Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
make it in the released state
English translation:
select
Added to glossary by
Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
Feb 27, 2013 14:52
11 yrs ago
Chinese term
make it in the released state
Chinese to English
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Confirm the intended meaning of a phrase in Chinese
Good Wednesday to everyone.
In the manual for the software of a digital tomograph (originally written in Chinese) , I have the expressions (a) “make it in pressed state” and (b) “make it in the released state”
I am translating this into Spanish as if
(a) “and hold it pressed”, and
(b) “and then release it”
I copy below two typical sentences containing the phrase in question; I would appreciate very much if you confirm if this is the intended meaning in Chinese [or not].
Click the icon button on the main toolbar and make it in pressed state to active the contrast/ brightness adjusting mode.点击主工具栏上的 按钮，使其处于按下状态 ，进入对比度/亮度调节模式
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a. Click the fine reconstruction icon button and make it in the released state ; the selection box for fine reconstruction area will appear in the three-view image display area, as shown in the following figure:点击精细重建按钮 ，使其处于按下状态 ，在三视图图像显示区域内将出现精细重建区域选择框，如下图所示：
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[Please, answer in English (or Spanish). Unfortunately, I cannot read Chinese, that’s why I am asking]
Many thanks in advance,
Manuel
In the manual for the software of a digital tomograph (originally written in Chinese) , I have the expressions (a) “make it in pressed state” and (b) “make it in the released state”
I am translating this into Spanish as if
(a) “and hold it pressed”, and
(b) “and then release it”
I copy below two typical sentences containing the phrase in question; I would appreciate very much if you confirm if this is the intended meaning in Chinese [or not].
Click the icon button on the main toolbar and make it in pressed state to active the contrast/ brightness adjusting mode.点击主工具栏上的 按钮，使其处于按下状态 ，进入对比度/亮度调节模式
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a. Click the fine reconstruction icon button and make it in the released state ; the selection box for fine reconstruction area will appear in the three-view image display area, as shown in the following figure:点击精细重建按钮 ，使其处于按下状态 ，在三视图图像显示区域内将出现精细重建区域选择框，如下图所示：
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[Please, answer in English (or Spanish). Unfortunately, I cannot read Chinese, that’s why I am asking]
Many thanks in advance,
Manuel
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | causing that location to remain pressed |
kok seng loh
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| 4 | See explanation below |
viooo
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Change log
Mar 4, 2013 12:52: Manuel Cedeño Berrueta Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
5 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
使其处于按下状态
Selected
causing that location to remain pressed
(a) “make it in pressed state” and (b) “make it in the released state”
Both of the above come from the same Chinese statement, 使其处于按下状态, which I have translated it as [causing that location to remain pressed]. I am not sure why the translator writes different translations for the same Chinese words. Also I am not sure what [that location] refers to. It could be a button on the machine activated by the software, instead of the button on the computer screen. I made some changes to the English part also.
Click the button on the main toolbar column causing that location to remain
pressed to enter the contrast/ brightness adjustment mode.
点击主工具栏上的 按钮，使其处于按下状态 ，进入对比度/亮度调节模式
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a. Click the fine reconstruction button causing that location to remain
pressed; the selection box for fine reconstruction area will appear in the
three-view image display area, as shown in the following figure:
点击精细重建按钮 ，使其处于按下状态 ，在三视图图像显示区域内将出现精细重
建区域选择框，如下图所示：
Both of the above come from the same Chinese statement, 使其处于按下状态, which I have translated it as [causing that location to remain pressed]. I am not sure why the translator writes different translations for the same Chinese words. Also I am not sure what [that location] refers to. It could be a button on the machine activated by the software, instead of the button on the computer screen. I made some changes to the English part also.
Click the button on the main toolbar column causing that location to remain
pressed to enter the contrast/ brightness adjustment mode.
点击主工具栏上的 按钮，使其处于按下状态 ，进入对比度/亮度调节模式
-------
a. Click the fine reconstruction button causing that location to remain
pressed; the selection box for fine reconstruction area will appear in the
three-view image display area, as shown in the following figure:
点击精细重建按钮 ，使其处于按下状态 ，在三视图图像显示区域内将出现精细重
建区域选择框，如下图所示：
Note from asker:
| Thank you very much, Kok Seng Loh and Viooo. The ZH-EN translator uses the phrases in question in the instructions to adjust contrast and brightness, to change the position of lines, and to change the direction of slices. The English text contains several errors easy to detect, but some phrases are quite enigmatic to me. |
| Many thanks to all of you for your help. With Kok Seng’s I understood the idea clearly, but in the end, I used “select”, as suggested by Phil. Thanks again, Manuel |
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See explanation below
In Chinese it's the exact same words as "make it in pressed state' in the paragraph before. So it's the same thing : you click the button once to make it stay down (activated), no need to hold it though
Discussion
I have no access to the actual software.
All of your suggestions are very helpful, and I find that Phil’s suggestion (“select”) is very clear, and easy for me implement the changes throughout the document.
In addition to “make it in the pressed state” and “make it in the released state”, there is also a couple of “make it in the bound state” in the same context; I guess is the same thing.
Thanks again,
Manuel