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pilotare un transistor

English translation: to drive a transistor


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21:08 Aug 7, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
Italian term or phrase: pilotare un transistor
come si traduce "pilotare un transistor" o "componente che pilota un transistor"?

Mi verrebbe da tradurre pilotare con "drive", ma non credo sia giusto.

Grazie in anticipo per tutti gli aiuti.
MicB
Local time: 11:55
English translation:to drive a transistor
Explanation:
the most I can say given the very little context
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Being Earnest
Italy
Local time: 11:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 -1control a transistor
Elena Ghetti
2 +1to drive a transistor
Being Earnest


Discussion entries: 3





  

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to drive a transistor


Explanation:
the most I can say given the very little context

Being Earnest
Italy
Local time: 11:55
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxmediamatrix: That's certainly one possibility.
9 hrs
  -> thanks
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
control a transistor


Explanation:
pilotare un componente elettronico significa comandarlo, controllarlo

Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 11:55
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Ottimo grazie. Si usa anche command?

Asker: Thank you for your help. In the end I chose the answer of "being earnest", but you helped me as well. Alla prossima. ;-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  xxxmediamatrix: It's either 'drive' (if it refers to the signal) or 'bias' (if it refers to the static operating conditions of the transistor), but we cannot tell which because Asker can't give us essential context. But either way, it's neither 'control' nor 'command'.
6 hrs
  -> as you said, you cannot know if you should use drive or bias, that's why I chose control, which is as general as "pilotare", and among the 21000 examples you get in google, there are various reliable ones
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