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231 months ago

Christina Seiler (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Difficult / demanding

Word or term in question:

prendre appui

Context:

machine dans laquelle les rāte

Keywords:

straightening machine

 

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231 months ago

  See profile wrote:

bear on

My comment:

machine in which the rows of rollers bear on the frame though fixed stops

231 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

bear on

My comment:

machine in which the rows of rollers bear on the frame though fixed stops

231 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

rest on/ supported by

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231 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

to lean on

My comment:

The verbal phrase "prendre appui sur" can be translated a few ways based on your sentence: "are leaning on/againt/onto" "are resting on/against" "are bracing against". "Appui", the noun, is often used in the context of moral "support".

My references:

Oxford-Hatchette French Dictionary

231 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

rest on

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

231 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Hi, Bertrand. I beat you to it!

231 months ago

Brenda Elkja  See profile wrote:

support on

231 months ago

Brenda Elkja  See profile wrote:

rest on

My comment:

In Harper Collins Unabridged French/English Dictionary, prendre appui sur=to rest on.

231 months ago

Brenda Elkja  See profile wrote:

are supported

231 months ago

Brenda Elkja  See profile wrote:

are supported

231 months ago

L10n Specialist  See profile wrote:

lean on, hook on