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Jan 24, 2010 08:37
14 yrs ago
German term

press dagegen

German to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering floors
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???
Proposed translations (English)
4 tightly abutting
2 [positioned] flush against

Proposed translations

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tightly abutting

Also "tightly butting" - Google for many reliable hits
Peer comment(s):
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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[positioned] flush against

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