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press dagegen

English translation: tightly abutting

08:37 Jan 24, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / floors
German term or phrase: press dagegen
I have two questions baffling me. Here is the first, the context is floor construction:

Die Maschinenfundamente sind umlaufend von der Bodenplatte mit Winkelprofilen (Dehnfuge) zu trennen, ein Winkel wird im Maschinenfundament auf OK fertige Bodenhöhe einbetoniert, der zweite Winkel (oder Flachstahl) in den angrenzenden Hallenboden ***press dagegen,*** ebenfalls auf OK fertige Bodenhöhe einbetoniert.

Is this just "right up against it", i.e. a mixture of German and English???
Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 14:55
English translation:tightly abutting
Explanation:
Also "tightly butting" - Google for many reliable hits
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David Wade
Germany
Local time: 20:55
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Summary of answers provided
4tightly abutting
David Wade
2[positioned] flush against
gangels (X)


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tightly abutting


Explanation:
Also "tightly butting" - Google for many reliable hits

David Wade
Germany
Local time: 20:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  asptech: A contradiction - the purpose of angles around a machine foundation is to separate them (Dehnfuge = expansion joint). There has to be a separating layer between the angles (e.g. Styrofoam). The second angle is placed directly against ("press") this layer.
23 hrs
  -> Are you suggesting we put things in the target that are not in the source? For all we know, the filler & capping strip may be incorporated later & specified later in the text (after the concrete drying shrinkage has drawn the angles apart)!
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
[positioned] flush against


Explanation:
xx

gangels (X)
Local time: 12:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 243
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