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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

exvoltage

French translation:

Extension

Added to glossary by Martine COTTARD
May 16, 2008 15:44
16 yrs ago
English term

exvoltage

English to French Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
"Exvoltage of the thermo electrical power plant of XX"

J'ai des doutes sur la traduction de ce mot.
Proposed translations (French)
5 +4 Extension
3 tension d'excitation
3 tension non pondéré ou tension d'extinction

Discussion

Tony M May 16, 2008:
Yes, in that case, it's quite clearly the typo suggested by Arnold — and that also explains the apparently odd use of the preposition 'of'
Martine COTTARD (asker) May 16, 2008:
Hello Tony and everyone. Thank you for the suggestions too. The whole sentence is "Exvoltage of the thermo electrical power plant of XX(name of the town) through the installation of 2 x 17 MW fuel oil generator motors..."
Tony M May 16, 2008:
Is it possible this might be non-native English? Could it possibly be some kind of error?
Tony M May 16, 2008:
I think you may need to give us a bit more context to be sure just what is going on here, Martine. In particular, it might help to know what type of document this appears in, and also if XX is the name of a company, or a town/district, or whatever?

Proposed translations

+4
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Extension

Ne nous excitons pas ...

Exvoltage a été mis par erreur dans le glossaire Proz :

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/petroleum_eng_s...

Le traducteur avait changé tous les "tension" d'un document pour "voltage" ...

Votre mot source est probablement "extension" modifié par erreur pour "exvoltage" ...

Quant à la traduction d'extension, vous avez bien des choix !

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Note added at 59 mins (2008-05-16 16:44:09 GMT)
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Voici le chemin parcouru par notre "exvoltage" jusqu'à maintenant :

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=exvoltage&btn...



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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2008-05-18 14:14:37 GMT) Post-grading
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La morale : Il faut faire très atVoltage lorsqu'on ajoute un terme au glossaire ...
Peer comment(s):
agree FX Fraipont (X) : brilliant piece of sleuthing!
37 mins
agree Tony M : Now THAT makes much more sense! I suspected some kind of error, but hadn't thought of that particular one!
47 mins
agree Proelec : This little story is confirming that it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to correct an uncorrect entry in the Glossary .....
16 hrs
agree Adsion Liu : Good anwer with persuasive references!
22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci beaucoup Arnold pour vos explications. Merci à tous pour vos réponses et vos commentaires !"
26 mins

tension d'excitation

une suggestion...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : Good stab, but it seems unlikely that they would refer to something as specific as 'excitation voltage' for the general case of a whole power plant
3 mins
C'est juste une idée. Bon week end.
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27 mins

tension non pondéré ou tension d'extinction

Bonjour,
Je pense que "ex" est une abbréviation. J'ai trouvé dans le grand dictionnaire les termes "extinction voltage" = tension d'extinction et "external voltage" = tension non pondérée ; à voir avec votre contexte.
Reference:

http://www.granddictionnaire.com

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