May 5, 2014 04:45
10 yrs ago
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French term

chaîne

French to English Science Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng HPLC en phase inverse
Hello,

"L'HPLC en phase inverse est réalisée sur une chaîne Alliance Watters 1690 Separations Module. L'échantillon préalablemen acidifié avec 0.1% d'acide trifluoroacétique (TFA) est chargé sur une colonne analytique Vydac ...."

there is another thread for this term, with "system" as the selected translation, would this be ok here?

Thank you.

Discussion

Anca Florescu-Mitchell May 5, 2014:
People who use HPLC would specify the name of the apparatus used. They do not need to say more than that. The word module would not be followed by system.
Karen Tkaczyk May 5, 2014:
Chain I agree that 'chaine' is pretty redundant here. If we were to translate it though, it's a system.
Nikki Scott-Despaigne May 5, 2014:
I woudl have said that the "chain" is not redundant too. Checked though and although there are sources without it, there is one with "chain" in there. However, I'd not recommend it as it is obviously a translation from the French : http://www.google.com/patents/US20120263688.
I don't know if you had found this one though Louisa. By the way, when you post, in the context part, it's usually a good idea so indicte what your own searches have produced. It avoids those helping repeating research that you have probably already done.
chris collister May 5, 2014:
See para. 6 of http://www.regional.org.au/au/cereals/posters/77chin.htm. "Chaîne" is largely redundant, IMO, being implied by "module". Note "Waters" not "Watters"

Proposed translations

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Selected

Alliance Waters 1690 Separations Module

The word "chaine" is not necessary. This is a commercial HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) instrument and one would refer to it by its name.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-05-05 07:20:24 GMT)
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Note "Waters" with one "t", not "tt"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-05-05 07:20:47 GMT)
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Waters is a major instrument manufacturer
Note from asker:
Thank you :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Bertrand Leduc
21 mins
Merci, Bertrand.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks Anca and Karen"
8 hrs

system

Hi, I answered this question recently with system. That might be the one you are referring too. Yes, what the French call a "chain" of chromatography equipment is called a system routinely.
Note from asker:
Thank you Karen :)
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