Jan 11, 2007 23:21
17 yrs ago
English term
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Thirstier controller failure
English to French
Tech/Engineering
Engineering: Industrial
Je ne trouve pas de traduction satisfaisante pour Thirstier. J'ai juste trouvé une page ou il était indiqué
Thirstier or time controller, mais je ne suis pas convaincu de l'analogie.
Thirstier or time controller, mais je ne suis pas convaincu de l'analogie.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 | panne du contrôleur « Thirstier » |
Tony M
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panne du contrôleur « Thirstier »
It seems as if this is indeed some kind of proper name, so I wouldn't worry too much about precisely WHAT it is; I did even wonder if it is a typo, since there are so few occurrences of it on the 'Net. However, I did find an IEEE site (not accessible to lay visitors) and a Far Eastern site that used it with a capital letter in such a way as to suggest it is indeed a proper name; and this Iraqi site seems to be somewhat more conclusive:
Iraqi Dinars | Iraqi News and Iraqi Money...
managed to fix up the Thirstier system that controls the operation of ... Poland Provides Iraq with Helicopters and Electronic Surveillance Devices ...
www.edinarfinancial.net/news/?ny=2006&nm=09
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There are quite a few Ghits for it actually, but you have to weed through a lot of others to find them!
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I just had a horrible thought — could it in fact be a dreadful typo for "thyristor"??! (in any event, that would stay the same in FR!)
In my heart of hearts I don't want to believe it, but as you say, there are few enoguh Ghits to make one begin to wonder...
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What worries me a lot is that ever so many of the ghits for things like "thirstier control" come from India, and I fear a transcription error caused by erroneous pronunciation. Either that, or this company Thirstier exports a heck of a lot of control modules to the Far East!
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Oh gosh, yes, that Iraqi site is full of ghastly errors too, and I feel sure that they are indeed talking about "thyristors"! Do you have any thoughts as to the reliability of your original text? Country of origin...?
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Thumping great industrial thyristors are indeed often used in furnace control applications, as indeed was (seemingly) the case on that Iraqi site I mentioned above.
Iraqi Dinars | Iraqi News and Iraqi Money...
managed to fix up the Thirstier system that controls the operation of ... Poland Provides Iraq with Helicopters and Electronic Surveillance Devices ...
www.edinarfinancial.net/news/?ny=2006&nm=09
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Note added at 59 mins (2007-01-12 00:21:00 GMT)
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There are quite a few Ghits for it actually, but you have to weed through a lot of others to find them!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-12 00:26:17 GMT) Post-grading
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I just had a horrible thought — could it in fact be a dreadful typo for "thyristor"??! (in any event, that would stay the same in FR!)
In my heart of hearts I don't want to believe it, but as you say, there are few enoguh Ghits to make one begin to wonder...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-12 00:29:23 GMT) Post-grading
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What worries me a lot is that ever so many of the ghits for things like "thirstier control" come from India, and I fear a transcription error caused by erroneous pronunciation. Either that, or this company Thirstier exports a heck of a lot of control modules to the Far East!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-12 00:31:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Oh gosh, yes, that Iraqi site is full of ghastly errors too, and I feel sure that they are indeed talking about "thyristors"! Do you have any thoughts as to the reliability of your original text? Country of origin...?
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-12 00:33:47 GMT) Post-grading
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Thumping great industrial thyristors are indeed often used in furnace control applications, as indeed was (seemingly) the case on that Iraqi site I mentioned above.
Note from asker:
| Tony, I checked the rest of the document and I found the word thyristor. So you are right, it is certainly a typo. I will use thyristor. And I think this doc was written by someone who is not an English native speaker. I found other weird sentences or words mispelled. Something that sounds like my English. :) Thanks again for your perseverance, you were really helpful. |
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Comment: "Thanks Tony. You were very helpful."
Discussion
Problem is that I don't find any reference on the net. Not one. I am thinking it could be a typo but what else could it be if it was a typo? confused here... :)