Sep 24, 2002 12:25
21 yrs ago
French term
tamisage
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Automotive
In a list of faults noticed by a driver in a road test of a new car there are items such as , and which I can cope with, but also , , and , which are a bit of a mystery (I suspect either creux or trou might be a flat-spot).
All ideas gratefully received!
All ideas gratefully received!
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Wild guess for "tamisage"? Relating it to "lumières tamises".
For "trou" and "creux", I'd guess they're power drops (like tamisage), a "creux" being less pronounced than a "trou" (when power drops off completely).
For "trou" and "creux", I'd guess they're power drops (like tamisage), a "creux" being less pronounced than a "trou" (when power drops off completely).
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Comment: "Thanks for the help - still rather a mystery!"
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Really can't help you with tamisage but...
...for what it's worth, I believe that "trou" refers to a lack of acceleration response and may well be translated by "flat spot" as you suggested.
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Attila Piróth
France
France
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sieving
In Tom Wolfe's book *The Candy Colored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby* (parts of which are about car racing) there is such a word. It most probably refers to the "sieving" type motion of the back of the car, ie makes a periodic transverse motion.
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Florence Bremond
France
France
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France
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"creux", referring to acceleration, is definetely a flat spot.
for "tamisage", the whole sentence would help - a sieve is not an usual part in a car ( or would it be a filter screen ? the usual word in Fench is "crépine")
for "tamisage", the whole sentence would help - a sieve is not an usual part in a car ( or would it be a filter screen ? the usual word in Fench is "crépine")
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Filtering, screening, straining
Filtering, screening, straining
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filtering, sieving, sifting, straining
perhaps to do with problems with a filter / catalytic converter in this instance?? (I came across the term whilst doing a translation on spent catalysts used in oil refining, but it might be a start)
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Jean-Luc Dumont
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light-filtering (control) or light-difffuser
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Mitsubishi
De plus, elle est aussi vaste à l’intérieur qu’elle semble petite à l’extérieur, et son habitacle recèle une foule de trouvailles ingénieuses comme les vide-poches amovibles et la commande indépendante de tamisage de la lumière de son toit vitré en 4 parties.
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light-adjustment control
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Note added at 2002-09-24 15:06:27 (GMT)
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filage = wiring, \"calqué sur l\'anglais\"
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Note added at 2002-09-24 15:17:25 (GMT)
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creux - weak = as in motor is weak under/below 2000 rpm
Cependant, ce moteur au timbre plus sportif est moins docile et se montre creux sous 2000 trs/mn....
My \'98 A4Q 30V impressions
... exact. My impressions of the engine? It feels weak below 2000 rpm. It\'s
totally driveable there, but not in it\'s meaty power band. It ...
www.audifans.com/archives/1997/05/msg02741.html
trou flatspot but could be a plain hole- pothole in the road in relation to comfort
Mitsubishi
De plus, elle est aussi vaste à l’intérieur qu’elle semble petite à l’extérieur, et son habitacle recèle une foule de trouvailles ingénieuses comme les vide-poches amovibles et la commande indépendante de tamisage de la lumière de son toit vitré en 4 parties.
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Note added at 2002-09-24 14:39:32 (GMT)
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light-adjustment control
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Note added at 2002-09-24 15:06:27 (GMT)
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filage = wiring, \"calqué sur l\'anglais\"
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Note added at 2002-09-24 15:17:25 (GMT)
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creux - weak = as in motor is weak under/below 2000 rpm
Cependant, ce moteur au timbre plus sportif est moins docile et se montre creux sous 2000 trs/mn....
My \'98 A4Q 30V impressions
... exact. My impressions of the engine? It feels weak below 2000 rpm. It\'s
totally driveable there, but not in it\'s meaty power band. It ...
www.audifans.com/archives/1997/05/msg02741.html
trou flatspot but could be a plain hole- pothole in the road in relation to comfort
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rolling
filage:deflection
Just guessing.
Just guessing.
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