Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
blinkfritt
English translation:
without interruption
Added to glossary by
Rosica Dimitrova
Nov 29, 2010 16:13
13 yrs ago
Swedish term
blinkfritt
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Vid avsegling fasas fartygs generatorer blinkfritt in mot landkraft
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | without interruption |
Charles Ek
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| 4 | instantaneously |
Barry Appleby
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Proposed translations
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Charles Ek
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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without interruption
See the first link for the example Swedish sentence in the description of the UPS (uninterruptible power source). The second link shows concordances of blinkfritt with uninterruptible/without interruption.
I have a UPS right next to me as I enter this. :-)
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-11-29 16:25:21 GMT)
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Sorry, the example sentence was compressed when it came over. It should read:
"Vid ett strömavbrott går UPS:en blinkfritt över till batteridrift under den tid det tar för reservkraftaggregaten att automatiskt starta."
I have a UPS right next to me as I enter this. :-)
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-11-29 16:25:21 GMT)
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Sorry, the example sentence was compressed when it came over. It should read:
"Vid ett strömavbrott går UPS:en blinkfritt över till batteridrift under den tid det tar för reservkraftaggregaten att automatiskt starta."
Example sentence:
VidettströmavbrottgårUPS:enblinkfrittöver till batteridrift under den tid det tar för reservkraftaggregaten att automatiskt starta.
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Barry Appleby
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, Swedish to English, Czech to English, and 1 more.
instantaneously
I think this means that the UPS switches on so fast
that there is not even time to blink. Cf the use of
"ögonblickligen" to mean "in an instant" or "in the blink of an eye".
that there is not even time to blink. Cf the use of
"ögonblickligen" to mean "in an instant" or "in the blink of an eye".
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