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English: As a rule of thumb

French translation: en règle générale



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English term or phrase:As a rule of thumb
French translation:en règle générale
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Tech/Engineering - Music / Plug-in audio
English term or phrase: As a rule of thumb
Contexte : (Peu d'importance ici, je crois) Manuel d'aide d'un Plug-in audio.

"**As a rule of thumb**, thresholds of -75 dB for both the Input and Target will pass through the overall characteristic of the sound without requiring Spectron to morph low level extraneous signals."
Mathieu Alliard
Spain
Clarification request(s) and response
Estelle Demontrond-Box: 10:12am Nov 15, 2004: It is in the dictionary! -
Mathieu Alliard (asker): 11:28am Nov 15, 2004: Désolé, je serai plus vigilant la prochaine fois :s -
Michel Lévy: 11:32am Nov 15, 2004: EStelle a raison mais rien n'interdit de demander des mots du dico, voici la traduction du Oxford French dictionary : rule of thumb noun principe m de base. :-)))) (ne pas tjrs tenir compte du peergrading) :-)))) -

en règle génèrale
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suezen
France
Note from asker to answerer
Bon, on va tout de même s'en tenir aux agreeurs :p

Merci à tous :)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7en règle génèrale
suezen
3 +3en pratique
GILLES MEUNIER
4 +1à vue de nezxxxCMJ_Trans
4méthode empiriqueAgn?sf
4comme principe de base
Michel Lévy


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
en pratique

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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Stephanie Huss
0 min

agree Julie Roy
3 mins

agree Robert Morin
4 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
à vue de nez

Explanation:
voici la traduction "officielle" mais on pourrait dire: en règle généralé ou Pour donner un ordre de grandeur...

Pour servir de guide...
A titre indicatif...

Je pense que le terme est un peu mal employé en anglais déjà - d'où mes traductions plutôt libres !

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Julie Roy
1 min
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
as a rule of thumb en règle génèrale

Explanation:
another option

suezen
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Bon, on va tout de même s'en tenir aux agreeurs :p

Merci à tous :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Julie Roy
1 min
  -> thanks Julie

agree Imane
7 mins
  -> thanks Marie

agree Stephanie Huss
36 mins
  -> thanks Stéphanie

agree Estelle Demontrond-Box
41 mins
  -> thanks Estelle

agree Jordane Boury
1 hr
  -> thanks Jordane

agree Arroger
1 hr
  -> thanks Aroger

agree Calou
2 hrs
  -> thanks Calou

neutral Robert Morin: il faudrait plutôt lire «en règle génÉrale»
4 hrs
  -> absolutely! merci Robert :-)
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as a rule of thumb comme principe de base

Explanation:
la traduction usuelle

Michel Lévy
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 45
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as a rule of thumb méthode empirique

Explanation:
Selon la méthode empirique, ...
La méthode empirique indique que ...

Agn?sf
France
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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