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To duplicate the concern

English translation: to repeat the state of affairs in which the problem originally occurred


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English term or phrase:To duplicate the concern
English translation:to repeat the state of affairs in which the problem originally occurred
Entered by: Jack Doughty
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00:59 Aug 3, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: To duplicate the concern
if the car came in an as-failed condition; pay
particular attention to the quantity of gasoline in the left and right reservoirs as the tank is lowered from the car.

If the car is not in a failed condition, it may be
necessary to run the car out of fuel to duplicate the
concern.
Phong Le
Vietnam
Local time: 02:58
to repeat the state of affairs in which the problem originally occurred
Explanation:
It is easier to rectify a fault if you can actually experience it yourself.
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Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3to repeat the state of affairs in which the problem originally occurred
Jack Doughty
4 +1reproduce the failurexxxmediamatrix


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to duplicate the concern
to repeat the state of affairs in which the problem originally occurred


Explanation:
It is easier to rectify a fault if you can actually experience it yourself.

Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac: Agree but if Phong is trying the simplify the English, he could use "conditions" instead of "state of affairs.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you. Yes. I was only trying to explain the meaning.

agree  Suzan Hamer: Yes, or with Jenni's comment in mind, reproduce or recreate the conditions in which the problem originally occurred, or of the problem concerned.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  · george ·
11 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to duplicate the concern
reproduce the failure


Explanation:
Often expressed as 'reproduce the failure/error/fault':

Can you reproduce this NYTProf failure? « Not this…Can you reproduce the failure with Devel::NYTProf 2.07_94? If so, could you give me remote access via ssh? ...
blog.timbunce.org/.../can-you-reproduce-this-nytprof-failure/ - Cached - Similar
Re: Could not reproduce the issue, more info please: Open Talk ...I could not reproduce the failure. Please send me the URL (preferably via the feedback channel http://www.dpreview.com/misc/feedback.asp?to=labsdev) and I ...
forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018... - Cached - Similar
Why Programs Fail: A Guide to Systematic Debugging - Google Books Resultby Andreas Zeller - 2009 - Computers - 544 pages
1.4.2 Reproduce the Failure In case of the sample program, reproducing the failure ... failure (in that we want to reproduce the failure automatically) and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0123745152...

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 15:58
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith Hehir
7 days
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Changes made by editors
Aug 17, 2009 - Changes made by Jack Doughty:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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