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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

machine à point d’arrêt

English translation:

spot tacking machine

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Jun 24, 2009 13:11
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French term

machine à point d’arrêt

French to English Tech/Engineering Textiles / Clothing / Fashion couture
The term is used in the following sentence: Tous les boutons doivent être attachés à l’aide d’une machine à point d’arrêt. The context is technical specifications for suppliers producing childrens clothes, and more specifically safety requirements concerning the garments. Machine obviously refers to a sewing machine, but I have no idea what point d'arrêt could be.
Proposed translations (English)
3 spot tacking machine
5 finishing-off stitch

Discussion

Simon Till (asker) Jun 24, 2009:
That's great David, thanks for all your help.
David Hayes Jun 24, 2009:
Yes, I think Mohan's answer is clearly correct in terms of the best way to translate the machine. I didn't know that such a machine was available! From a technical point of view though, 'tacking' (or 'basting') is understood by tailors to be a loose temporary stitch that holds the material together in the right place as you piece it together into a garment. The tacked pieces are then fed through the relevant machine in order to sew them up permanently with whatever stitch has been selected for the item in question. After this operation, the temporary tacking is removed.

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spot tacking machine

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finishing-off stitch

Simon, 'point d'arrêt' is a technical term used by tailors. It means 'finishing-off stitch'. Hence, your text means that the buttons are attached to the garment using a machine that does finishing-off stiches.
I used to be a tailor, so I know this one!
Note from asker:
Hello David. Thanks for your answer, which I don't doubt is right for the kind of stitch. Nice to get an answer from a professional! I was still wondering about the machine, however. Mohan's answer seems to be on the right track also. Any comments?
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