Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

auffällige Führungen

English translation:

clearly visible guides

Added to glossary by Ed Ashley
Nov 7, 2015 15:39
9 yrs ago
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German term

auffälligen Führungen

German to English Tech/Engineering Furniture / Household Appliances
This is a description of a pair of tailor's scissors. "Die ergonomische Form mit gebogenem Halm und langem Griffauge sowie die *auffälligen Führungen* ermöglichen einen ruhigen Gang und eine gerade Schnittführung."

I have no idea what Führungen could be in the context of scissors. Any ideas?
Proposed translations (English)
2 clearly visible guides
Change log

Nov 12, 2015 08:07: Ed Ashley Created KOG entry

Nov 12, 2015 09:40: Ed Ashley changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1091225">Ed Ashley's</a> old entry - "auffälligen Führungen"" to ""clearly visible guides""

Discussion

Ed Ashley Nov 7, 2015:
Hi, Slindon. This question reminded me of the one about the door handle neck, and then sure enough your name was next to it! I've given this one my best shot but did your client not provide you with a picture? I find these things infinitely easier with illustrations!

Proposed translations

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clearly visible guides

The only thing I can think these must be are guides of some kind. I've referenced two patent applications for scissors, one in German and one in US English (you'll see that the US patent is actually cited within the German one as a similar example). The German invention includes 'Führungen' and the US one a 'guide attachment'. There's also a picture with the US patent, which does provide some clarification.

I assume auffällig simply means that the guides are clearly visible to the tailor (maybe painted a different colour or something?). There's probably a less clunky way of saying this but nothing is popping immediately into my head!

Also, if you hadn't already spotted it, this page might help you with some of the other terms: http://www.whiteley.co.uk/user_guide.html

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Note added at 53 mins (2015-11-07 16:33:18 GMT)
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Another example: https://www.google.us/patents/US6038772

I'm actually feeling a bit more certain about my answer the more I look into it. But I'll leave it to my peers to bump up the confidence rating (or not!) :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Ed, 'guides' sounds pretty convincing to me."
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