Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
l'édition au fil de l'eau
English translation:
sequential printout
Added to glossary by
PatriciaBerg
May 13, 2005 15:42
19 yrs ago
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French term
Works in: French to English
l'édition au fil de l'eau
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automation & Robotics
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Description of a "consignateur d'état" (as part of a power plant)
- Fonctions d'édition autres que "l'édition au fil de l'eau" du journal de bord (liste "variables en défaut" liste "variables inhibées", etc...)
= on the flow?
- Fonctions d'édition autres que "l'édition au fil de l'eau" du journal de bord (liste "variables en défaut" liste "variables inhibées", etc...)
= on the flow?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | sequential printout |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +1 | real-time printing |
Charlie Bavington
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| 2 +1 | continuous printing |
Clare Macnamara
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Proposed translations
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6 hrs
French term (edited):
l'�dition au fil de l'eau
Selected
sequential printout
In the bad old days an event recorder (consignateur d'états) simply recorded events sequentially, as the happened (au fil de l'eau), most likely as the form of a continuous printout.
Whether or not these days they necessarily have continuous printouts of a sequence of events, I don't know, but I IMAGINE the data is recorded digitally even if it is not printed as events happen. The IT side of the machine will make it possible to either print out all events, as they happened, to obtain a long strip of paper like in the bad old days, or it can be told to print out only the events of interest, i.e. those occurring at or between certain times, those occurring within X minutes of a certain kind of event, etc. etc.
This is the sort of thing not controlled by the event recorder proper, but by its "automate" function.
From my notes:
Automate (programmable) consignateur d'états Data controller - collects and processes event-recorder data
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Note added at 6 hrs 5 mins (2005-05-13 21:47:42 GMT)
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It appears you can also say something like \"on a time-event basis\". Read about this and more workings of such systems at:
http://www.exetersoftware.com/cat/observer/observer.html
Whether or not these days they necessarily have continuous printouts of a sequence of events, I don't know, but I IMAGINE the data is recorded digitally even if it is not printed as events happen. The IT side of the machine will make it possible to either print out all events, as they happened, to obtain a long strip of paper like in the bad old days, or it can be told to print out only the events of interest, i.e. those occurring at or between certain times, those occurring within X minutes of a certain kind of event, etc. etc.
This is the sort of thing not controlled by the event recorder proper, but by its "automate" function.
From my notes:
Automate (programmable) consignateur d'états Data controller - collects and processes event-recorder data
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Note added at 6 hrs 5 mins (2005-05-13 21:47:42 GMT)
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It appears you can also say something like \"on a time-event basis\". Read about this and more workings of such systems at:
http://www.exetersoftware.com/cat/observer/observer.html
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Clare Macnamara
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French term (edited):
l'�dition au fil de l'eau
continuous printing
printing on continuous paper (impression en continu). I have a feeling I had to look for this term ages ago and this is what I came up with ...
In this case, if I'm right, the logbook is being printed as the device operates.
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2005-05-13 17:03:32 GMT)
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or **continuous publishing**
In this case, if I'm right, the logbook is being printed as the device operates.
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2005-05-13 17:03:32 GMT)
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or **continuous publishing**
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5 hrs
Charlie Bavington
Native in English
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English
French term (edited):
l'�dition au fil de l'eau
real-time printing
"au fil de l'eau" is one of those terms that always makes you wonder, 'cos it's so dependent on context.
In this case, it clearly refers to how the "journal de bord" (JDB) is printed, and the ideal solution would be to refer back to exactly how and when this JDB is printed, and to re-use or paraphrase that. "au fil de l'eau" doesn't tell us much, but possibilities that occur to me are hourly (or some other frequency), or each time a certain event occurs, or indeed each time a user hits the "print" button.
"As and when required or necessary" is a general meaning of "au fil de l'eau" but I'm not sure that *really* fits here. At least in IT (which appears to loosely applicable here) the term "real time" approximately corresponds to the same notion.
And it seems possible that "printing functions other than 'real time' printing would probably refer to batch printing, or printing which is deferred to a later time for some reason (e.g. the time it takes to print a large report, for example). In which case the 'real time' is a term providing a valid contrast.
In this case, it clearly refers to how the "journal de bord" (JDB) is printed, and the ideal solution would be to refer back to exactly how and when this JDB is printed, and to re-use or paraphrase that. "au fil de l'eau" doesn't tell us much, but possibilities that occur to me are hourly (or some other frequency), or each time a certain event occurs, or indeed each time a user hits the "print" button.
"As and when required or necessary" is a general meaning of "au fil de l'eau" but I'm not sure that *really* fits here. At least in IT (which appears to loosely applicable here) the term "real time" approximately corresponds to the same notion.
And it seems possible that "printing functions other than 'real time' printing would probably refer to batch printing, or printing which is deferred to a later time for some reason (e.g. the time it takes to print a large report, for example). In which case the 'real time' is a term providing a valid contrast.
Peer comment(s):
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Pierre Renault
: Yup, closer to "au fil de l'eau" when used to describe how a water-dependent operation (like a hydro power plant) can be set up (as the water flows). "As things come", in other words.
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