Mar 2, 2020 19:31
4 yrs ago
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Russian term
Russian Federation
Native Russian speaker
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
аппликатор
Russian to English
Medical
Medical (general)
massage
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | applicator |
Dylan Edwards
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| 4 | Massage appliances |
Jay Gonzalez
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| 3 | trigger point tools |
Pavel Altukhov
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Proposed translations
45 mins
Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Greek to English, Czech to English, Slovak to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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27
Selected
applicator
See item 32 here ('massaging devices, applicators'):
https://beawire.com/2018/02/22/how-to-define-necessary-numbe...
In the context of medical devices, I'd say that 'аппликатор' is 'applicator'.
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Note added at 46 mins (2020-03-02 20:18:12 GMT)
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As an EDQM Standard Term, 'аппликатор' corresponds to 'applicator'.
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Note added at 54 mins (2020-03-02 20:25:51 GMT)
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https://translate.enacademic.com/аппликатор/ru/en/
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-03-02 20:33:45 GMT)
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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5131384.html
See also: many references to 'lotion applicator' together with 'massager'.
https://beawire.com/2018/02/22/how-to-define-necessary-numbe...
In the context of medical devices, I'd say that 'аппликатор' is 'applicator'.
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Note added at 46 mins (2020-03-02 20:18:12 GMT)
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As an EDQM Standard Term, 'аппликатор' corresponds to 'applicator'.
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Note added at 54 mins (2020-03-02 20:25:51 GMT)
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https://translate.enacademic.com/аппликатор/ru/en/
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-03-02 20:33:45 GMT)
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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5131384.html
See also: many references to 'lotion applicator' together with 'massager'.
Note from asker:
| No, it's certainly not "applicator", because, for instance, аппликатор Кузнецова does not apply any substance on the body, it itself is "applied" to poke the body with its projections |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
1 hr
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Thank you, Frank. I think you know what's what, in this kind of terminology. An applicator is an applicator. Some applicators may also have a massage function.
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| disagree |
Jay Gonzalez
: 'Applicator' exists as a medical term, e.g., a tampon applicator, but doesn't make sense in the context of massage. Lotion applicators for massage are a stretch, it seems. Item 32 is from the exact same context as this question, but it's a calque.
4 hrs
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Thank you for your comment. I'm going to add a bit more in the discussion entries, because I think there's more to be said about this.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! I've chosen acupressure tools, it must fit perfectly"
7 mins
Jay Gonzalez
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Making the most of your message
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US, Canadian, US South)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Massage appliances
Massagers and massage appliances. These can be battery- or manually operated. They can vibrate, poke, warm, etc. There are even such things as massage guns for muscles. I dont know how much the Russian term encompasses, but "(massage) appliances" is a fairly vague term in and of itself.
16 hrs
Pavel Altukhov
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Top quality, reliability
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, French to Russian, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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52
trigger point tools
massage tools with spikes or bosses
Discussion
"my family and our various acquaintances were big fans of the so-called Kuznetsov's iplicator (see Russian Wikipedia for illustration)".
So I've learnt something here! And here:
Kuznetsov then decided to pierce a sheet of tire rubber with thousands of office pins ¼ inch apart and lay on it to reach the acupressure points of his back. His idea worked and called his invention "Iplikator" and filed a patent in 1979. Since his invention, thousands of clinics in Russia tested the Iplikator and it was featured in a science magazine called Invention and Rationalization in 1981. The Department of Public Health in Russia approved the manufacturing and sale of the device with no trials.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupressure_mat
The words аппликатор and ипликатор seem to get confused often enough, but I'd expect a ГОСТ to use the term 'аппликатор' correctly.
So Kuznetsov invented the Ипликатор... short for 'иголоаппликатор'?
It's one of those very standard terms that are agreed internationally.
What we may be dealing with here is a bit of terminological confusion. I see that Kuznetsov's product is sometimes called an 'iplicator'. The word seems to be their own invention - I haven't seen it anywhere else.
- but, OK, I've looked at Kuznetsov's product, and I see that it doesn't apply any massage oil or lotion to the skin. My first impression was: hm, looks like a bit of semantic shift here.