Dry run

French translation: Dry run

21:34 Sep 7, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / Base de données
English term or phrase: Dry run
Bonjour,

Contexte:
Dry run: do not alter the working copy files

Je trouve "essai à blanc" sur les sites professionnels consultés.
Par ailleurs, sur Proz: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/computers_genera...
(Essai à blanc ou simulation, les avis sont partagés).


Je me demande, d'une part, quelle traduction est la bonne et, d'autre part, s'il ne vaudrait pas mieux laisser le terme en anglais sachant que le public ciblé est celui des programmeurs.

Merci d'avance.
Marie Gomes
Local time: 05:52
French translation:Dry run
Explanation:
Ingénieur IT, marié à une ingénieur IT, je confirme qu'en France on dit "dry run"
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Michel A.
Local time: 08:52
Grading comment
Thank you. The client decided to keep it in English.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Dry run
Michel A.
4Essai à blanc
Sébastien Ricciardi
4 -1essai à vide
Arnold T.


Discussion entries: 2





  

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dry run
Essai à blanc


Explanation:
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Sébastien Ricciardi
France
Local time: 14:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
dry run
Dry run


Explanation:
Ingénieur IT, marié à une ingénieur IT, je confirme qu'en France on dit "dry run"

Michel A.
Local time: 08:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 96
Grading comment
Thank you. The client decided to keep it in English.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
dry run
essai à vide


Explanation:
"Dry run" est un terme très souvent mal employé. Il signifie littéralement "essai à vide". Ce qui veut dire pour une base de données, sans données, pour un moteur, sans huile, pour une pompre à eau, sans eau.

Souvent confondu avec d'autres types de tests : sur banc d'essai, sur simulateur avec des données de test etc.

GDT / cybernétique :

dry run = essai à vide n. m.



Arnold T.
Canada
Local time: 08:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 139

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Stephen Fennell: "Dry run" isn't connected with "dry" in any literal sense. It means a deliberately safe test where nothing serious can happen if it goes wrong. See Wikipedia.
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