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polystyrès

English translation: polystyrene

14:36 Jun 7, 2021
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Manufacturing
French term or phrase: polystyrès
This appears in a contract talking about polymers: A l’état alvéolaire ou expansé tels que mousse de latex, de polyuréthane, de polystyrès

The client has confirmed it does not mean polystyrène - any idea what this molecule is called in English?
Jane RM
France
Local time: 11:54
English translation:polystyrene
Explanation:
I think the customer is wrong, and it's a typo. There are plenty of hits for the correctly spelled version of the sentence:

A l'état alvéolaire ou expansé tels que mousse de latex, de polyuréthane, de polystyrène, etc
http://sstie.ineris.fr/liste_documents_custom/2/982/0
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philgoddard
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4 +6polystyrene
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
polystyrene


Explanation:
I think the customer is wrong, and it's a typo. There are plenty of hits for the correctly spelled version of the sentence:

A l'état alvéolaire ou expansé tels que mousse de latex, de polyuréthane, de polystyrène, etc
http://sstie.ineris.fr/liste_documents_custom/2/982/0

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Conor McAuley
26 mins
agree  SafeTex: 2 Ghits for polystrès and one is a musical. The other one does not say what it is so I think this is right. Otherwise, it's for the client to say what it is
28 mins
  -> Exactly. Thanks.
agree  Althea Draper: I can only see it being 'mousse de polystyrène' ie expanded polystyrene or styrofoam
42 mins
agree  Michele Fauble
1 hr
agree  MassimoA
1 day 56 mins
agree  Amandine Léonard
1 day 3 hrs
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