réseau CFA

English translation: ELV installation

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French term or phrase:réseau CFA
English translation:ELV installation
Entered by: Wendy Cummings

12:45 Apr 29, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / worksite installation
French term or phrase: réseau CFA
The worksite offices must have:

[...] un réseau CFA pré câblé desservant les bureaux de la Direction de travaux

There is no other context as this appears as a stand-alone item in a list. It is not mentioned again anywhere in the document, and the preceding and following list items are "telephones" and ""fax lines".

I have drawn a blank at all corners, and can't even ascertain whether the acronym is French or English.

All ideas welcome.
Wendy Cummings
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:32
ELV installation
Explanation:
Courant faible -> Extra low voltage. Even though courant isn't voltage!

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CFA is frequently linked with CFO in contract work.

Of course, the French obsession with using acronyms can be confusing - I sometimes get paranoid enough to think this is deliberate; e.g. it can also mean Centre de Formation des Apprentis, Conseil des Forces armées, capacité de fixation en acide, randomly selected from many possibilities that wouldn't apply here.

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See p22 under "Codes des Spécialités"
"CFA Electricité Courants Faibles
CFO Electricité Courant Forts"
http://www.hopitauxduleman.fr/upload/wysiwyg/File/Infos_prat...

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"Technicien Maintenance CFA (H/F)Au sein d'une équipe de Maintenance Courants Faibles, vous êtes chargé de travailler sur des installations de maintenance. ..."
jooble-fr.com/search-vacancy-fr/kw-formateur-en-cfa -

"ELECTRICITE Haute et Basse Tension Courants forts Cfo & Courants Faibles cfa. Détection incendie, câblages informatiques et fibres optiques, réseaux vidéo- ..."
www.ehs-electricite.fr/presentation-entreprise-ehs.html -

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B D Finch
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Local time: 03:32
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1ELV installation
B D Finch
5CFA network
narasimha (X)
5low current network (or light or low current)
Johannes Gleim
4CFA network
Ronald van Riet
4signal network
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
130 english significations
Johannes Gleim

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
CFA network


Explanation:
CFA is a standard term for carbon fiber cables and exists as an English acronym.


    Reference: http://www.xindak.com/en-us/product_detail_info.asp?id=366
Ronald van Riet
Local time: 03:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Constantinos Faridis (X)
15 mins

neutral  B D Finch: This abbreviation for "courants faibles" is so commonly used in France, that the use of the same abbreviation with its English meaning is most unlikely, French usage of abbreviations being confusing enough as it is.
33 mins

disagree  Johannes Gleim: This is a French abbreviation and stands for Courant FAible.
1 hr

agree  cc in nyc: agree with "CFA" (no more French than SDSL); but see "Acronym Soup for the Networking Soul"
http://nets.ucar.edu/nets/intro/staff/jcustard/networkacrony...
"CFA-Connecting Facility Assignment; Carrier Facility Assignment"
1 hr

disagree  Tony M: Not here!
1 hr
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ELV installation


Explanation:
Courant faible -> Extra low voltage. Even though courant isn't voltage!

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-04-29 13:12:51 GMT)
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CFA is frequently linked with CFO in contract work.

Of course, the French obsession with using acronyms can be confusing - I sometimes get paranoid enough to think this is deliberate; e.g. it can also mean Centre de Formation des Apprentis, Conseil des Forces armées, capacité de fixation en acide, randomly selected from many possibilities that wouldn't apply here.

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Note added at 32 mins (2011-04-29 13:18:37 GMT)
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See p22 under "Codes des Spécialités"
"CFA Electricité Courants Faibles
CFO Electricité Courant Forts"
http://www.hopitauxduleman.fr/upload/wysiwyg/File/Infos_prat...

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"Technicien Maintenance CFA (H/F)Au sein d'une équipe de Maintenance Courants Faibles, vous êtes chargé de travailler sur des installations de maintenance. ..."
jooble-fr.com/search-vacancy-fr/kw-formateur-en-cfa -

"ELECTRICITE Haute et Basse Tension Courants forts Cfo & Courants Faibles cfa. Détection incendie, câblages informatiques et fibres optiques, réseaux vidéo- ..."
www.ehs-electricite.fr/presentation-entreprise-ehs.html -



B D Finch
France
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: This is the preferred term of at least one of my major clients. / No, I think you're still spot on; I'm currently working on a document covering exactly this sort of network
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tony. The additional information the Asker has now given does make this less likely. It is also possible that the source document is not all that well written.

neutral  cc in nyc: UPS on a low voltage network? (see Asker's Discussion entry)
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signal network


Explanation:
CFA = courants faibles as Herr Gleim has said.

