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English translation: out of order IT equipment

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French term or phrase:	matériel informatique HS
English translation:	out of order IT equipment
Entered by:	Jana Cole

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12:36 May 9, 2007

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French term or phrase: matériel informatique HS

En cas de panne (coupure électrique ou matériel informatique HS), un passage en mode dégradé est-il prévu ?

Jana Cole KudoZ activity Questions: 536 (none open) (26 closed without grading) Answers: 152
Local time: 22:54

out of order IT equipment

Explanation:
HS = hors service

Selected response from:

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

out of order IT equipment

Rob Grayson

4 +4

IT/computer hardware failure

Martin Cassell

4 +1

IT equipment breakdown OR u/s

Tony M

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

out of order IT equipment

Explanation:
HS = hors service

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

58 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

IT equipment breakdown OR u/s

Explanation:
If you wanted to keep an equivalent abbreviatin, then u/s is quite widely used in technical fields, to me 'unserviceable', exactly equivalent to HS in FR.

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 75

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

IT/computer hardware failure

Explanation:
In case of breakdown (power cut or hardware failure), are there plans to move to a fallback mode?

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-09 13:49:36 GMT)
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Rob and Tony are entirely right (as ever), but this is how I would typically phrase this kind of sentence, rather than follow the French exactly.

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

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