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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / wiring - harnesses (aeronautics) | | French term or phrase: boucle d'aisance | document: specification for the production of wire interconnections for the aeronautics industry
context:
La mise en forme du faisceau (boucle d'aisance, léger torsadage ...) et les points de fixation associés devront présenter une configuration :
- adaptée au mouvement des parois mobiles afin que celui-ci ne soit ni entravé ni gêné,
- excluant tout risque de dégradation du faisceau.
In other places in the document the terms "boucle de relaxation" and "boucle anti-contrainte" are used. Are these terms synonymous with each other and with "boucle d'aisance"?
Proposed translation: "Stress loop" or "relexation loop" |
| Maggie JONESKudoZ activityQuestions: 11 (none open) Answers: 3
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| | anti-stress loop | Explanation:
The terms 'boucle de relaxation', ' boucle anti-contrainte' and ' boucle d'aisance' all refer to the same thing: that the wiring looms be sufficiently loose that they may not damage either themselves or the (moving) sides. Asking for the wires to be loosely braided is another indicator. I think 'relaxation loop' or 'unstraining loop' would also do.
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Note added at 5 days (2007-08-31 15:10:21 GMT) Post-grading
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I have checked 'slack loop', and I fully agree that it's a better one than 'anti-stress loop', and the one the asker should use. |
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xvsy
Local time: 10:46
| Grading comment Thanks for your input and clear explanation! Cheers.
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4 days confidence: slack loop
Explanation:
Like you, I am sure these 3 terms are in fact referring to exactly the same thing.
I am unhappy about the other suggestions made, as they seem to get very little, if any, support from Googling, which is always a bit of a worrying sign.
This is what I would naturally have called it as a technician, and seems to be supported by a small sprinkling of apparently-relevant Ghits, for example:
Electrics, wiring
1.5 Additional wiring diagrams and wiring harness drawings ..... Rule of thumb for the minimum length of the slack loop:. Minimum length of the slack loop ...
www.manted.de/manted/aufbaurichtlinien/pdf/electrics,wiring...
|  Tony M
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Local time: 09:46
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PRO pts in category: 1427
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Asker: Like you, I found "slack loop" to be more commonly used. I am submitting it to my client as an alternative. Thanks for the help!
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4 days confidence: anti-stress loop
Explanation:
The terms 'boucle de relaxation', ' boucle anti-contrainte' and ' boucle d'aisance' all refer to the same thing: that the wiring looms be sufficiently loose that they may not damage either themselves or the (moving) sides. Asking for the wires to be loosely braided is another indicator. I think 'relaxation loop' or 'unstraining loop' would also do.
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Note added at 5 days (2007-08-31 15:10:21 GMT) Post-grading
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I have checked 'slack loop', and I fully agree that it's a better one than 'anti-stress loop', and the one the asker should use.
| xvsy
Local time: 10:46
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 5
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| | Grading comment Thanks for your input and clear explanation! Cheers.
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