A Very Early Wheellock Arquebus, ca. 1530, in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

You are absolutely right, 'Nando,

I am just a bit confused when Fernando K. uses key for lock, whereas key means llave and lock would be cierre - on both a door and a weapon.

Best,
Michl

Translations are not necessarily the same as interpretations, reason why when you make a rigorous statement you need an interpreter and not a translator ; you know, the idiomatic issue. Spaniards call the lock a key (llave), reason why Fernando's translation engine gives him the 'key' term.
... Whereas the Portuguese call it fecho, which corresponds to lock, as in english.

[Matchlock]

Well, when I looked up the English and German equivalents for llave and cierre I found the correct definitions right away.

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