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commande de motricité

English translation: drive controls

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French term or phrase:commande de motricité
English translation:drive controls
Entered by: Parrot

13:27 Jan 16, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: commande de motricité
Under types of operation in deteriorated circumstances (trains):

"Marche secours-traction: en cas d'avarie sur la commande de motricité, il est possible de la shunter, c'est la secours-traction." TIA.
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 18:54
power controls or drive controls?
Explanation:
just ideas
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cjohnstone
France
Local time: 18:54
Grading comment
It was some kind of controls but I wasn't too sure about motricité (more drive than power). And yes, it was conditions dégradées. Thanks, Cathy!
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2 +2power controls or drive controls?
cjohnstone


  

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commande de motricité
power controls or drive controls?


Explanation:
just ideas

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 18:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1632
Grading comment
It was some kind of controls but I wasn't too sure about motricité (more drive than power). And yes, it was conditions dégradées. Thanks, Cathy!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Collins (X): power control - not sure about "deteriorated circumstances" though!
11 mins
  -> en sitation (conditions) dégradée(s) est assez courant dans ce genre de choses non?
agree  Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.: Ou encore power switch...
1 hr
  -> peut-être mais switch c'est (pour moi, can be wrong) un peu on and off pour notre pb ici, mais pas sûre
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