Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pour chaque départ
English translation:
for each outgoing feeder
Added to glossary by
Anne Greaves
Jan 20, 2013 14:56
11 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
pour chaque départ
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Technical specifications
Hello again,
Another extract from technical specifications for office building. I'm just not sure quite how to translate "départ", am wondering if "branch" might be appropriate. Many thanks for any help!
Électricité – Courants forts
Tableaux divisionnaires (TD)
– Compteurs d’énergie prévus pour chaque
départ
Another extract from technical specifications for office building. I'm just not sure quite how to translate "départ", am wondering if "branch" might be appropriate. Many thanks for any help!
Électricité – Courants forts
Tableaux divisionnaires (TD)
– Compteurs d’énergie prévus pour chaque
départ
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | for each outgoing feeder |
Herbie
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| 3 | outgoing cable |
Louisa Tchaicha
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Proposed translations
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for each outgoing feeder
"outgoing feeder" used by most of the LV equipment suppliers
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Personally, I'd prefer to use 'outgoing feed', but 'feeder' is certainly used as well.
12 mins
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Thanks, Tony
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Comment: "Many thanks for your help!"
26 mins
outgoing cable
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: I wouldn't favour the use of 'cable' here, which emphasizes the physical embodiment of the idea of 'départ', whereas here, we are more interested in the abstract notion.
5 mins
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