Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

en cas d’inversion de polarité aux bornes de la batterie

English translation:

in the event of reversed battery polarity

Added to glossary by Tony M
May 8, 2008 05:41
16 yrs ago
French term

En cas d’inversion de polarité aux bornes de la batterie

French to English Tech/Engineering Computers: Software
automobile industry . software manual
Change log

May 22, 2008 04:30: Tony M Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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in the event of reversed battery polarity

I think the reference in the FR to 'bornes' is largely redundant, and makes the phrase unnecessarily clumsy in EN.
Peer comment(s):

agree Trinh Do
56 mins
Thanks, Trinh Do!
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
7 hrs
Thanks, J-C!
agree Gita Madhu (X)
16 hrs
Thanks, Gita!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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in the event of polarity inversion at the battery terminals

no expla really; straightaway.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Tony M : 'Inversion' is arguably less natural / idiomatic than 'reversal'
3 hrs
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in case of polarity reversal at the battery terminals

I would rather say polarity reversal...
Example sentence:

protection against polarity reversal at the battery terminals

Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M
19 mins
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