Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
épair
English translation:
formation (paper)
Added to glossary by
Victoria Porter-Burns
Sep 9, 2008 10:57
15 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
épair
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Paper / Paper Manufacturing
This term appears only twice in a paper manufacturing company's newsletter where the company's performance throughout the year is being discussed.
"Réclamations: Filoches ! **Épairs** ! Latex odorant !"
and
"Observations: Des difficultés sur les caractéristiques déchirures / épaisseurs / **épair**"
As you can see, there is too little context surrounding this term for me to make an educated guess as to what I might be and I can find no relevant references to this term anywhere.
Can anyone enlighten me please?
Many TIA,
Vicky
"Réclamations: Filoches ! **Épairs** ! Latex odorant !"
and
"Observations: Des difficultés sur les caractéristiques déchirures / épaisseurs / **épair**"
As you can see, there is too little context surrounding this term for me to make an educated guess as to what I might be and I can find no relevant references to this term anywhere.
Can anyone enlighten me please?
Many TIA,
Vicky
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | formation (paper) |
mohanv
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| 3 | paper structure |
Sébastien Ricciardi
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| 3 | look-through |
Vicky James
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Proposed translations
+1
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Selected
formation (paper)
déchirures - tearing / crack or break in paper/cracked edges
épaisseurs - thickness
épair - formation (paper)
épaisseurs - thickness
épair - formation (paper)
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I went off and found some refs and eventually went with 'formation'. Many thanks to all who contributed."
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Sébastien Ricciardi
France
France
Native in French
France
Engineer w/ Physics MSc & Sports addict
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Swedish to French
paper structure
C'est l'aspect de la structure du papier observable par transparence. (ref1)
I tend to believe this word does not exist in english see ref2 where the title and the keyword corresponding to it are absent
I tend to believe this word does not exist in english see ref2 where the title and the keyword corresponding to it are absent
Reference:
1 hr
look-through
According to Termium, this is used both as an adjective and a noun, as an alternative to "formation", which it describes as:
"...the property of paper which relates to the uniformity of distribution of the fibers in the sheet structure."
I don't know if either of these would stand up though, in your first context, although "look-through characteristics" would probably work.
"...the property of paper which relates to the uniformity of distribution of the fibers in the sheet structure."
I don't know if either of these would stand up though, in your first context, although "look-through characteristics" would probably work.
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