Even though ELV is indeed one of the commonest terms used, sometimes 'signals' fits better in the context, as here I feel, when referring to the actual networks themselves (in comparative detail).

Tony M
France
Local time: 03:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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CFA network


Explanation:
As this is concerning a telecommunication network, it is defined as 'affectation de la capacité et de la fluence' meaning 'Capacity and Flow Assignment', as mentioned in Termium Plus.

narasimha (X)
India
Local time: 07:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 49

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Johannes Gleim: J'en doute. Le "CFA" est utilisé pour abbrévier "courant faible" dans les appels d'offre reproduits dans ma réponse.
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low current network (or light or low current)


Explanation:
Electricité courant fort (CFO)
:
- Les percements de diamètre > 200 mm, caniveaux, réservations et trémies dans les murs, les planchers, les
dalles et ouvrages maçonnés
- L'ensemble des socles, renforcements des dalles pour mise en place des matériels du présent lot
- La réalisation des tranchées entre les chambres de tirage et les locaux comportant les TGBT
- La réalisation des tranchées secondaires et des réseaux sous dallages
- La pose du câble de mise à la terre cuivre nu 35mm2 en fond de fouille fournit par le lot électricité
- Les réservations, les trémies, les fosses et les tranchées
- Les fournitures et poses des chambres de tirage à l’intérieur du bâtiment
- La pose des gaines et des fourreaux sous dallages intérieurs fournit par le lot électricité
- La pose des gaines et des fourreaux extérieurs fournit par le lot électricité pour la garderie
- La pose des fourreaux TPC rouge diamètre 110mm entre la chambre de tirage et le coffret extérieur
:
Travaux à la charge de l’Entreprise :
- Les tranchées pour le passage des réseaux d’eau potable, EU/EV, EP, chauffage, éclairage, électricité CFa CFo,
téléphoniques, etc. des différents points de sortie du bâtiment aux points de raccordements sur réseaux existants
ou en limite de propriété
:
 Electricité courant faible (CFa)
- La réalisation des tranchées entre les chambres de tirage FT et les locaux comportant les baies VDI
- La réalisation des tranchées secondaires et des réseaux sous dallages
- Les fournitures et poses des chambres de tirage à l’intérieur du bâtiment
- La pose des gaines et des fourreaux sous dallages intérieurs fournit par le lot électricité
- La pose des gaines et des fourreaux extérieurs fournit par le lot électricité
- La pose des fourreaux diamètre 40mm entre
http://monetier1.pagesperso-orange.fr/images/CCTP_fdn3.pdf
(CFO, CFA = Courant FOrt, Courant FAible)

Marché d'infrastructures câblage V.D.I. et réseau de données pour 8 CFA de la Région Centre
-- -- 2008
(tableau page de garde)
:
RESEAU COMMUTE
COMMUTATEUR NIVEAU 3
Boîtier 19"
Module Ethernet 4 ports Gigabit (minimum)
Port Ethernet 1000SX multimode
24 ports 10/100/1000 BaseTX
Port Ethernet 1000SX multimode
Cordon de stack
Total POSTE
COMMUTATEUR NIVEAU 2
Commutateur - 24 ports 10/100TX PoE
Commutateur - 48 ports 10/100TX
Commutateur - 24 ports 10/100TX
Module Ethernet 2 ports Gigabit (minimum)
Port Ethernet 1000SX multimode
:
(Réseau CFA)
http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&lr=&as_qdr=all&q="réseau C...

Fourniture et mise en place de fourreaux TPC Æ63mm, Æ100mm et Æ160mm, pour le réseau CFA/CFO permettant le passage des câbles.
http://www.semilub.fr/pdf/286-doc.pdf

Different translations in the net:

FR courant faible
DE Schwachstrom
EN feeble current
weak current
:
technique des courants faibles
courant faible
DE Lichtstrom
Schwachstromtechnik
EN light-current electrical engineering
light current
:
FR application en courant faible
DE Schwachstromanwendung
EN low current application
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

from what i (very vaguely) understand, courant faible is in opposition to strong current:electricity and is used for transmitting data/info(telephones,faxes, computers etc)
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=880419

courants forts/courants faibles
high current / low current
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/construction_civ...

à courant faible a low power
http://dictionary.reverso.net/computer-french-english/couran...

le courant faible - the weak current
weak current [the ~] noun
http://www.interglot.com/dictionary/fr/en/translate/courant ...

