English translation of "coupe des haches" - "machete"

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182 months ago

sarlata asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	coupe des haches
Context:	Il se fait à l’aide de tronçonneuses motorisées, de coupe-coupe des haches, des cordes de service et des échelles...........
Keywords:	cutting of forest trees

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182 months ago

wrote:

machetes, axes

My comment:

coupe-coupe = machete
hache = ax
with chainsaws, machetes, axes. ..
There should be a comma after coupe-coupe

182 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

machetes, axes

My comment:

coupe-coupe = machete
hache = ax
with chainsaws, machetes, axes. ..
There should be a comma after coupe-coupe

182 months ago

Edith Marie Seidner wrote:

machete

My comment:

And some remarks for the French text:

un coupecoupe / des coupecoupes --> Cf. Conseil Supérieur de la Langue Française.

Il se fait à l’aide de tronçonneuses motorisées, de COUPECOUPES, DE (here not "des") haches, DE cordes de service et D'échelles.....

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