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safety
signs (EU):
prohibitory, warning, mandatory, emergency escape / Sachleistungen
=
benefits in kind
/
Sachverständigenrat
= Council of Economic Experts (DE)
/ saisie
= inputting; opérateur de saisie
= keyboard
operator (IT)
/ samenlevingsopbouw
= community
development /
samenloop van straffeiten =
concurrence of offences (law)
/
santoméen = adj.
pertaining to São Tomé e Príncipe
/ scaffolding:
has
platform, ties,
toe boards and guard rails / Schacht
(coalm.):
ausziehender = upcast (ventilating) shaft; blinder = blind pit, jack
head;
einziehender = downcast (ventilating) shaft; flacher = inclined shaft,
incline;
Senkschacht = drop shaft; Versuchsschacht = test pit; Vorschacht =
foreshaft / Schachtführungen
=
shaft guides (coalm.)
/ schakelopleiding
= (suggest)
transitional training / Schaltmatte
= pressure-sensitive mat (OSH:
safety
device) / Schar
= family (stat.)
/ scharrelstroom
= electricity
generated on a small scale by environmentally friendly means, "green"
electricity (EP)
/
scheefwonen
= (suggest)
high-earner occupancy of
lower-rental housing
(NL)
/ Schiebelade
=
push block (woodworking machines)
/ Schiebestock =
push
stick (woodworking
machines) / Schiebetisch
(woodworking machines)
=
travelling
table / schief
= skewed (math/stat.)
/ Schlag-
und Stoßmaschine =
impact testing machine (ropes) / Schlagabfall
= slash; logging residues (forestry)
/ Schlagwetter
=
firedamp (coalm.)
/ Schlagwort =
keyword (documentation)
/
Schlaufe =
loop (rope)
/ Schlechte =
cleat (rope)
/
Schleifleitungsdraht =
trolley wire (elec.)
/
Schleusung
= people smuggling /
Schmierrohr =
lubricator pipe (ropes)
/ Schneeballsystem
= pyramid
selling (comm.)
/ Schnellläuferservice
= next-day service (Deutsche
Post) /
Schnupperkurs =
"taster" course (educ.)
/ obere Schranke; untere Schranke
= upper bound; lower bound
(of significance)(math./stat.) /
Schuldquote = net leverage ratio (finance)
/ Schuldschein
= promissory
note / Schutzdach
(machinery)
= overhead guard / Schutzgut
= protected interest (of the state, not necessarily
environmental) /
Schutzhaube
(machine)
= hood guard / Schutzschalter =
circuit breaker (elec.,
source:
product insert) / Schwarzarbeit,
see
travail
noir
/ schwarze
Null = balanced budget /
die Schwarzen
(German politics = the CDU/CSU:
"True Blues" i.e. arch-conservatives,
as opposed to the Reds or Greens)
/
Schweißdraht
= filler wire (welding)
/ Schweißstab =
filler rod (not
welding rod) / Schwellenländer
= emerging countries; (econ.)
