Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
contacteur arrivée
English translation:
input / incoming feed contactor
French term
India
Translation Studies, Literature, PhD.
Native in: Bengali (Variant: Indian) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Bengali to English
contacteur arrivée
Here is a description of its function.
Raccordé en aval du transformateur principal, le contacteur arrivée permet entre autre :
l La coupure, en charge, de l’ensemble des départs réseau,
l La protection du transformateur par fusibles,
l La commande à distance de l’enclenchement du contacteur,
l La mise à la terre et en court-circuit des câbles de raccordement au transformateur principal.
| 4 +2 | input / incoming feed contactor |
Tony M
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| 4 +1 | power supply switch |
Dominic D
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| 3 -1 | input cutoff switch |
Nicholas Quaine
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Jun 30, 2014 13:48: B D Finch changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Tony M, Dominic D, B D Finch
Non-PRO (1): GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
input / incoming feed contactor
'input contactor' ('input' acts here as an adjective)
or
'contactor on (the) incoming feed' (because 'incoming feed' is a little clumsy used as a qualifier!)
HOWEVER, the key issue here is the fact that 'contacteur' is more than just a simple switch (for which there are plenty of other terms available in FR) — a contactor is specifically an electrically-operated switch (electromechanical or solid-state); in essence, it is a special kind of relay used for a particular purpose. Hence the standard translation as 'contactor' is really obligatory, unless otherwise dictated by surrounding context.
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Note added at 29 minutes (2014-06-30 13:03:22 GMT)
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BTW, both terms individually should already be in the glossary; if your term search (you did do one, right?) fails to return any results for the complete expression, it is usually worth trying each of the terms individually, in case it is a simple syntax issue.
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Dominic D
: I went for power supply because of the context but this obviously works
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Thanks, Dominic! I think it's just the combination of both 'power' AND 'supply' that bothers me: makes me think of a PSU; 'incoming supply' would be fine IMHO.
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B D Finch
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Thanks, B! :-)
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power supply switch
| Thanks Tony for the point. ( The absence of d' is common-enough practice in technical texts.) |
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Tony M
: 'power supply' is not wrong, but is a bit quirky for 'arrivée'; but more importantly, as I've already pointed out elsewhere, a 'contacteur' is more than just a simple switch. / The absence of d' is common-enough practice in technical texts.
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it's the context that points to power supply rather than just input or incoming feed which could cover low voltage or communications
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GILLES MEUNIER
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France
Genuine Native English Speaker
Native in: English (Variant: Australian)
Works in: French to English
input cutoff switch
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Dominic D
: a cutoff switch is normally a coupe circuit a contacteur does both on and off functions
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Tony M
: A 'contacteur' is not JUST a switch, neither is it necessarily specifically a cut-off one; furthermore, there is nothing at all wrong with 'arrivée' for an incoming feed.
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Discussion
confirme le tout ...
Also, there is no 'e' at the end of 'arrivée' ...