casque fermé

English translation: closed-back headphones

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French term or phrase:casque fermé
English translation:closed-back headphones
Entered by: Tony M

13:00 Mar 13, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Headphones
French term or phrase: casque fermé
The following is a response from a market research questionnaire response.

"Casque fermé (isolation)".

I have no other background, not even the questionnaire to refer to.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

TIA
Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:17
closed-back headphones
Explanation:
Headphones generally fall into 2 broad types; closed- and open-back. The former tend to be more cumbersome, and the sound quality is different, but they do help to exclude external sounds for greater listening comfort. Open-back types, on the other hand, are usually lighter and less bulky, some people prefer the 'sound' they produce — but they are pretty useless for listening in an even mildly noisy environment.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-13 14:15:37 GMT)
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I feel pretty sure that these would /not/ be 'noise-cancelling' headphones, which is a very special type for which I feel sure there would be a more specific term in FR.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 16:17
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2closed-back headphones
Tony M
4closed-air headphones
Christian Robitaille
4closed headphones
Nadia Ayoub
4 -1CLOSED HELMET
RealBlunt


Discussion entries: 5





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
closed-air headphones


Explanation:
Pour "casque fermé" ou "casque d'écoute fermé"
"DEF – Headphones cushioned in such a way that they do not allow sounds from the outside to be heard."
Source: TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank


Christian Robitaille
Canada
Local time: 10:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
closed headphones


Explanation:
there are many types: closed dynamic, noise reduction, noise guard, closed headphones. So maybe it's better to call them simply closed headphones.

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Arabic
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
closed-back headphones


Explanation:
Headphones generally fall into 2 broad types; closed- and open-back. The former tend to be more cumbersome, and the sound quality is different, but they do help to exclude external sounds for greater listening comfort. Open-back types, on the other hand, are usually lighter and less bulky, some people prefer the 'sound' they produce — but they are pretty useless for listening in an even mildly noisy environment.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-13 14:15:37 GMT)
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I feel pretty sure that these would /not/ be 'noise-cancelling' headphones, which is a very special type for which I feel sure there would be a more specific term in FR.

Tony M
France
Local time: 16:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2116
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Foley
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Frank!

agree  Gina W: as always, good explanation
46 days
  -> Thanks, gad! — and for the compliment!
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41 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
CLOSED HELMET


Explanation:
http://www.sunelectronics.gr/index.php?SCREEN=products_detai...

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Note added at 48 days (2008-04-30 15:03:23 GMT) Post-grading
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...ok...Victoria Burns. You are welcome, don't metion it...and I respect your polite answer. RB

RealBlunt
Portugal
Local time: 15:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 2
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for the contribution, but 'closed helmet' really has nothing to do with this context and means nothing to me as a native English speaker.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Richard Benham: Nothing to do with a helmet: it's about headphones!
12 days
  -> ... casque is not related with helmet?...ok if you say so...
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