Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 9, 2020 14:57
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French term
phase
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
testing
This document outlines functional and safety tests to be carried out on the handpiece of a medical device.
A number of these tests are electrical checks, including the "test haute tension phase-terre", which I have translated as "line-to-ground high-voltage test" (in accordance with IEC's preference for "line" as opposed to "phase" in English*).
In a later mention of this test, is it safe to use "line" to translate the French "phase" when used alone, as in the segment below?
"Faire le test HAUTE TENSION entre le contact de la fiche (phase) et l’applicateur de la pièce à main"
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*http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
A number of these tests are electrical checks, including the "test haute tension phase-terre", which I have translated as "line-to-ground high-voltage test" (in accordance with IEC's preference for "line" as opposed to "phase" in English*).
In a later mention of this test, is it safe to use "line" to translate the French "phase" when used alone, as in the segment below?
"Faire le test HAUTE TENSION entre le contact de la fiche (phase) et l’applicateur de la pièce à main"
xxx
*http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | line | Kartik Isaac |
5 | phase | Youssef Chabat |
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line
The three energised conductors that connect a three-phase load to its three-phase supply are called ‘lines‘. The voltage between any two line conductors are termed ‘line voltages‘ and the current that passes along each line conductor is termed a ‘line current‘.
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phase
the same
phase and neutral
ex: Three-phase electric power
triphasé
phase and neutral
ex: Three-phase electric power
triphasé
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Tony M
: Not here! As Asker says, the IEC prefers 'line' in EN, and the use of 'phase' is only really justified in a multi-phase system; in a normal single pahse system, we talk about Line / Neutral / Earth
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