Jul 26, 2012 11:32
11 yrs ago
French term
historique de grandeurs
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
A task performed by an electrical maintenance technician (French from France):
la vérification et l’interprétation des valeurs relevées sur les équipements dotés d’interface/ordinateur/affichage de données et historique de grandeurs
I understand this to be that there is a display on the machinery that gives measurement data, but what would be the correct English term for ''historique de grandeurs''? I find ''quantity" for ''grandeur'' and ''historique" is history or log. Quantities log?
Thanks in advance
la vérification et l’interprétation des valeurs relevées sur les équipements dotés d’interface/ordinateur/affichage de données et historique de grandeurs
I understand this to be that there is a display on the machinery that gives measurement data, but what would be the correct English term for ''historique de grandeurs''? I find ''quantity" for ''grandeur'' and ''historique" is history or log. Quantities log?
Thanks in advance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | value log |
Tony M
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| 4 +2 | records of readings |
kashew
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| 4 -1 | Historical variables |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Proposed translations
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42 mins
Selected
value log
I think grandeur is being used here in its sense of 'dimension' — but of course it is not the dimension (length, duration, voltage, etc.) that is being logged, but rather, the values of the dimensions as they vary over time.
I think they have used a word like grandeur simply to avoid being specific about just which dimension it might be, given that theer are so many possibilities!
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-26 13:26:50 GMT)
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Of course, it might also be possible to express it perhaps more elegantly as 'log of values'
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2012-07-28 09:38:59 GMT) Post-grading
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To keep it short, it might be also possible to use 'values log', which might read slightly less oddly than my other suggestions.
I think they have used a word like grandeur simply to avoid being specific about just which dimension it might be, given that theer are so many possibilities!
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-26 13:26:50 GMT)
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Of course, it might also be possible to express it perhaps more elegantly as 'log of values'
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2012-07-28 09:38:59 GMT) Post-grading
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To keep it short, it might be also possible to use 'values log', which might read slightly less oddly than my other suggestions.
Note from asker:
| Thanks very much, Tony! |
| Thank you for your elegant re-phrasing. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks again!"
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10 mins
Salih YILDIRIM
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Related KudoZ points
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5
Historical variables
Imho
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your answer. |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: "Historique" is a noun. Please explain how "grandeurs" could be variables.
2 hrs
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Although clearly explained by Tony above!
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+2
5 hrs
records of readings
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the answer. The link is helpful. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Salih YILDIRIM
: Try to read Tony's clear explanation!
1 hr
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| agree |
Tony M
: Certainly could work in some contexts!
1 day 16 hrs
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