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amputés

English translation: Cut off

08:45 Apr 6, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Neurosciences
French term or phrase: amputés
Acteur et opérateur ici=pilote

Là encore, l’acquis de l’opérateur est //pris en défaut// dans le vol de nuit avec équipements d’aide à la vision car non seulement les indices visuels accessibles sont grandement remaniés ou amputés mais les comportements des acteurs de la scène peuvent également être notablement différents de ceux des conditions de jour, de même que les procédures de vol applicables par le pilote concerné
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Iraq
Local time: 20:40
English translation:Cut off
Explanation:
My suggestion.
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 21:40
Grading comment
Merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5absent
CMJ_Trans (X)
5 +1reduced, removed, or unavailable
Drmanu49
5curtailed
Diane de Cicco
4drastically cut down
Anne Farina
4lacking
Nadia Ayoub
3cut/reduced
swanda
3Cut off
Gad Kohenov


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cut/reduced


Explanation:
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swanda
Local time: 20:40
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
absent


Explanation:
removed, not there

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 20:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Irene McClure
1 min
agree  franglish
2 hrs
agree  Assimina Vavoula
3 hrs
agree  liz askew
6 hrs
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
19 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Cut off


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 21:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Merci
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
drastically cut down


Explanation:
to cut down a number of....

Anne Farina
France
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lacking


Explanation:
also

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reduced, removed, or unavailable


Explanation:
During marginal VMC or in situations where there are reduced visual cues (e.g., night flight), the runway may not be visible to the pilot. ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/7209053-description.html - 55k -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 5346

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joan Berglund: reduced fits well I think and is even in my Harraps
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Joan.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
curtailed


Explanation:
"reduced" is another possibility
"absent" is not appropriate because that is not the meaning in French

Diane de Cicco
France
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 100
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