Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
anneau de fixation
English translation:
Hanging ring
Added to glossary by
ormiston
Mar 4, 2009 19:27
15 yrs ago
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French term
anneau de fixation
French to English
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Furniture / Household Appliances
not really household, this is a hanging lamp found in a Mosque. Amongst all these rings& chains (!), how should I call the one that presumably fixes the lamp to the ceiling ?
Ce luminaire, trouvé dans la Grande Mosquée, a été exécuté en bronze coulé. Il épouse la forme d’un plateau circulaire décoré d’ajours. Il est muni de trois anneaux auxquels s’attachent trois chaînes qui se réunissent en une seule, elle-même reliée à une boule portant un anneau de fixation.
Ce luminaire, trouvé dans la Grande Mosquée, a été exécuté en bronze coulé. Il épouse la forme d’un plateau circulaire décoré d’ajours. Il est muni de trois anneaux auxquels s’attachent trois chaînes qui se réunissent en une seule, elle-même reliée à une boule portant un anneau de fixation.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Hanging ring |
Gerardo Robles
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| 4 +1 | suspension ring |
kashew
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| 4 | fixing ring |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
53 mins
Gerardo Robles
Argentina
Argentina
Native in French
Argentina
Capitalizing on 10 years of experience
Native in: Spanish 
, French
Works in: English to French, English to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
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Hanging ring
If you look to pictures by seraching "hanging lamp" in google images, you'll see that most lamps have a kind of hook or ring through which chains or ropes are attached so that it can hangs.
I then looked for "hanging ring" and though I wasn't able to find one of those rings in a lamp (results show they're used for curtains mainly), I found them pretty similar to those of the lamps. So I guess, it might not be a 100% reliable translation, but I imagine meaning still manages to get through. If we consider this is not a strictly technical text on lamps, I don't think we'd be distorting meaning, at worst we may not be using a 100% technical term.
Follow the links below, to see the lamps ans the rings:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=es&q="hanging ring...
I then looked for "hanging ring" and though I wasn't able to find one of those rings in a lamp (results show they're used for curtains mainly), I found them pretty similar to those of the lamps. So I guess, it might not be a 100% reliable translation, but I imagine meaning still manages to get through. If we consider this is not a strictly technical text on lamps, I don't think we'd be distorting meaning, at worst we may not be using a 100% technical term.
Follow the links below, to see the lamps ans the rings:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=es&q="hanging ring...
Example sentence:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.shadesofthepaststore.com/sitebuilder/images/crowns-357x571.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.shadesofthepaststore.com/hanginglamps.html&usg=__Sid_HeMloKMBAEGEl6dSbh__0VU=&h=571&w=357&sz=46&hl=es&start=1&um=1&tbni
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.welshminerslamps.com/images/ETWlogoon4120.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.welshminerslamps.com/
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "your links convinced me even though it sounds awkward. Thanks"
+1
46 mins
suspension ring
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Johannes Gleim
: see http://hwi.myweb.hinet.net/download/fishinglamp.pdf
59 mins
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3 hrs
fixing ring
Personally I see no need to deviate from the literal.
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