Jul 1, 2019 20:54
5 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
Cambridge educated business specialist
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
respirante
French to English
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
In a list of device instructions, the status LED indicator "La LED frontale 1 bleue respirante indique qu'elle est allumée."
It's not fixe or clignotante because those are also used in the list of indicators.
I thought perhaps pulsing?
It's not fixe or clignotante because those are also used in the list of indicators.
I thought perhaps pulsing?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | pulsating / pulsing |
gwgraham
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| 5 +2 | breathing |
Daryo
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| 3 -1 | Live/bright/ sharp/vivid |
Ali Sharifi
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Proposed translations
12 hrs
Selected
pulsating / pulsing
I think your suspicion was correct. See link to article about such a light on an apple computer.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Daryo
: yes but the catch is the frequency / the rhythm of these"pulsations" - a seizure inducing flashing light is also "pulsating"!
20 hrs
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Comment: "Thanks, while I think there is a case for breathing, it just sounds too odd to my ear unless it's for something where the light has to be organic, or restful or something - which I don't think is the case here, it's just another status of the LED. Thanks all! "
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Ali Sharifi
United States
United States
United States
I follow my binding words everywhere
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, French to Persian (Farsi), and 3 more.
Live/bright/ sharp/vivid
It is not a pale and soft color, it breathes life and is living.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Daryo
: "bottines femme"? some special model with a "status LED indicator"??
1 day 6 hrs
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1 day 8 hrs
breathing
this term is/was a rather literal translation from EN in the first place.
this type of "pulsating light" has really a pattern of increasing and decreasing luminosity that reminds of the rhythm of breathing.
The first time I saw this as an option on a smartphone I was completely puzzled - until I tried the option and realised that this "breathing light" really gives the impression of the rhythm of breathing.
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Note added at 1 day 9 hrs (2019-07-03 05:55:23 GMT)
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La LED frontale 1 bleue respirante indique qu'elle est allumée
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a breathing blue light on the front LED 1 indicates that the device in ON
this type of "pulsating light" has really a pattern of increasing and decreasing luminosity that reminds of the rhythm of breathing.
The first time I saw this as an option on a smartphone I was completely puzzled - until I tried the option and realised that this "breathing light" really gives the impression of the rhythm of breathing.
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Note added at 1 day 9 hrs (2019-07-03 05:55:23 GMT)
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La LED frontale 1 bleue respirante indique qu'elle est allumée
=
a breathing blue light on the front LED 1 indicates that the device in ON
Discussion
But that's EXACTLY how it's called.