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French: piste de cuivre

English translation: copper tracks







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French term or phrase:piste de cuivre
English translation:copper tracks
Entered by:M Lalevee
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Hardware
French term or phrase: piste de cuivre
Help! The translator has put "copper lines". Is this right?
The context is comouter hardware.

"Pour les modules défectueux présentant des défauts visuellement apparents tels que brûlures, détériorations mécaniques du support ou des pistes de cuivre et qui sont jugés non réparables par le fournisseur, celui-ci en informe au plus tôt et par écrit XXX. "
M Lalevee
United Kingdom
Clarification request(s) and response
M Lalevee (asker): 10:08am Feb 17, 2005: How great is Proz?! - Thank you so much for responding so quickly!
Mary

copper tracks
Explanation:
of the boards that dont have copper tracks running through them....but even still
the tracks run very ... Computer support - http://wcmt.tk Computer systems - http ...
www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33193/

Looks very much like this to me!
Selected response from:

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks very much to CMJ and Dusty who responded so quickly.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6copper tracksxxxCMJ_Trans
4 +3copper track
Gayle Wallimann


  


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
copper tracks

Explanation:
of the boards that dont have copper tracks running through them....but even still
the tracks run very ... Computer support - http://wcmt.tk Computer systems - http ...
www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33193/

Looks very much like this to me!

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks very much to CMJ and Dusty who responded so quickly.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Gayle Wallimann: You're quick!
1 min

agree Rita Bandinelli
6 mins

agree Aisha Maniar
25 mins

agree Michele Fauble
25 mins

agree Tony M: Yes, they're talking about the copper tracks on a Printed Circuitn Board --- definitely NOT 'lines'!
1 hr

agree Mario Marcolin
11 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
copper track

Explanation:
I'm familiar with copper tracks on circuit boards...

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-02-17 10:05:57 GMT)
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http://forums.windrivers.com/archive/index.php/t-68177


    Reference: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/stripbd.htm
Gayle Wallimann
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree xxxCMJ_Trans: if you were bogged down in the text I have in front of me, you too would be looking for light relief!
2 mins
  -> :-)

agree Michele Fauble
24 mins
  -> Thanks, Michele.

agree Tony M: I couldn't be so un-gallant as not to agree with you too, Gayle ;-)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Dusty.
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