Translation of "lineal" into English

Er du en af de der præster, der giver eleverne bank med en lineal?

Are you one of those priests who smacks school children with rulers?

De lavede en lineal der bøjer, det vi i dag ville kalde et målebånd -- en fleksibel lineal, en lineal der kan bøjes.

They created a ruler that bends, what we would call these days a tape measure -- a flexible rule, a rule that bends.