>>>Hi Terry,
>>>
>>>you as am aster of english obfuscation, could you help me with a translation?
>>>
>>>I need a column header for a report. In german it is "Trennschneiden" meaning cutting with an parting-off grinder (a pipe). Do you have an idea to put this in a short snappy form?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Agnes
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>>Hi Agnes
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>>"pipe trimming"?
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>I need the specific one, shear, saw and flame cutting are apart.
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>>parting-off grinder? Might that be an angle grinder in English?
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>It must not be an angle grinder, but it might. (the industrial, stationary ones or not in an angle)
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>>Hence: Angle grinder trimming?
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>>Separation Cuts?
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>This is strait forward, but I have doubts. Doesn't it mean cuts for separation? "Trennschleifen" means that what you do with a angle grinder.
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>The way we can add up words in german to build new nouns is something I like on it ....
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>I think I do KISS and use "Cut". If somebody is annoyed he might complain (And provide the translation). It's not may dutty to translate technical terms. Its customers.....
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>Agnes

I think it is referred to as mechanical shearing or metal shearing...