This drawing is not to scale

French translation: échelle non respectée

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English term or phrase:	This drawing is not to scale
French translation:	échelle non respectée
Entered by:	Geoff

20:10 Oct 3, 2002

English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering

English term or phrase: This drawing is not to scale

This comes at the bottom of a block diagram showing the schematic layout of a telecommunications system.I have found no suitable translation for "not to scale".

Geoff KudoZ activity Questions: 55 (none open) Answers: 24 United Kingdom
Local time: 00:02

échelle non respectée

Explanation:
comme alternative

Selected response from:

TRADL
France
Local time: 01:02

Grading comment

Thank you- this is more succinct than the Harrap's translation which I had found. Thanks to all.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

échelle non respectée

TRADL

4 +2

ce schéma (dessin) n'est pas à l'échelle

Francis MARC

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

ce schéma (dessin) n'est pas à l'échelle

Explanation:
sous entendu échelle 1 sur 1

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Note added at 2002-10-03 20:17:24 (GMT)
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Référence Harrap\'s Shorter :
to draw sth to scale = dessiner qch à l’échelle;

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 12561

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

échelle non respectée

Explanation:
comme alternative

TRADL
France
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 34

Grading comment

Thank you- this is more succinct than the Harrap's translation which I had found. Thanks to all.

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