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French translation: antisabotage


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English term or phrase: tamper
French translation:antisabotage
Entered by: onesime
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15:33 Jul 12, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: tamper
If a tamper is not monitored through the alarm contact, set the circuit type to....

autres occurences:
Module tamper
include seismic unit cover tamper switch

merci d'avance
onesime
Canada
Local time: 05:49
dispositif / contact antisabotage
Explanation:
As Elysée quite correctly says, 'antisabotage' is one of the ways this is often translated.

The problem when it is abbreviated to just 'tamper' like this, instead of 'tamper-switch' etc. (and of course it should really be ANTI-tamper!), is that you can't be sure exactly what type of device it is, hence my suggestion of the non-committal 'dispositif'

If you DO know what sort of thing it is (very often a microswiitch = contact), of course you should use the appropriate word to go with.
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:49
Grading comment
thanks!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1voir ci-dessous
elysee
4anti-sabotage
Bernard Arsenault
3dispositif / contact antisabotage
Tony M


Discussion entries: 2





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
voir ci-dessous


Explanation:
la traduction exact dépend du reste de ton contexte...de l'équipement, de la machine...du secteur...

voir différentes traductions sur le GTD:
http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...

- electricity / electrical switches
tamper switch = interrupteur de dérangement n. m.
[Office de la langue française, 1990]

- computer science / computer security
tamper alarm = alarme antisabotage n. f.

- computer science / computer security
tamper device = dispositif antisabotage n. m.

- earthmoving equipment
rammer = dame n. f.
synonyme(s)
tamper
beetle
punner
ram
hand rammer
soil compactor
land packer
tamping iron
compaction hammer

- earthmoving equipment
- roads / road building
tamper = dameur n. m.
[Office de la langue française, 2001]


elysee
Italy
Local time: 11:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 55
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci. Juste je n'étais pas sur de l'ajout de anti- à la traduction


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: The last two are not applicable, but the first ones are viable possibilities
5 mins
  -> merci Tony...
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tamper
dispositif / contact antisabotage


Explanation:
As Elysée quite correctly says, 'antisabotage' is one of the ways this is often translated.

The problem when it is abbreviated to just 'tamper' like this, instead of 'tamper-switch' etc. (and of course it should really be ANTI-tamper!), is that you can't be sure exactly what type of device it is, hence my suggestion of the non-committal 'dispositif'

If you DO know what sort of thing it is (very often a microswiitch = contact), of course you should use the appropriate word to go with.

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 962
Grading comment
thanks!
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
anti-sabotage


Explanation:
Le terme "sabotage" peut paraître un peu excessif lorsque l'on parle de simples protections visant à prévenir des manipulations non-autorisées de commandes et d'interrupteurs, mais c'est bien la terminologie correcte. Si c'est trop fort pour le contexte, Termium propose aussi "anti-tentative de détérioration" mais c'est un peu lourd, quoique peut-être plus précis.

Bernard Arsenault
Canada
Local time: 05:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 74
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci bernard!

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