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à se calquer sur les notions techniques

English translation: without exactly reproducing Autosys technical notions


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French term or phrase:à se calquer sur les notions techniques
English translation:without exactly reproducing Autosys technical notions
Entered by: Enza Longo
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16:17 Jul 7, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Telecom(munications)
French term or phrase: à se calquer sur les notions techniques
Les dépendances et contraintes entre traitements doivent être définies par les études le plus largement possible sans chercher à se calquer sur les notions techniques d'Autosys (succès, exécution, erreur, code retour de traitements précédents).
Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 07:42
without exactly reproducing Autosys technical notions
Explanation:
se calquer sur= to reproduce, to follow something exactly by tracing it with tracing paper..

here, to reproduce
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz
Grading comment
much appreciated - thanks, Jane
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5without exactly reproducing Autosys technical notionsJane Lamb-Ruiz
3 +2without simply copying/adopting/aligning oneself onxxxCMJ_Trans


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
without simply copying/adopting/aligning oneself on


Explanation:
se calquer = copy or base oneself on something

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Note added at 2004-07-07 16:55:01 (GMT)
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without copping out/taking the easy way out by simply using their notions

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 13:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad: or aping...
1 hr
  -> I was going to put "apeing" or 'mimicing" but thought they might be deemed disrespectful!

agree  Brian Gaffney: I prefer "copying"
4 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
à se calquer sur les notions techniques
without exactly reproducing Autosys technical notions


Explanation:
se calquer sur= to reproduce, to follow something exactly by tracing it with tracing paper..

here, to reproduce

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 199
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much appreciated - thanks, Jane
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