Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
intermittence électrique
English translation:
intermittent electrical contact
Added to glossary by
Stephanie Mitchel
Nov 1, 2006 19:48
17 yrs ago
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French term
United States
intermittence électrique
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Aircraft
Defects found in switches used to equip aircraft.
"un problème mécanique (rupture du canon et du corps de l’interrupteur) et un problème électrique (intermittence électrique)"
"un problème mécanique (rupture du canon et du corps de l’interrupteur) et un problème électrique (intermittence électrique)"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | electrical intermittency |
Alison High
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| 4 | electrical intermittence |
Yaotl Altan
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| 2 -1 | sporadic connection |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
+1
8 mins
Alison High
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in English
Switzerland
Technical translations at their best
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
electrical intermittency
If a switch is intermittent it works sometimes and sometimes doesn't work.
Termium plus has intermittency for intermittence, and electrique is obvious and there you have it.
Termium plus has intermittency for intermittence, and electrique is obvious and there you have it.
Example sentence:
They also had a tendency for electrical intermittency caused by corroded or carbonized contacts of the limit switches or relay contacts.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks allison"
-1
4 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
sporadic connection
perhaps?
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tony M
: Why change a perfectly good technical term 'intermitent' into a raher more layman's 'sporadic'; and why introduce a source of potential ambiguity in this switch context, by using 'connection', when it wasn't ambiguous before?
2 hrs
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4 mins
Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Mexico
Specializes in field
Mexico
Mexican translator proofreader +20 years
Native in: Spanish 
, Italian
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 5 more.
electrical intermittence
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