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single-device

French translation: attitrées à un matériel unique

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English term or phrase:single-device
French translation:attitrées à un matériel unique
Entered by: Willa95

17:46 Oct 16, 2015
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: single-device
Bonjour à tous,

Comment traduiriez-vous "single-device" dans la phrase :

"Applications (both business and consumer-facing) that are single-device, single-purpose, and run on closed systems, do not enhance our lives."

"Les applications (professionnelles et destinées au grand public) basées sur un dispositif unique ?, à usage unique et
qui fonctionnent sur des systèmes fermés, n'améliorent pas nos vies"

Merci
Willa95
France
Local time: 14:19
attitrées à un matériel unique
Explanation:
Les applications qui sont attitrées à un matériel et à un usage unique...
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Alain Boulé
Local time: 14:19
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3attitrées à un matériel unique
Alain Boulé
4 +2qui fonctionnent sur un seul appareil
FX Fraipont (X)
4dispositif unique
HERBET Abel
4monoposte
Antoine Dequidt
2monoappareil
Tony M


Discussion entries: 6





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
monoappareil


Explanation:
I'd say the type of 'device' being referred to here is more like an appareil (mobile phone, tablet, PC, etc.)

I think the addition of the prefix mono- is commoner in FR than in EN, cf. monobloc, monodose, etc.

Tony M
France
Local time: 14:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1453
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
attitrées à un matériel unique


Explanation:
Les applications qui sont attitrées à un matériel et à un usage unique...

Alain Boulé
Local time: 14:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 234

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
2 mins
  -> Merci Tony
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
11 hrs
  -> Merci
agree  Daryo
19 hrs
  -> Merci
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
qui fonctionnent sur un seul appareil


Explanation:
qui n'ont qu'une seule fonction, et qui tournent sur des systèmes fermés, n'apportent rien à notre vie.

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 14:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 2126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Levey: I agree with both the answer to the question, as posed, and 'une seule fonction'. The fact that the ST author is talking rubbish is, of course, OT :)
1 hr
  -> thanks!
agree  Tony M
13 hrs
  -> merci!
neutral  Daryo: qui fonctionnent sur un seul type appareil = will work on ANY smartphone or any tablet or any computer running a specific OS
18 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dispositif unique


Explanation:
Les applications (professionnelles et grand public) sur la base de dispositifs uniques, à usages uniques et en systèmes fermés, n'améliorent pas nos vies

suggéré


HERBET Abel
Local time: 14:19
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 129
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
monoposte


Explanation:
"application monoposte" par opposition à "application réseau"


    Reference: http://doc.pcsoft.fr/fr-FR/?2028008
    https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/application_monoposte
Antoine Dequidt
France
Local time: 14:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Whilst I agree with your idea of mono-, I don't believe this is the actual meaning here: I think it is referring to a single type of device, rather than any one particular machine — that would be frankly silly! The clue is in the choice of 'device'
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