Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

DBI dutter

English translation:

DBI-caps

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Nov 1, 2012 22:04
11 yrs ago
Danish term

DBI dutter

Danish to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering Tension testing
Når der afleveres epoxyprøver til LAB, SKAL ballufixen være skåret af og røret skal været mellem 300-320mm langt med epoxy i hele stykket samt proppet til i begge ender – ikke med tape men med DBI dutter (det hedder de faktisk).
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 DBI-caps
4 end-caps

Proposed translations

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DBI-caps

These are caps manufactured by the company DBI Plastics, and - I suppose as part of clever marketing - they name them 'DBI-dutter'. - I suggest this should be reflected in the translation as well, hence my suggestion.
The company produces a broad range of protective caps and plugs.

Hope this helps :-)
Example sentence:

DBI Plastics producerer DBI-dutter - beskyttelseshætter og -propper i plast.

Peer comment(s):

agree Lene Johansen : This is clever! Although I would run this by the company's marketing department before I started using it in translations.
22 mins
Thanks Lene, I'm not sure there would be any copyright issues here, given the word 'caps' is common, but David could take that into consideration. (in a sense, the company should be happy to receive "extra" exposure :-)
agree 564354352 (X) : How about a combination: DBI end caps?
3 hrs
Thanks Gitte, ..there's another thought for David...spoilt for choice :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tack Jens!"
36 mins

end-caps

DBI dutter is a version of the Norwegian word duppeditter or dubbeditter, which in English is contraption, doodad, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingamabob, widget, or thingamajig. However, there is a proper word for stopping ends on a tube in English, which seems to be what you are looking for here. That word is end-caps. So you can translate the word as is, or the intention of the word, unless this is to be considered a proper noun because the company took a regular noun and abbreviated it and made it into a product name, which might be the case in this situation.
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