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16:16 Apr 1, 2008 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci / instructions for installing a probe-based nuclear detection system | |||||||
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4 +1 | after declaring / setting up |
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3 | after indicating/selecting |
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après la déclaration after declaring / setting up Explanation: Judging from the other examples, it sounds like this is a section of a manual for the setting up or declaration of a "sonde" in a software package. This sounds most natural as "after declaring" or "after setting up". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2008-04-01 16:33:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://pact.insider.org/usage.php3 After setting up the customer data, you can now define which ports belong to which customer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2008-04-01 16:42:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I would quite happily use "declare" or "set up" or even "define" for your other examples - or even all three: The software allows you to: - set up each ... - declare the staff ... - define the alarm levels ... |
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after indicating/selecting Explanation: Hello, déclarer = to declare in the sense of "indicate/select" When you "declare" something, you are "indicating" it, right? And in this specific context, one is being indicated is being selected? Are you following my logic? I hope it helps. |
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