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blinkfritt

English translation: without interruption

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Swedish term or phrase:blinkfritt
English translation:without interruption
Entered by: Rosica Dimitrova

16:13 Nov 29, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Swedish term or phrase: blinkfritt
Vid avsegling fasas fartygs generatorer blinkfritt in mot landkraft
Rosica Dimitrova
Bulgaria
Local time: 15:48
without interruption
Explanation:
See the first link for the example Swedish sentence in the description of the UPS (uninterruptible power source). The second link shows concordances of blinkfritt with uninterruptible/without interruption.

I have a UPS right next to me as I enter this. :-)

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-11-29 16:25:21 GMT)
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Sorry, the example sentence was compressed when it came over. It should read:
"Vid ett strömavbrott går UPS:en blinkfritt över till batteridrift under den tid det tar för reservkraftaggregaten att automatiskt starta."

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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 07:48
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Summary of answers provided
4without interruption
Charles Ek
4instantaneously
Barry Appleby


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
without interruption


Explanation:
See the first link for the example Swedish sentence in the description of the UPS (uninterruptible power source). The second link shows concordances of blinkfritt with uninterruptible/without interruption.

I have a UPS right next to me as I enter this. :-)

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-11-29 16:25:21 GMT)
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Sorry, the example sentence was compressed when it came over. It should read:
"Vid ett strömavbrott går UPS:en blinkfritt över till batteridrift under den tid det tar för reservkraftaggregaten att automatiskt starta."



Example sentence(s):
  • VidettströmavbrottgårUPS:enblinkfrittöver till batteridrift under den tid det tar för reservkraftaggregaten att automatiskt starta.

    Reference: http://blogg.binero.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Phonera_da...
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=blinkfritt&hl=en&num=10&lr=&f...
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
instantaneously


Explanation:
I think this means that the UPS switches on so fast
that there is not even time to blink. Cf the use of
"ögonblickligen" to mean "in an instant" or "in the blink of an eye".

Barry Appleby
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:48
Native speaker of: English
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