"Rindler Sigurd" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message

> I wonder if somebody knows a "trick" to achieve the following. I have
> received a translation of a car body manual into French where the
expression
> "front mask" or "front nose mask" comes up. Two translators can't agree on
a
> proper expression and would have to make something up.

If your translaters don't speak French, they can't re-invent the language.

>I guess that there is
> already an established expression since it's been a very common part for
> years...

"un masque" if it's like the nose on Batman's car. I'm sure

> When you check "front mask"  in Google's Images, there are several
pictures
> of these car front covers (presumably made of plastic material).
>
> All I need to know now is the French equivalent for this English
> expression...
> Maybe there is a way to find it since there are identical web pages of
> manufacturers who use translations in several languages. Is there any way
> in Google to ask in a certain way in order to achieve this one?

You enter : "carrosserie + masque", and you find web pages about guys
changing the "masque avant" of their Alpine.
But what if the guys on websites don't use the proper term ?


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