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226 months ago

Gina W  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

redresseur

Context:

(Machinery): dérouleur redress

Keywords:

another example: (Machinery):

 

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225 months ago

  See profile wrote:

unwinder-straightener / straightener press

My comment:

Presse is press in this context.

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225 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

unwinder-straightener / straightener press

My comment:

Presse is press in this context.

The asker rated this answer best

225 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

Rectifier

226 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

rectifier

My comment:

Rectifier is a better word for this. PRW

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

I think you're probably right, Pauline. I found the same thing in in Kettridge's French/English Dictionary of Technical Terms and Phrases (Elec.)

225 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Yes, you'll find this in a dictionary, but that is in an electrical context, it's a device that turns AC into DC. In this context, it is definitely not rectifier.

225 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Yes, you'll find this in a dictionary, but that is in an electrical context, it's a device that turns AC into DC. In this context, it is definitely not rectifier.

226 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

straightener

226 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

straightener

My comment:

In order to be more accurate, I would like to know what sort of machine it is (which industrial activity)