English: three-pronged end of the line cords French translation: fiche à 3 broches / fiche 2P + T 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | 3-pronged / 3-pin plug | | French translation: | fiche à 3 broches / fiche 2P + T | | Entered by: | Tony M |
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks / TVC Harware set up | | English term or phrase: three-pronged end of the line cords | | Connect the approved rated line cords supplied with the controller to the AC sockets of the power supplies on the rear panel(s) and connect the three-pronged end of the line cords to a grounded AC outlet. |
| | | l'extrémité des câbles secteurs portant une fiche à trois broches | Explanation:
What a hideous way to express it!
I've given you my take on a very literal translation, but I hope you will decide to re-word it!
What they're really talking about is the mains-plug end of the mains cables!
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-06-11 10:32:24 GMT)
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Yes, in fact the '3-pronged end' is not only rather redundant, but also to be deprecated, technically! Especially as in France it would NOT have '3 prongs', but 2 prongs + a hole!
I would simply replace the whole expression by:
"la fiche 2P +T du cordon secteur" — which is, after all, what it really means! |
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| fiche à trois broches du cordon secteur
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