screed

Arabic translation: شريط أو غشاء أو طبقة خارجية

17:59 Jun 16, 2007
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics / Temperature Controller
English term or phrase: screed
A connected NTC sensor measures the temperature in the hot screed or in the heated wall system and switches the heating elements.

عرضت هنا أجوبة ولكنها لم ترق لي، الموضوع لا يتعلق بالأسمنت والطلاء
Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 12:58
Arabic translation:شريط أو غشاء أو طبقة خارجية
Explanation:
Awadh, you really need to check with your client about the nature of this "screed" because the term can be used in many different ways.

originally, this term simply meant a cloth ribbon or strip.

It later acquired the meaning of something thin, narrow, and long. It did not matter whether it was made of cloth, wood, metal, plastic, or cement.

In some specialized applications, it is used specifically for:

1. the outer thin layer of a structure; or
2. a strip used to ensure the flatness or alignment of a structure.

In either case, it refers to a thin or shallow object.

It can even be used figuratively for speech or discourse. A long, shallow, meandering, or boring letter, essay, lecture, or speech can also be called "a screed," just as we use the expression شريط in Arabic. For example, my answers to many questions on ProZ.com are screeds.

The object in your context is probably some kind of a thin object, but is it the outer layer of a structure, or is it a thin, narrow, long object? The translation will depend on the shape of this object and how it relates to the total structure. That is why you need to check with your client.
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Fuad Yahya
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Summary of answers provided
4الوزرة
Mohamed Salaheldin
3 +1شريط أو غشاء أو طبقة خارجية
Fuad Yahya


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الوزرة


Explanation:
في هذا السياق يمكن أن يكون المصطلح بمعنى الوزرة التي تمتد بعرض صغير أسفل الحائط

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
شريط أو غشاء أو طبقة خارجية


Explanation:
Awadh, you really need to check with your client about the nature of this "screed" because the term can be used in many different ways.

originally, this term simply meant a cloth ribbon or strip.

It later acquired the meaning of something thin, narrow, and long. It did not matter whether it was made of cloth, wood, metal, plastic, or cement.

In some specialized applications, it is used specifically for:

1. the outer thin layer of a structure; or
2. a strip used to ensure the flatness or alignment of a structure.

In either case, it refers to a thin or shallow object.

It can even be used figuratively for speech or discourse. A long, shallow, meandering, or boring letter, essay, lecture, or speech can also be called "a screed," just as we use the expression شريط in Arabic. For example, my answers to many questions on ProZ.com are screeds.

The object in your context is probably some kind of a thin object, but is it the outer layer of a structure, or is it a thin, narrow, long object? The translation will depend on the shape of this object and how it relates to the total structure. That is why you need to check with your client.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you Fuad Yahya

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mohamed Salaheldin: screed is not a layer
30 mins

agree  AhmedAMS: طبقة خارجية
33 mins
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