anomalies bloquantes

English translation: business critical errors

12:12 Feb 10, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software
French term or phrase: anomalies bloquantes
The context is a letter concerning acceptance of a software package.

"Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer qu'en date du xxx , le Fournisseur est en position de déclarer la fin de la Recette Fonctionnelle du Logiciel Version Client. En effet, 100% des scénarios de tests de Recette Fonctionnelle ont été passées et toutes les anomalies bloquantes déceléees lors de ces tests ont été corrigées et livrées au Client."

Also, any ideas on translating the following:

"La Recette Fonctionnelle est donc terminée, la base d'anomalies de Recette Fonctionnelle gelée et la base d'anomalies de Maintenance ouverte."
Pamela Hewitt (X)
Local time: 17:09
English translation:business critical errors
Explanation:
We're talking about Functional Acceptance testing here, i.e does the system/software perform the *business* functionality that the users require.
An "anomalie bloquant" in this context, which is not a particularly IT term, really, means an error in the system which prevents the business user from doing their job properly. It does NOT mean that the system crashes, hangs, or starts spewing out steam from the CPU !

What it means is that the system does not do what it is supposed to, and, moreover, there is no way to get round the problem (e.g. by using a different and more convulted sequence of transactions). Hence the error is "bloquant", and the users cannot do their job. You may use whatever term you wish to describe this situation - the above is my preferred term and I usually find that people understand what it means :-) !

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Note added at 1 hr 7 mins (2004-02-10 13:19:21 GMT)
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For the second part:
\"Functional acceptance testing is now complete, and the (acceptance testing) error log is now closed (or frozen if you prefer). A maintenance (or support) error log has now been opened.

i.e. any future errors noticed will be recorded under support and maintenance, not accpetance testing.
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Charlie Bavington
Local time: 17:09
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help - I think your translation best suited my context.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2business critical errors
Charlie Bavington
4 +1critical bugs
HRiley
5bugs
cheungmo
4(all) jamming/blocking anomalies
Parrot
5 -1fatal errors
Bourth (X)
1errors that cause the computer to hang up
Tony M


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
errors that cause the computer to hang up


Explanation:
...would be my interpretation (though not based on any specialist knowledge of this field)
as for 'base [de données] gelée / ouverte', they must be talking about 'freezing' and 'opening' databases of errors encountered; presumably the former is used only in development, while the latter is maintained once the system is up and running.

Hope this helps to give you a few leads in the right direction!

Tony M
France
Local time: 18:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(all) jamming/blocking anomalies


Explanation:
depending on context.


    Computing & IT French
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 18:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 2
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
fatal errors


Explanation:
<<fatal error - An error that causes the system or application program to crash - that is, to fail abruptly with no hope of recovery>>
[Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary]

Functional Handover is therefore now complete, the Functional Handover punch list closed and the Maintenance punch list opened.


Bourth (X)
Local time: 18:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Charlie Bavington: a wee bit too dramatic - these things don't HAVE to cause the system to actually crash (altho in some circumstances they might, but that should have been ironed out before acceptance testing starts, quite honestly)
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
critical bugs


Explanation:
I come across this term regularly, and this is how I usually translate it.

HRiley
Local time: 18:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlie Bavington: but I would actually be inclined to indicate that the bug is functional not technical - see my answer below
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bugs


Explanation:
"Anomalies bloquantes" is the sort of phrase someone who doesn't understand software or isn't famliar with the terminology uses (and who charges by the word or is trying to impress his idiot superiors - see Dilbert).

To use any other word or phrase (fatal error, anomalies that cause hangs, ...) imply that *only* fatal errors were fixed while the other problems detected (crossed-data, erroneous file pointers, etc.) that don't hang the system were not fixed.


cheungmo
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charlie Bavington: a little too vague for my liking, bugs covers a multitude of sins, and this means something relatively precise.
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
business critical errors


Explanation:
We're talking about Functional Acceptance testing here, i.e does the system/software perform the *business* functionality that the users require.
An "anomalie bloquant" in this context, which is not a particularly IT term, really, means an error in the system which prevents the business user from doing their job properly. It does NOT mean that the system crashes, hangs, or starts spewing out steam from the CPU !

What it means is that the system does not do what it is supposed to, and, moreover, there is no way to get round the problem (e.g. by using a different and more convulted sequence of transactions). Hence the error is "bloquant", and the users cannot do their job. You may use whatever term you wish to describe this situation - the above is my preferred term and I usually find that people understand what it means :-) !

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Note added at 1 hr 7 mins (2004-02-10 13:19:21 GMT)
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For the second part:
\"Functional acceptance testing is now complete, and the (acceptance testing) error log is now closed (or frozen if you prefer). A maintenance (or support) error log has now been opened.

i.e. any future errors noticed will be recorded under support and maintenance, not accpetance testing.


Charlie Bavington
Local time: 17:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help - I think your translation best suited my context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
9 mins

neutral  KirstyMacC (X): Does it have to a business? What about rocket-launch stations etc.
4 hrs
  -> Granted ! The main point is that it's an error that stops the system performing as it should from a user requirements viewpoint. Critical launching error perhaps for your example? :-) (a.k.a. "splash!")

agree  Liana Coroianu
21 hrs
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