emerging markets / Schwimmglas
= float glass /
branché sur le secteur
électrique =
connected to the mains (electricity supply) /
second œuvre du
bâtiment =
construction finishes
and fittings / organe,
vanne de
sectionnement =
isolating device (valve)
/ Seebären =
fur
seals (Grimzek)
/ ohne Seele
=
coreless (ropes) / Seil
(coalm.):
offenes Seil =
tail rope; verdrilltes Seil =
stranded rope / Seilbahnen =
cable railways, cableways, (USA)
ropeways / Seilbruchlast =
rope
breaking load / Seileinband
=
(rope) socket, capping, capel; Seil mit
Harzeinband = resin-socketed rope / Seileinbinden
= tail wrapping / Seilende
= capel end / Seilfahrtförderseilklemme
= man-riding haulage clip / Seilklemme
= rope clip / Seilprobe
=
sample length (rope)
/ Seilrollen =
support rollers / Seilrolle
für den Versand =
delivery roll / Seilseele =
fibre core
/ Sekundärrohstoffdünger
= recycled waste fertiliser /
Selbstbehalt
= excess (insurance)
/
selbstschuldnerische
Bürgschaft = directly
enforceable
guarantee /
semi-industries
=
light manufacturing / sénescent
=
senescent (plant) / SEPA
= Single Euro Payments Area: plateforme SEPA = SEPA platform; structure
SEPA en XML = SEPA XML
structure; conforme
à la structure SEPA = SEPA-compliant (ISO
20022) / en
série
= in series (seals,
pipework)
/ serre-fil
= fire warden (as the last person to leave an evacuated
building, he is
more important than the guide-fil,
but in the UK, marshall and warden are used interchangeably)
/ sertissage =
crimping (seals)
/ service civil
= alternative civilian service / Sesselbahn,
Sessellift
= (usually both
translated as "chair lift"); a
Sessellift
may be any kind of chair
lift, whereas a Sesselbahn is
specifically the more
modern high-speed
or express lift with up to 6 people per chair)
/
fix geklemmter Sessellift
= fixed grip chair lift /
sich setzen
=
bed down (ropes)
/
Seul le texte
prononcé fait foi =
Check against Delivery
(speeches, press statements, etc)
/ shag
= pouch tobacco (though
‘shag’ is a particular type of coarse cut tobacco,
as a category it
means pipe
tobacco and rolling tobacco, i.e. not tobacco smoked in cigars or
(manufactured) cigarettes and not chewing tobacco or snuff)
/ Sicherheitspunkt
= critical value (stat.)
/ Sicherheitsschuhe
= safety boots,
with e.g. toe caps and sole plates
/
statistisch sichern:
"es liessen sich keine
signifikante Unterschiede statistisch sichern";
"there were no statistically
significant differences" / siège
= seat (valve)
/ test significatif
= significance test (math./stat.)
/ sillon
=
path (EU
rail
freight transport) / silo
= bunker (coalm.)
/ sintern
=
to sinter (hard metals)
/ sinusgolf =
sinusoidal wave (elec.)
/ Sirmium =
Western Srem (ex-Yugoslavia)
/ sluiproute
= rat run (road traffic)
/ Smith,
Adam:
"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" 1776
/ sobriété
énergétique
=
clean energy / opleiding voor sociale
promotie = (suggest)
training
for social
advancement (B)
/ Sozialbeirat
= Social Advisory Council (DE)
/ Sohle
(coalm.)
= level:
Bausohle = working
level; Teilsohle = sub-level / Sohlenabstand
= distance between
levels (coalm.)
/ Sohlenauftrieb
= (mine) creep / Sohlendruck
= bottom
hole
pressure / Sohlenstrecke
see Strecke
/ solidaire
=
ethical (bank);
socially responsible (investments)
/
solvable
(usually linked with "besoins",
no neat rendering)
= which the
consumer is willing and able to pay for / Sonderdruck
= offprint / soudo-brasage
=
weld
brazing / soudure = lean season; hungry season (Africa:
period of pre-harvest shortage) / crédit de soudure
= bridging loan; bridge loan / soufflage
=
blow (steelm.)
/ soufflante
rotative =
rotatory blower (steelm.)
/ bombes à sous-munitions
= cluster munitions / soziale
Gerechtigkeit = social equity (development
e.g.) / Sozialpädagoge
= social educator (NB as
distinct
from a "Sozialarbeiter" = social worker)
/ Spaltkeil =
riving knife (woodworking
machines) / Spannbacken
=
grips (ropes)
/ Spannzylinder =
tensioning cylinder (ropes)
/ Spanplatten
=
wood chipboard / ligne spécialisé
= dedicated line (EDP) /
Sperre
= barrier (coalm.)
/ Spiegelschweißen
= butt fusion welding (ITI)
/ spinachtigen
= arachnids (zool.)
