Feb 25, 2005 18:03
19 yrs ago
English term

foreign drop

English to French Tech/Engineering Telecom(munications) t�l�phonie
Problème d'intrusion sur une ligne téléphonique.

Contexte:
Customer that report that they sometimes can not call out because they hear another party on the line or have complained that calls are being made from their line after hours, may be reporting a valid trouble.

entrée en tiers??? connexion étrangère???

Merci d'avance!

Discussion

Bruce Popp Feb 25, 2005:
don't know how to say this in French, here is what it means in English: "drop" is pair of wires entering the building and foreign means it doesn't belong there. There is some other user connected in parallel. That's the other party they can hear.

Proposed translations

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intrusion

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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "J'ai finalement forgé le terme «connexion intruse» qui rend bien l'idée et se rapproche de ce que tu proposais. Merci!"
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branchement d'abonné en parallèle

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branchement d'abonné étranger

I'm sure of "branchement d'abonné" for drop. "En parallèle" is an accurate description of the electrical configuration but doesn't share the connotation that this was not intended by the teleco. "étranger" has possibilities, but I can't find anything to support it's use.

Intrusion is a consequence of this incorrect/unintended/fraudulent (they may be stealing phone service) wiring but not a description of the wiring itself.
Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER : il n'y a pas beaucoup d'exemples en anglais mais branchement d'abonné est un sens de drop...
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merci... j'ai travaillé pour Bell Labs pendant des années pour les systèmes (logiciel et matériel) de measure et d'entretien des circuits d'abonné.
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Comment: "branchement d'abonné est un excellent équivalent de «drop», mais en l'occurrence, l'intrus n'est probablement pas «abonné»! Merci tout de même!"
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