coulée du verre
English translation: Glass casting
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| 21:45 Sep 30, 2012 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / glassworks | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Lara Barnett United Kingdom Local time: 02:48 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | Glass casting (cast) |
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| 3 | glass pour |
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| 3 | glass production |
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glass pour Explanation: * -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 minutes (2012-09-30 21:54:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXV5PKxz7Ec |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3Glass casting (cast) Explanation: This seems to be the part of the process that is being referred to. http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/coulée "Glass casting is the process in which glass objects are cast by directing molten glass into a mould where it solidifies. The technique has been used since the Egyptian period. Modern cast glass is formed by a variety of processes such as kiln casting, or casting into sand, graphite or metal." moulds.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_casting -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2012-09-30 23:55:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Not specifically glass here, but "coulée" is being used here as "casting": "...qui, lors du formage à chaud, ne collent pas aux matières recouvrant le moule de coulée..." "...which on deformation in the heat does not adhere to the materials covering the casting mould, ..." http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/coul�e de ve... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 hrs (2012-10-01 09:01:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Images for "coulée du verre" in French seem to match those for "glass casting" in English glass blowing websites: (photo at bottom of page:) "Le verre en fusion (1500°c) est amené par des feeders (canaux d'alimentation où le verre refroidit à 1100°c) jusqu'aux machines de formage. La coulée de verre est découpée en paraisons (gouttes de verre)." http://www.saint-gobain.fr/fr/activit-s/conditionnement/en-i... http://glassworkshops.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/glass-casting... Example sentence(s):
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