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Lackharz
=
varnish resin / Ladder:
standing
ladder or
leaning ladder; rung ladder (treads
less than 80 mm deep) or
step ladder
(treads 80 mm or more deep);
step stools; opening restraint
device (e.g.
chain or strut) / Ladebrücke
= (fork arm)
blade: bit
of
fork lift truck the load sits on
/ la der' des der'
= "one
time, last time" (EU:
state
aid)
/ Lagerstätte =
repository, storage facility (waste)
/ Lagerstättenbedingungen
= seam and bed structure (coalm.)
/ lagerungsstabil
= storage-stable (manuf./med.)
/ pierre
de lait =
galalith (milk-based casein
plastic) /
robinet de laminage
= throttle valve / lampisterie
=
equipment store (where miners
leave their
working
equipment, formerly lamps) /
Testanlage für Langspleisse
=
long
splice test rig (ropes)
/ European Charter for regional or
minority languages
(CoE:
1992)
/ Lärmkataster
= noise map; noise survey /
Laufvogel
= ratite (chiefly flightless
bird e.g. emu,
cassowary, etc.)
/ leereiland
= (suggest)
training spot /
léger
= "light-touch" (of
government, e.g.) / leidinggevend
personeel =
management
/ Leiharbeit =
temporary work / Leimfarbe =
distemper
/ Elektroleiste
= ledge
along top of e.g. laboratory bench containing sockets
/ Leistungsschutzrecht = neighbouring rights (publishing)
/ Vergabe im Leistungswettbewerb
= best-value-for-money procedure (EU
procurement)
/
Leistungsverzeichnis (mit
Preisaufgliederung) = (priced)
bill of
quantities (constr.)
/ Leitbild
= guiding principle; vision / leitfähiges
Schuhwerk =
conductive
footwear (discharges
static electricity,
OSH)
/ Leitsatz = headnote (legal judgment);
guiding principles / lekstroom
=
leakage current, stray current (elec.)
/ Lenkungskräfte
=
junior
executive staff / lessive =
degreasing solution (mech.)
/ eau
de lestage
= ballast water; seawater ballast (shipping)
/
Leuchtdichte
see
light
/ Leuchtröhre =
fluorescent tube
/ levée de doute = alarm verification (video
surveillance) /
licéité
= legitimacy, lawfulness,
enforcement of the law / Licence:
to grant a licence, the grant of a licence; licensee; sub-licence;
patent
licensing agreement / LIGHT:
Beleuchtungsstärke;
éclairement lumineux
=
illumination (NB Kempe
also
gives illuminance; acc. to Webster
this is the less usual variant; SI unit: lux);
Leuchtdichte;
luminance lumineuse =
brightness; luminance (unit:
stilb = 1 candela/m2);
Lichtstärke;
intensité lumineuse =
luminous
intensity (SI
unit:
candela);
Lichtstrom; flux lumineux
= luminous flux (SI
unit: lumen) /
note liminaire
= introductory note / liseuse = e-reader (e.g.
Kindle) / fichier
lisible
= read-only file (when contrasted with fichier
exploitable = editable
file) / livre numérique =
e-book /
Congrès
des pouvoirs locaux et
régionaux de
l'Europe
(CPLRE) = Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) (CoE)
/ Conférence permanente des
pouvoirs locaux
et régionaux de
l'Europe = Standing Conference of Local and
Regional
Authorities of Europe (CoE);
Bureau =
Bureau; Commission Permanente = Standing Committee / logigramme
=
logic
flowchart / suivant la logique
de = (sometimes)
along the lines of / Logistikkette
= distribution chain (transport
e.g.) /
Lohnnebenkosten
= non-wage labour costs; wage incidentals; (cost
of)
fringe benefits /
loi personnelle =
"personal law", of an immigrant's country of
origin
e.g. / lokales Arbeitsamt (D)
= local
labour office / loodglas =
flint glass / loyauté
du commerce;
loyauté des
transactions = fair trade / lozing
= release (envir.)
/ lucarne = skylight / luchtbehandeling =
air
conditioning defined: delivery
of air which may be warmed or
cooled and
have its humidity altered (Kempe)
/ luchtbeheersing;
luchttechniek = ventilation and
air conditioning / luchtverversing
=
(rate of) fresh air ventilation / luciferase
= "Luciferin
is the
substrate: when acted upon by luciferase in the presence of ATP and
molecular
oxygen it produces light" / Luftwechsel;
Luftwechselzahl
= (rate of)
air
change, defined: "quotient of
air supply in m3/hr
and
volume
of room in m3";
expressed as air changes/hour.
/
Lugano
Convention = Convention on
Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of
Judgments in
Civil and Commercial Matters (16/9/1988)
/ à lumière
froide =
fibreoptic / Luvo =
Luftvorwärmer /
lycée = upper secondary school
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by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 11 November 2024
