peeled insulation

English translation: insulation that has been made thinner

22:07 Jun 9, 2015

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English term or phrase: peeled insulation

I am translating a set of instructions on installing an outdoor cable termination. At one of the stages of installation work you need to ‘’peel’’ insulation of your cable. I’ve posted the instruction text here:
http://s15.postimg.org/6acpfkbbf/peeled_insulation.jpg
because I want you to see the picture.
Now, does the phrase ‘’peeled insulation’’ in 4.3.1 mean ‘’insulation that’s been removed completely’’ or ‘’insulation made thinner’’?
I have difficulty understanding ‘’not be smaller than 1.0 mm below the measured diameter’’. Is it this sentence grammatical?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Grzegorz Mysiński KudoZ activity Questions: 1925 (none open) (45 closed without grading) Answers: 1782 Poland
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Selected answer:insulation that has been made thinner

Explanation:
This seems to be a US text? I must say, in EN-GB, I wold be surprised to read 'peel' here, which to me too would imply 'removed completely' (cf. peel a banana)

But the description, diagram, and logic of your text all make it clear that it does indeed mean 'to reduce the diameter of' — or 'thickness' as you say.

I would more naturally have called that 'paring' (to pare down the diameter) — though this is quite a tricky thing to do, unless you have some special kind of tool to do it with!

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Ah, Asker, that explains it then! Dunglish strikes again!

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Tony M
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Local time: 10:03

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Thanks again, Tony!

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Asker: Thank you very much, Tony. This document was produced by the Dutch branch of a multinational cable manufacturer.

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