Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

alimentation

English translation:

power supply/powering/power

Added to glossary by Victoria Porter-Burns
Nov 8, 2007 12:54
16 yrs ago
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French term

alimentation

French to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng
used here as an electronic part/component rather than in the supply/nutritional sense of the word in a business letter informing customer of a fault with said part/component, which was one of a batch.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 power supply/powering/power
Change log

Jan 4, 2008 15:40: Victoria Porter-Burns Created KOG entry

Discussion

Tony M Nov 8, 2007:
As CMJ so rightly says, it's pretty important to know just how it is being used in your text, as the description of it as a unit/component will vary according to the exact situation.
Tony M Nov 8, 2007:
Did you try the glossary? This one keeps on coming up, and there are lots of options there for you to choose from!
CMJ_Trans (X) Nov 8, 2007:
please give the whole sentence in French - otherwise any answer you get may not work

Proposed translations

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Selected

power supply/powering/power

selon contexte
Peer comment(s):

agree Eric BILLY : or power supply unit (PS) when talking about the unit powering a computer for example
35 mins
agree Tony M : Yes, and an abbreviation very commonly found in EN is 'PSU' or 'power supply unit'
35 mins
agree Jean-Claude Gouin : power OR power supply OR power supply unit ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Excellent, thanks Francis. This is what I was thinking it was. Does anyone suggest anything else?"
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