Mar 28, 2011 10:24
13 yrs ago
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French term
adaptateur TNT
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
"Avant janvier 2008, les téléviseurs n'intégraient pas obligatoirement un adaptateur TNT."
This is a text about converting TVs to digital TV.
I found "DTA adaptor" but am not sure if this is the correct translation for "adaptateur TNT."
I also found "DTV" and DTTV". Would "DTV adapter" or "DTTV adapter" be more accurate, or could either be used?
Your help with this urgent matter would be appreciated!
This is a text about converting TVs to digital TV.
I found "DTA adaptor" but am not sure if this is the correct translation for "adaptateur TNT."
I also found "DTV" and DTTV". Would "DTV adapter" or "DTTV adapter" be more accurate, or could either be used?
Your help with this urgent matter would be appreciated!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | DTTV adaptor |
Roy vd Heijden
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| 4 | DTV decoder |
Tony M
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| 3 | digital tuner |
chris collister
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| 1 | digital adaptor? |
EJP
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Change log
Mar 28, 2011 10:26: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Electronics / Elect Eng" to "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama"
Mar 28, 2011 10:45: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "adapteur TNT" to "adaptateur TNT" , "Field (specific)" from "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama" to "Media / Multimedia"
Mar 28, 2011 13:43: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "Media / Multimedia" to "Electronics / Elect Eng"
Proposed translations
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11 mins
Roy vd Heijden
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
modo possem penitus deliberare
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
Works in: French to Dutch
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French term (edited):
adapteur TNT
Selected
DTTV adaptor
La TNT (Télévision Numérique Terrestre) ou DTTV en anglais (Digital Terrestrial Télévision) est un système de diffusion terrestre de la télévision, dans lequel les signaux vidéo, audio et de données ont été numérisés, puis ordonnés dans un flux unique (multiplexage), avant d’être modulés puis diffusés, c'est-à-dire transporter jusqu’au téléspectateur via les ondes électromagnétiques. Elle emploie les bandes VHF-III/UHF.
(http://www.lcjmultimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tnt....
(http://www.lcjmultimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tnt....
Note from asker:
| Thank you very much for your help. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
EJP
5 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
10 mins
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| agree |
silvester55
: definitely
1 hr
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| agree |
Liliane Hatem
6 hrs
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Comment: "Thank you everybody!"
15 mins
French term (edited):
adapteur TNT
digital adaptor?
Isn't TNT the abbreviatioon for Télévision Numérique Terrestre?
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-03-28 10:42:45 GMT)
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'sorry hadn't seen Roy's answer before I posted this and sorry too for the typo.
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-03-28 10:42:45 GMT)
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'sorry hadn't seen Roy's answer before I posted this and sorry too for the typo.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: May be a bit too general, since that could apply to all sorts of other devices too.
9 mins
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25 mins
DTV decoder
Although strictly speaking it ought to be 'adaptor', there is a tendency I've noticed to use the word 'decoder' (even though that is to some extent technically less accurate) — probably because satellite set-top boxes have traditionally been called 'decoders' in the UK, there being no potential confusion with Canal + decoders as there would have been in France.
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Note added at 3 heures (2011-03-28 13:25:36 GMT)
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No, not quite the same as 'DTA'.
As far as I can quickly ascertain, 'DTA' seems to be a US term for something perhaps similar, but not neceesarily exactly the same; I think it probably depends where your readership is likely to be located, but I would advise against it for an EU readership, and if for the US, then i would suggest further research to confirm.
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Note added at 3 heures (2011-03-28 13:25:36 GMT)
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No, not quite the same as 'DTA'.
As far as I can quickly ascertain, 'DTA' seems to be a US term for something perhaps similar, but not neceesarily exactly the same; I think it probably depends where your readership is likely to be located, but I would advise against it for an EU readership, and if for the US, then i would suggest further research to confirm.
1 hr
chris collister
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
precision engineer, precision translator
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
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digital tuner
By abuse of language, "decoder" and "tuner" can be said to be synonymous in the sense that each receives electromagnetic waves out of the aether, processes the signal, and outputs it in a form which can be displayed or heard.
"Decoder" is commonly used for external units such as Sky-boxes and other satellite systems, whereas it is my impression that the word "tuner" is more widely used for the circuitry incorporated within a digital TV.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-03-28 16:48:56 GMT)
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It rather depends who the readership is. If it's quite technical, then put it all in: Digital Terrestrial TV, ie DTTV. If it isn't then the readers of the equivalent of the Radio Times couldn't care less for acronyms, and all would understand what was meant by a "digital tuner".
"Decoder" is commonly used for external units such as Sky-boxes and other satellite systems, whereas it is my impression that the word "tuner" is more widely used for the circuitry incorporated within a digital TV.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-03-28 16:48:56 GMT)
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It rather depends who the readership is. If it's quite technical, then put it all in: Digital Terrestrial TV, ie DTTV. If it isn't then the readers of the equivalent of the Radio Times couldn't care less for acronyms, and all would understand what was meant by a "digital tuner".
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