Post by thread:[PICLIST] [OT] a little translation help, please

Just wondering if someone can help me out with translating the following term: In German, is a "Druckabnehmer" a pressure relief valve? A pressure switch? The same sentence talks about a valve that switches direction of fluid flow, preferably with this 'druckabnehmer', but then goes on to say it could also be done with a controller that incorporates a pressure sensor. So, my translation is by context. Anyone know for sure? Thanks, I appreciate it. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Hi! > In German, is a "Druckabnehmer" a pressure relief valve? A pressure switch? > The same sentence talks about a valve that switches direction of fluid flow, > preferably with this 'druckabnehmer', but then goes on to say it could also > be done with a controller that incorporates a pressure sensor. So, my > translation is by context. Anyone know for sure? Hmm, "Druckabnehmer" is not really a word that i ever heared befor. But i think it's a pressure sensor. It sounds to me you have read this word in a Siemens manual. (Siemens do create there own words for notions that where clear befor you have read something from Siemens). Please can you tell me the source or send me the whole sentence (in german) to find out the sense. cu, Doc ... ==================================================================== User Mailserver hat einen Virus in den angehdngten Dateien dieser E-Mail gefunden. Die Infizierte Datei wurde gelvscht und der Absender davon in Kentnis gesetzt. MfG postmaster ==================================================================== Our Mailserver has found a Virus in the attachment of this file. The infected attachment was removed automatically and the sender will be informed about this. yours, sincerly postmaster ==================================================================== -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Re: >In German, is a "Druckabnehmer" a pressure relief valve? A pressure switch? >The same sentence talks about a valve that switches direction of fluid flow, >preferably with this 'druckabnehmer', but then goes on to say it could also >be done with a controller that incorporates a pressure sensor. So, my >translation is by context. Anyone know for sure? Literally, "pressure remover", so your first guess is correct. -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. spam_OUTaekTakeThisOuTpumpkininc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Re: >>In German, is a "Druckabnehmer" a pressure relief valve? A pressure switch? >>The same sentence talks about a valve that switches direction of fluid flow, >>preferably with this 'druckabnehmer', but then goes on to say it could also >>be done with a controller that incorporates a pressure sensor. So, my >>translation is by context. Anyone know for sure? > >Literally, "pressure remover", so your first guess is correct. On further reflection, I think "pressure sensor" is a distinct possibility. -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. .....aekKILLspam@spam@pumpkininc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

"Druckabnehmer" is literally a 'pressure reducer'. Of which kind exactly I cannot deduce from your description. Depending on the context and on who wrote it it could mean pressure sensor too. The German word for sensing is more like 'deducing' or 'taking' in English. If the text is in correct German it should be a pressure sensor. Otherwise, who knows ;-) How do people in general cope with data sheets in Tinglish and Chirman ? ;-) Apparently everyone and his sister can translate into/from foreign languages in certain manufacturing countries and they do not pay for translation anymore. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

{Quote hidden}> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew E. Kalman [.....aekKILLspam.....PUMPKININC.COM] > Sent: Dienstag, 10. April 2001 03:08 > Subject: Re: [OT] a little translation help, please > > Re: > >>In German, is a "Druckabnehmer" a pressure relief valve? A > pressure switch? > >>The same sentence talks about a valve that switches > direction of fluid flow, > >>preferably with this 'druckabnehmer', but then goes on to > say it could also > >>be done with a controller that incorporates a pressure > sensor. So, my > >>translation is by context. Anyone know for sure? > > > >Literally, "pressure remover", so your first guess is correct. > > > On further reflection, I think "pressure sensor" is a > distinct possibility. > -- > Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. EraseMEaekspam_OUTTakeThisOuTpumpkininc.com That's right. As a native German speaker, I'd strongly vote for translating "Druckabnehmer" as "pressure sensor", even though it would have been quite helpful to have some context info here. On the other hand, "Druckabnehmer" isn't very common. A pressure sensor may be simply translated as "Drucksensor". Another synonym for "sensor" is "Aufnehmer" or "Fuehler", so "Druckaufnehmer" or "Druckfuehler" are alright, too. A pressure remover would translate as "Druckminderer" or "Ueberdruckventil" (a valve triggered by a pressure exceeding some critical limit). Hope this didn't add too much confusion. BTW, the Technical University Munich provides a German <--> English translation engine which is quite good at technical terms: http://dict.leo.org/ Be well, Tobias --- Tobias Ulmer, Engineer, Electronics Development Dept. (DE) AFL Stribel GmbH, Benzstrasse, D-72636 Frickenhausen, Germany Tobias.Ulmerspam_OUTalcoa.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email @spam@listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Danke Tobias I work with a lot of German documentation where a normal dictionary is useless. Tried the site with a few technical terms and were happy with the results. Been looking for something like that for a while. Quentin "Ulmer, Tobias" wrote: > > BTW, the Technical University Munich provides a German <--> English > translation engine which is quite good at technical terms: > http://dict.leo.org/ > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email KILLspamlistservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Something in your earlier post leads me to suggest "pressure takeoff" which can be perfectly ambiguous in the original sense of intent. And which might reveal what the translator had in mind. And maybe your source material was translated *into* German in the first place... >Apparently everyone and his sister can translate into/from foreign >languages in certain manufacturing countries and they do not pay for >translation anymore. Yes, and as a sign of the times, I have been in places where I'm the only native English speaker in the place and I get to proofread and correct the in-house attempts at writing. And I get to learn something about how Asian languages are constructed. Barry -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email RemoveMElistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body