/ joint spiralé =
spiral-wound
seal (pipe
fittings) / Spiralseil
mit Lagen aus Runddrahten = spiral
strand
built up with layers of round wires / Spitzen
= lining (coalm.:
of
roadway) / Spitzenkandidat =
"Spitzenkandidat"
(defined: lead candidate for next president of the EU
Commission,
nominated by the groups in the European Parliament); use DE term
/
Staatsblad = Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (NL) / Staatscourant
= Government Gazette (NL)
/ Staatsquote
= public spending
ratio / Standseilbahn
= funicular / ständige
Rechtsprechung = established
case law (European Court of
Justice)
/ Standsicherheit
= stability (of
building e.g.) / Stapler
=
high-lift
(stacking) truck (may be fitted
with fork or platform) / station
de transport =
transport station
(EDP)
/
Steine und Erden
= industrial rocks (as opposed
to
Industrieminerale =
industrial minerals)
/ Steinkauz
= little owl (Athene
noctua) / Steinkohle-Einheit
= coal equivalent (energy)
/ Stempel
= prop (coalm.):
Einzelstempel
=
single prop; Reibungsstempel =
friction
prop / stériles =
dirt (mining)
/ Steuerung
= governance (polit.)
/ steward urbain
see
citadier
/ Stichprobenerhebung =
sample survey (stat.)
/ Stichsäge
=
keyhole saw (cutting-out work)
/ stimuleringsprogramma
=
promotional programme (EU:
aid)
/
Stoffpatent
= substance patent / stofjas =
protective
overalls / Stollenbau
= drift (tunnel) mining / Stoßbau
= cut-and-fill method (coalm.)
/ Stoßbelastung =
impulsive
loading (mechan.)
/ Sandstrahler =
sand blaster / Streb
=
face (coalm.):
Strebbau
als Vorbau = advancing; Strebbau
als Rückbau = retreating; Strebbau
mit weitem Blick = long-wall
advancing or
retreating; Strebfront =
working face / Strebpanzerförderer
= armoured face conveyor / Strecke
= road, roadway (coalm.):
abfallende = brow, incline, inclined road; Ausbaustrecke = gate road;
Ausrichtungsstrecke =
preparatory working; Begleitstrecke = counter head; blinde = dummy
drift;
Feldstrecke =
road head; Flözstrecke = gate road; Sohlenstrecke = gate road;
steigende =
brow,
incline,
inclined road; Vorrichtungsstrecke = heading; Vortriebsstrecke =
heading / streitmäßig
= by argument in court (as
opposed to = judgment
by
default; cf also vergleichsweise
=
by out-of-court settlement) /
Streudiagramm
= scattergram (math./stat.)
/ Stromaggregat
= (motor) generator / stroomweg
= path; pathway (elec.)
/ secteur structuré,
non-structuré =
formal,
informal sector (employment)
/ Student's t
test (stat.:
of
significance) / Stufe
= increment / Summenhäufigkeit
= cumulative frequency
distribution (math/stat.)
/ supérette
=
mini-mart;
mini-market (comm.)
/ supports acier refroidis eau
= water-cooled steel supports: in
form
of hollow boxes filled with water used in building support, to cool
structures
/ bus à plancher surbaissé
= low floor bus; "kneeling bus" (transport)
/ surface hors oeuvre brute
(SHO or SHOB),
also called surface de plancher non
dévéloppée = gross area (non-techn.),
gross internal and external built area (tech.);
surface hors
oeuvre
nette (SHON)
= net area (non-tech.),
net
occupiable
area (tech.):
"... SHOB is the "gross floor
area" whilst SHON
is
SHOB less (1) area of roof space and basements which are not for
occupation;
(2) area of balconies and other non-enclosed areas; (3) area of space
for car
parking and (4) area for agricultural or horticultural use. Details are
given
in Decree No 77-739 of 7/7/77..."
(F:
building,
ITI)
/ actions
sur
l'offre = supply-side measures (econ.)
/ System of
National
Accounts ("1993 SNA"), publ.
jointly by UN,
IMF, ECOM,
OECD & World
Bank
/ système-expert =
expert system (Eurostat:
EDI)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 27 March 2020
