Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | in the event of reversed battery polarity | Tony M |
5 | in the event of polarity inversion at the battery terminals | peekay |
3 +1 | in case of polarity reversal at the battery terminals | Gita Madhu (X) |
Change log
May 22, 2008 04:30: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+3
3 hrs
Selected
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.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
7 mins
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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+1
2 hrs
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
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