Feeble current - Courant faible
Direction of current - Direction du courant, Sens du courant
Weak current - Courant faible
http://eudict.com/?lang=engfre&word=current,

Wire harness, low current
Filerie, courant faible
http://service.migatronic.com/media/Plasma_cutter/pdx_85_res...

light current .. courant faible m,
http://www.google.de/search?q="Courant faible" "current"&hl=...

"low current "
About 5,080,000 results (0.23 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&biw=1061&b...

"light current "
About 2,490,000 results (0.14 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&biw=1061&b...

"weak current "
About 207,000 results (0.23 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&biw=1061&b...

"feeble current "
About 14,700 results (0.18 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&biw=1061&b...

Plan of low-current networks;
Diagram of low-current network connection;
http://www.google.com/search?q="low current network"&hl=en&l...

And other 13.500 similar hits by Google
http://www.google.com/search?q="low current network"&hl=en&l...


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The German equivalent "Schwachstrom" is translated as following:

Schwachstrom m weak [light] current, low (-voltage) current
Schwachstromkabel n weak-current cable
Schwachstromleitung f weak-current line
Schwachstromtechnik f light-current engineering, weak-current engineering; communication engineering
:
communication cable Nachrichtenkabel n, Fernmeldekabel,
communication line Übertragungsnetz
communications network Kommunikationsnetz ..
(Budig, Langenscheidts Fachwörterbuch Elektrotechnik und Elektronik)

courant de faible intensité (électr) / weak current
(Ernst, Dictionnaire Général de la Technique Industrielle)

All communication cables and lines are part of weak current lines.

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Que disent les normes ?

BS EN 61621:1997 Février 1998
Titre anglais : Dry, solid insulating materials. Resistance test to high-voltage, low-current arc discharges.
Titre original : Trockene, feste Isolierstoffe. Pruefung der Lichtbogenbestaendigkeit bei hoher Spannung und niedrigem Strom
Titre : Materiaux isolants solides secs. Essai de resistance aux decharges a l'arc haute tension, faible courant
http://www.boutique.afnor.org/NEL5DetailNormeEnLigne.aspx?&n...

Ne pas confondre « faible courant » avec « faible puissance » ou

NF EN 50371 Juin 2002 Norme générique pour démontrer la conformité des appareils électriques et électroniques de faible puissance aux restrictions de base concernant l'exposition des personnes aux champs électromagnétiques (10 MHz - 300 GHz) – Public
http://www.boutique.afnor.org/NEL5DetailNormeEnLigne.aspx?&n...
Titel (englisch): Generic standard to demonstrate the compliance of low power electronic and electrical apparatus with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (10 MHz - 300 GHz) - General public; German version EN 50371:2002
http://www.beuth.de/langanzeige/DIN-EN-50371-VDE-0848-371-20...

NF EN ISO 10133 Mars 2001 Petits navires - Systèmes électriques - Installations à très basse tension à courant continu
http://www.boutique.afnor.org/NEL5DetailNormeEnLigne.aspx?&n...
Titel (englisch): Small craft - Electrical systems - Extra-low-voltage d.c. installations (ISO 10133:2000); German version EN ISO 10133:2000
http://www.beuth.de/langanzeige/DIN-EN-ISO-10133/de/3353475....

Les derniers sont destinés pour l’alimentation des appareils et font partie du domaine de techniques de courants forts.

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Ne pas confondre « faible courant » avec « faible puissance » ou « très basse tension ».

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 03:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 165

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Bashiqa: Lots of references but not convinced.
31 mins
  -> You will be convinced by the added citations from the printed technical dictionaries, perhaps?

neutral  Tony M: Since these circuits are specifially to do primarily with signal voltages, I think any mention of 'current' is unsuitable, since it inevitably connotes some kind of power application
49 mins
  -> The term is "réseau CFA" (courant faible [intensité]) and not "réseau de communciation". Note: I learned during my electrotechnical studies that electricity is subdivided into heavy and weak current and that signalling and communication is part of later
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Reference comments


21 mins
Reference: 130 english significations

Reference information:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/CFA.html
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/cfa
Unfortunately I have no source for French acroyms.

Johannes Gleim
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 165

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  cc in nyc: • many fewer if you limit it to IT acronyms
• acronymfinder includes French acronyms // acronymfinder includes some acronyms in other languages, including French. The URL you posted contains five in French. Or try searching for "acronymes" ;-)
1 hr
  -> Do you have a link for French acronyms ? I only saw English abbrev.
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