Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

common measurement and energy pulsing pin-out

French translation:

le seul connecteur rassemblant à la fois les branchements...

Added to glossary by Lucile Lunde
Jul 9, 2006 05:53
17 yrs ago
English term

common measurement and energy pulsing pin-out

English to French Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
The following sentence is part of the description of a power meter:
The connector with common measurement and energy pulsing pin-out reduces installation costs for retrofit applications.

Proposed translations

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English term (edited): connector with common measurement and energy pulsing pin-out
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le seul connecteur rassemblant à la fois les branchements...

mesure et impulsion d'énergie

I'm not a native, so can only offer this as a preliminary suggestion.

Technically, the key point is that both 'measurement' and 'energy pulsing' are achieved using (different!) pins on the same connector (thus only one connector instead of 2 needs to be fitted in the case of retro-fit use)

I don't think 'pin-out' is particularly significant here, in fact it actually seems as if it is being misused; unless they really do mean that the two function share NOT ONLY the same connector, BUT ALSO actually the same PINS! (i.e. pin 1 for example is used for 1 function in 'measurement' mode, and a different function in 'energy pulsing' mode --- this is technically feasible, but I think less likely, which is why I suggest leaving out the 'pin-out' aspect.

To be sure, it really would need more overall context, both about the actual equipment involved, how it functions, and also, the author's intention -- were they being sloppy in their use of the language, or extremely precise?

I hope that's some help!

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Note added at 50 mins (2006-07-09 06:44:00 GMT)
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Perhaps better: ...des mesures et de l'impulsion d'énergie
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Christophe Vieillard : connecteur proposant un brochage (pin-out) commun pour le mode de mesure et le mode d'impulsion d'énergie ?
39 mins
Merci, J-C ! En effet, je crois que ça irait mieux --- pourquoi vous ne le postez pas en tant que réponse ?
agree Proelec : OK pour la proposition de VJC avec suggestion de remplacer "proposant" par "réunissant" .
1 hr
Merci, Proelec ! En effet, c'est exactement ce mot qui m'échappait !
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