Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
gants d'appoint
English translation:
(a pair of) spare gloves
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Finn Skovgaard (X)
Sep 8, 2005 21:52
18 yrs ago
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French term
gant d'appoint
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Car safety kit
Manual for a car safety kit that contains safety vest, camera, "gants d'appoint" etc. What makes a gant d'appoint differ from any other gant and what would that be in English?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | (a pair of) spare gloves |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 +4 | emergency gloves |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 +1 | work glove |
Dr Sue Levy (X)
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| 3 +1 | extra gloves |
sarahl (X)
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| 3 | protective gloves |
Enza Longo
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| 3 | special-purpose glove(s) |
Trudy Peters
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Proposed translations
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10 hrs
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(a pair of) spare gloves
is all it says and I don't see why you cannot translate it this way.
Probably for minor repairs or filling up with diesel (which is very smelly if you get it on your hands).
We alays keep "gant d'appoint" (a pair of spare gloves) in the boot of our cars for such purposes....
Probably for minor repairs or filling up with diesel (which is very smelly if you get it on your hands).
We alays keep "gant d'appoint" (a pair of spare gloves) in the boot of our cars for such purposes....
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Comment: "Thanks to all for proposing answers. They are almost all equally good in my opinion, but I have to take one and spare gloves seems to sound best to me, although others may disagree. I wouldn't decline any answer."
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31 mins
emergency gloves
I can only imagine these are gloves you might want to wear to change a tyre, or to delve into the depths of grease-covered engine (do they make those any more?).
Then again, they might be warm gloves so that as you trudge to the nearest roadside phone box after your car breaks down in a mid-winter snowstorm, your fingers don't go numb and you can still push the button when you get there.
Either way, I should think "emergency gloves" would cover it.
Then again, they might be warm gloves so that as you trudge to the nearest roadside phone box after your car breaks down in a mid-winter snowstorm, your fingers don't go numb and you can still push the button when you get there.
Either way, I should think "emergency gloves" would cover it.
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PFB (X)
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Regina Guerra
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Sylvia Smith
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Philippe Maillard
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1 hr
protective gloves
another option for consideration
3 hrs
special-purpose glove(s)
Kinda covers it all, doesn't it? :-)
... or just ride along with this exciting race car driving experience ... 1985 to research, develop, manufacture and distribute special purpose gloves through safety ...
www.kellysearch.com/us-tn-product-152.html
PHYSICAL PLANT SAFETYSpecial purpose gloves such as chrome-tanned leather gloves for welders, ... Then connect one end of the other cable to the engine block of the car being ...
physicalplant.tamucc.edu/general/policies/safety.html -
... or just ride along with this exciting race car driving experience ... 1985 to research, develop, manufacture and distribute special purpose gloves through safety ...
www.kellysearch.com/us-tn-product-152.html
PHYSICAL PLANT SAFETYSpecial purpose gloves such as chrome-tanned leather gloves for welders, ... Then connect one end of the other cable to the engine block of the car being ...
physicalplant.tamucc.edu/general/policies/safety.html -
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3 hrs
extra gloves
that's really what appoint means...
+1
9 hrs
work glove
Not a direct translation of "gant d'appoint" but it's the sort of glove they mean IMHO.
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