cheers! Regards, Susana"
+1
1 min

open flame

60,000 hits on Google

Standard terminology ...

HTH

Mary
Reference:

experience

Peer comment(s):

agree zapfsully
1 hr
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+2
4 mins

naked flame

is the term usually used

"If leaks are detected, ventilate the area, keep away from naked flames and repair the leak. After the repair continue with the charging procedure. "
Peer comment(s):

agree Mary Worby : Not sure what's going on ... but it's definitely the right answer!
6 mins
agree Sven Petersson
36 mins
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