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lame pleine

English translation: solid slats

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French term or phrase:lame pleine
English translation:solid slats
Entered by: Jana Cole (X)

12:13 Oct 28, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
French term or phrase: lame pleine
X est une couverture de sécurité en PVC (lame pleine) recouvert en PVC rigide

Is this simply "full strips of PVC" ?
Jana Cole (X)
Local time: 21:57
solid slats
Explanation:
Once again, more context is vital here to be sure, but I suspect they are talking about the fact that these slats are made of solid PVC — cheaper ones might be hollow, but that could collect water, for example, or be less strong.

Alternatively, it might be 'solid' in the sense that they don't have holes in them — hence why the context is so vital!

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Note added at 40 mins (2008-10-28 12:54:16 GMT)
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Well, it might help if we knew what it was a cover for? A pot of jam...?

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Note added at 41 mins (2008-10-28 12:54:52 GMT)
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And also, what type of cover it is?
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:57
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4filled slats
B D Finch
3rocker
Jekaterina Ko
3solid slats
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
Jeu de mots
kashew

  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rocker


Explanation:
'lame pleine' is a shape of this 'couverture de sécurité en PVC', I suppose)

Jekaterina Ko
Denmark
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I really can't see how you arrive at this, but conf. level 3 seems might high for "I suppose" without any refs. to back it up.
6 mins
neutral  kashew: as in off one's?
25 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
solid slats


Explanation:
Once again, more context is vital here to be sure, but I suspect they are talking about the fact that these slats are made of solid PVC — cheaper ones might be hollow, but that could collect water, for example, or be less strong.

Alternatively, it might be 'solid' in the sense that they don't have holes in them — hence why the context is so vital!

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Note added at 40 mins (2008-10-28 12:54:16 GMT)
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Well, it might help if we knew what it was a cover for? A pot of jam...?

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Note added at 41 mins (2008-10-28 12:54:52 GMT)
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And also, what type of cover it is?

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 151
Notes to answerer
Asker: I wish I could give more context, but there isn't any - just a tight deadline. This is a brief advertising description of the features of the cover.

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
filled slats


Explanation:
Because this is followed by "recouvert en PVC rigide", it seems as though they are not simply solid slats, but slats with some sort of (insulating foam?) filling. This might also give then some additional strength.

"Description. Tecfire dampers are produced from pvc slats. filled with a high performance intumescent. material. In a fire situation the pvc and ..."
ccllindab.vph.co.uk/uploads/documents/Tecfire_Int_Fire_Dampers.pdf

Perhaps not fire resistance in this case, but this gives the basic construction (physical and linguistic).


B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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Reference comments


49 mins
Reference: Jeu de mots

Reference information:
L’âme pleine de foi, le cœur plein de rayons,
Ivres de douce extase et de mélancolie,
Rompre les milles nœuds dont la ville nous lie ; ...
- Vic Hugo

kashew
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
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