変換機/検出器

English translation: converter/detector

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Japanese term or phrase:変換機/検出器
English translation:converter/detector
Entered by: V N Ganesh

07:24 Dec 8, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
Japanese term or phrase: 変換機/検出器
I have been searching through the net...sometimes I get "converter" and other times "transformer" for 変換機. Are they one and the same? And, how would these two be used as a pair with regards to explosion-protected machinery? Your help is much appreciated!
Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 06:07
converter/detector
Explanation:
converter/detector
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V N Ganesh
Local time: 04:37
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Thank you again, Ganesh!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1transformer/detector
Harvey Beasley
4 +1converter/detector
V N Ganesh


  

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transformer/detector


Explanation:
Converter/transformer. If you're talking about electrical energy, "transformer" is the proper term. "A transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled wires." (Wikipedia)

検出器 is usually simply "detector"


Harvey Beasley
Local time: 08:07
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agree  Ruth Sato
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converter/detector


Explanation:
converter/detector

V N Ganesh
Local time: 04:37
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 57
Grading comment
Thank you again, Ganesh!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steven Smith: I think so. Transformer (変圧器) is a type of converter (変換機).
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