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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

clock

English translation:

Click (typo)

Added to glossary by claude-andrew
Aug 8, 2011 17:35
12 yrs ago
French term

clocks

French to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng Mobile phone functional tests
These are the tabulated results of mobile phone states before and after undergoing vibration. There are 4 columns:

1. The test description - 2. Etat initial - 3. Résultats après vibrations - 4. Sanctions
These are the entries in question:

1. Test bruit appui touche en mode MLI (= hands-free) - 2. OK - 3. OK 4. OK/NOK (Absence de "clocks" en cas d'appui touche "bips actifs") (Test à l'oreille)

I assume that one is meant to hear a sound like "clock" in the "bips actifs" state. What would an English speaker say? Plock? Plouk? Plonk? Clonk? Click? ...
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 Click

Discussion

philgoddard Aug 8, 2011:
Don't sound so surprised :-)
claude-andrew (asker) Aug 8, 2011:
@Phil Blimey, you're right - and to think that I myself offered this as a reason for a typo in a recent thread!
philgoddard Aug 8, 2011:
It could still be a mistake for "click". I is next to O on the keyboard.
claude-andrew (asker) Aug 8, 2011:
@Phil It's "clocks" - no doubt whatsoever. The inverted commas reveal the neologistic nature of the writer's onomatopoeia! Trouble is, I don't know what it actually sounds like - it's a rugged mobile for use by perosnnel in the field. I think we need imaginative suggestions here.
philgoddard Aug 8, 2011:
Are you sure it's not clic or click?

Proposed translations

+1
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Click

Hi Claude,

This is a bit of a guess as I don't think there is a "real" translation here.
However, I would say that the most commonly used sound word in English which could be similar to a "clock" sound in French would be "click". Alternatively you could say a "clicking sound" in the English version.
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : It has to be this - it's a short and percussive sound made by phone keys, and click is the nearest equivalent in English. If you said "clock", it would be confusing.
1 hr
Yes.. it's not something we would tend to relate to a sound (it being "clock"). Thanks Phil!
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