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mano

English translation: units

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Italian term or phrase:mano
English translation:units
Entered by: Cedric Randolph

09:58 Sep 10, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture
Italian term or phrase: mano
In a catalogue of agricultural spraying equipment, a sprayer is described as having a "testata di distribuzione costituita da due **mani** inferiori a quattro uscite..." You can see a picture of the sprayer here: http://www.lynkos.net/boxfile/Untitled-1.jpg . The "mani" are the "erogatori" red and black you can see in the picture, but I'm unsure how to describe them in English. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Sarah.
Sarah Gregg
Italy
Local time: 21:50
units
Explanation:
I would simply give the generic term for the "spray distribution units".
It's simple, it does the job and it doesn't clash with the original, which is typically Italian in its imaginative quality, yet thoroughly untechnical, yet very descriptive as to their appearance. If you want to stick with that then use "hands", but I myself, wouldn't. It's too specific a term for this purpose, in my estimation.
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Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 21:50
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Sorry, thought I closed this one looong ago but I've just discovered it's still open. Mysteries of internet.
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Cedric Randolph
3nozzle
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units


Explanation:
I would simply give the generic term for the "spray distribution units".
It's simple, it does the job and it doesn't clash with the original, which is typically Italian in its imaginative quality, yet thoroughly untechnical, yet very descriptive as to their appearance. If you want to stick with that then use "hands", but I myself, wouldn't. It's too specific a term for this purpose, in my estimation.

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 39
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Sorry, thought I closed this one looong ago but I've just discovered it's still open. Mysteries of internet.
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nozzle


Explanation:
This one perhaps?

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Note added at 12 min (2009-09-10 10:10:35 GMT)
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In the plural of course.

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8
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