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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

by a factor of 8 to 10

French translation:

d'un facteur 8 à 10

Added to glossary by Catherine Lenoir
Jan 30, 2008 10:43
16 yrs ago
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English term

by a factor of 8 to 10

English to French Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology)
We expect to reduce the total number of physical servers in our labs by a factor of 8 to 10
Proposed translations (French)
5 +4 d'un facteur 8 à 10
2 -1 de 80% à 100%

Discussion

Tony M Jan 30, 2008:
Yes, Bohy, in fact we can indeed say 'reduce by a factor of X', but as we have both now made clear, this does involve division, instead of the perhaps more usual multiplication.
Anne Bohy Jan 30, 2008:
The initial text has a fundamental flaw: "factor" pertains to multiplications/divisions, while "term" pertains to additions/substractions.
Hence, you cannot "reduce by a factor" but "divide by a factor", as Tony noted. The same applies to French.
Tony M Jan 30, 2008:
Yes, Fabien, of course! Please ignore my too-hasty earlier note, which is to say the least unclear! They hope to divide the number of servers by 8 to 10
Fabien Champême Jan 30, 2008:
De même, réduire d'un facteur 10 c'est réduire de 90% (multiplier par 0,1).
En %, on souhaite donc une réduction du nombre de serveurs de 87,5 à 90 %.
Fabien Champême Jan 30, 2008:
Pour Tony: si je ne me trompe pas, réduire d'un facteur 8 (c'est-à-dire diviser par 8) revient à diminuer de 87,5%. Une diminution de 87,5% revient à multiplier par (1-87,5/100), c'est-à-dire à multiplier par 0,125 (800/8 ou 800x0,125 = 100)
Tony M Jan 30, 2008:
i.e. if we have 800 servers now, we'll only need somewhere between 100 and 80 servers afterwards
Tony M Jan 30, 2008:
According to the words, it should mean 'a reduction of between 800 and 1000% in the number of servers' — this seems very high, but would that be consistent with the rest of your surrounding context?

Proposed translations

+4
4 mins
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d'un facteur 8 à 10

Réduction du nombre de serveurs d'un facteur 8 à 10.

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Note added at 59 minutes (2008-01-30 11:43:15 GMT)
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En %, ça donne une réduction de 87,5 à 90 %. Voir ma note au demandeur ci-dessus.
Peer comment(s):
agree GILLES MEUNIER
4 mins
agree swanda : je dirais d'un facteur de 8 à 10
39 mins
agree Anne de Freyman (X) : d'un facteur 8 à 10
1 hr
agree Eric Le Carre
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci à tous"
-1
3 mins

de 80% à 100%

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Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : No, that's not the right figures at all!
27 mins
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