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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

astronomische Steuerung

English translation:

astronomical tracking

Added to glossary by Woodstock (X)
Oct 22, 2009 07:24
14 yrs ago
German term

astronomisch gesteuert

German to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation Solar
Context: comparison of methods for tracking the sun's path to capture the maximum irradiation amount

Das XXX für Solare Energiesysteme kalkulierte für *astronomisch gesteuerte* Systeme ein Vorteil von ca. 27% gegenüber starren Systemen.

I have turned Google and Wikipedia upside down and inside out looking for this term, and only come up with a possible alternative called "kalendarische Steuerung", but that's not totally reliable.
Please NO GUESSES, I can do that myself, thank you. Only answer if you are really sure about your proposal. Any qualified help is appreciated.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 astronomical tracking
4 sun-tracking arrays
3 controlled through/by astronomical algorithms
3 clock-driven
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): hazmatgerman (X)

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Discussion

Erik Freitag Oct 26, 2009:
pro/non-pro As far as I remember, a question should be marked as "non-pro" if any person knowing both target and source language can answer it without aid of a dictionary. Also, if in doubt, a question should be marked as "pro".

This one very clearly is a pro question.
Woodstock (X) (asker) Oct 26, 2009:
I haven't found a clear definition or any criteria in the ProZ rules regarding what or what is not considered "pro", but in my understanding as a native speaker of English, it is short for "professional" and means that is not considered to be part of general English vocabulary, but connected to a certain profession or field, which this term is. I don't think it has anything to do with whether it is my field or not, because then nearly any term could be called "non-pro" from the perspective of any translator in a particular field of specialization. However - to make the context even clearer - it came up in a marketing text, which IS a special field of mine. So the lines can be blurred. If my conception of what "PRO" on ProZ means is wrong, I would be happy to hear and/or have a constructive discussion about it. Cheers!
hazmatgerman (X) Oct 26, 2009:
@Woodstock I agree with you re. technical term, but it is standard fare within the field and I assumed that it was within your field. As it wasn't sorry about that. Regards.
Woodstock (X) (asker) Oct 26, 2009:
Vote for non-pro status of this question: I don't agree that this should be treated as a non-pro question because it is a very specific technical term.

Proposed translations

+1
10 mins
Selected

astronomical tracking

This imho is usually called astronomical tracking. It's a bi-axial tracking function based on astronomical data.



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Note added at 10 Min. (2009-10-22 07:34:50 GMT)
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You'd of course need to do some rewording due to differing parts of speech.
Peer comment(s):
agree hazmatgerman (X) : With this reasoning and assuming that "fixed systems" are indeed the only alternative. An equatorial mounting/tracking is necessarily part of any astronomical tracking. Some 140+ net results, btw.
1 day 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all of you for providing such good, clear answers. I ended up using this one, partly because client preferred it (I gave credit where credit was due) and partly because the term was being used to differentiate between astronomical and intelligent tracking systems, both of which are solar-tracking system sub-groups."
9 mins

controlled through/by astronomical algorithms

... is what I've heard of.

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Note added at 12 Min. (2009-10-22 07:36:45 GMT)
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... or sun postion tracking algorithm
Note from asker:
Thank you, Bernd. As always, a very helpful technical answer.
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4 hrs

clock-driven

telescopes which follow the sun/stars are said to be "clock-driven" or to have e.g. a "clock-driven equatorial mounting".

any help to you?
Note from asker:
Thanks, Cilian! This Googles about as well as the one I selected, but I (and client, it seems) think "astronomical", i.e. as in based on astronomical data (algorithms, as Bernd suggested), is more precise.
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8 hrs

sun-tracking arrays

as opposed to fixed arrays
Reference:

http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/codes_algs/PVWATTS/system.html

Note from asker:
Thank you, GET ENERGY. Your link was very helpful, and I will definitely bookmark it. Your suggestion was good, too, but I was looking for a more specific term for the sake of comparing different sun-tracking system types, which I guess I didn't emphasize enough in my request for help.
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