platsbit

07:52 Jun 22, 2018
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Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: platsbit
What is a "platsbit"?

The term appears in places such as the following (a description of an invention that helps stabilize certain kinds of loads on a bicycle):

"Det är en platsbit som är fäst vid sadelstolpen som gör att strandstolen sitter stadigt och fast på pakethållaren."

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G. L.
United States
Local time: 06:08


Summary of answers provided
3 +2plastic piece
Matt Bibby
3 -1fixation item
Sven Petersson


Discussion entries: 1





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
plastic piece


Explanation:
Pretty sure it's a typo for 'plastbit'.

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Note added at 18 mins (2018-06-22 08:10:49 GMT)
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Obviously 'piece of plastic' might work better in the context.

Matt Bibby
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! The typo explanation occurred to me as well, but I also thought that "plats-" might refer to the "positioning" function of the invention, or similar.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agneta Pallinder: Also think it is a typo.
9 hrs

agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 8 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
fixation item


Explanation:
No, I don't think it's a typo.
See https://www.gekas.se/veckans-vinnare-solstolshaallaren-och-q...

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Note added at 2 days 8 hrs (2018-06-24 16:39:45 GMT)
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As in "hålla på plats".

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 118

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Agneta Pallinder: I think if they had meant "fixation item" they would just have written "hållare".
4 hrs
  -> Det hade sett fult ut att ha två "hållare" i meningen. Därför kallade skribenten inte platsbiten "hållare".
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