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English translation: button


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French term or phrase:boffon > [scanno for] bouton
English translation:button
Entered by: Tony M
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07:40 Aug 4, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / gas detectors
French term or phrase: boffon
Utiliser le boffon Page suivante ou Page précéd. pour afficher l’ensemble des 4 capteurs suivants ; le passage à la zone suivante est automatique.
Can any one help me? It is urgent.
narasimha CSN MURTHY
India
Local time: 13:19
button
Explanation:
Now I am more than ever convinced that you have an OCR'ed document, and that this is a scanno — a problem often occurs with letters like 't' with an ascender, which get mis-interpreted by the OCR and then spell-checked to something close.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 09:49
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Tony.
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boffon > bouton
button


Explanation:
Now I am more than ever convinced that you have an OCR'ed document, and that this is a scanno — a problem often occurs with letters like 't' with an ascender, which get mis-interpreted by the OCR and then spell-checked to something close.

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:49
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Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Tony.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Of course! Bravo!
6 mins
  -> Thanks, J!

agree  Terry Richards: Yup.
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Terry!

agree  mimi 254
2 hrs
  -> Merci, Mimi !

agree  Chris Hall
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris!

agree  xxxBourth: And here was me thinking 'boffon' and 'toffes' had to be the slang of some subculture.
1 day5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alex! Yes, had me right foxed at first.
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Aug 9, 2010 - Changes made by Tony M:
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