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German term or phrase:straken
English translation:strake
Entered by: Patrick Johnson

14:18 Jun 9, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / turbine blades
German term or phrase: straken
This term crops up in several forms in a set of technical specifications for turbine blade design: here are a few examples - "Strakende Schaufel" (heading, no context) "die Schaufel strakt nicht", "Strakende Schaufeln sind wichtig...." I can find several references to the German term on Google but am unable to locate an English equivalent in any reference works.
The text is strictly confidential which means that I am unable to give much context here, but will try to provide more if the above is not enough.
Louise Gough
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:10
strake
Explanation:
I found this by chance while looking for something else. I had found "Strakwinkel" translated as "hade angle" in Oppermann's Dictionary of Modern Technology, although this is generally a geological term. However, while reading through a piece of literature relating to wind turbines where the term "haded" was actually used, I also noticed a reference to "straking". Extending my search further, I found the term "straked bladelets" in http://www.technology-market.eu/partneriai/Profiles. The term strake is also to be found in http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc. Taking into account the similarity between "Straken" and "strake" I am wondering if this could be the answer you are seeking.
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Patrick Johnson
Local time: 21:10
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strake


Explanation:
I found this by chance while looking for something else. I had found "Strakwinkel" translated as "hade angle" in Oppermann's Dictionary of Modern Technology, although this is generally a geological term. However, while reading through a piece of literature relating to wind turbines where the term "haded" was actually used, I also noticed a reference to "straking". Extending my search further, I found the term "straked bladelets" in http://www.technology-market.eu/partneriai/Profiles. The term strake is also to be found in http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc. Taking into account the similarity between "Straken" and "strake" I am wondering if this could be the answer you are seeking.

Patrick Johnson
Local time: 21:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 49
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Asker: Many thanks, Patrick - the term "straking" seems to be more common than "hading", although both are relevant. I did some further research on this basis and found a succinct definition in this 1968 document: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=AD0681291: "Straking is defined as the subdivision of large areas of uniform thickness into smaller pieces of sizes obtainable from a steel mill."

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Reference: Louise

Reference information:
Did you see this? http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/automotive_cars_...

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Thanks, I did see that - but I can't work out how it relates to the way in which the word is being used in this context. It looks like a straightforward verb for which there ought to be an English equivalent.

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