Mini plug audio outputs

French translation: sorties audio avec mini-jack

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English term or phrase:Mini plug audio outputs
French translation:sorties audio avec mini-jack
Entered by: Lany Chabot-Laroche

17:57 Jan 21, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Media / Multimedia
English term or phrase: Mini plug audio outputs
It's a feature or component of an audio system.


Here is the definition from the client:

This is a type of connector, the formal
term is 3.5mm mini plug (female) or 3.5 mini jack (male). Mini plug
would be the term applied to the unit, which has the female connector.
Lany Chabot-Laroche
Canada
Local time: 08:22
sorties audio avec mini-jack
Explanation:
There is a confusion of terminology here between US and UK English, for starters.

In the US, a 'jack' refers very often to a female connector or 'socket', whereas in modern UK usage, it ore often refers to the male jack type of plug that goes into it.

So in UK EN we could say 'a female jack socket', whereas in the US that would sound tautological.

Here, it is clear that they are talking about the unit's having female sockets of the type known as mini-jack — and the latter term is so widely used in FR, it would be somewhat perverse to try and find something less English' to replace it.

Here are a few examples of it in use:

Bidouilles. Hacking. Expériences. Découvertes.: [Circuit Bending ...

Exemple1: Sortie audio avec un mini-jack (3,5mm) stéréo sans coupure (normal) Pour cet exemple nous allons avoir besoin de ça: ...

abstraktive.blogspot.com/2007/07/circuit-bending-faire-une-sortie-audio.html

Apple Shuffle Violet 1 Go (3G)
- Prise mini jack - Batterie ...Mode de sortie audio : Stéreo Bande passante en réponse : 20 - 20000 Hz ... La prise mini-jack pour casque stéréo sert en même temps de Dock Connector. ...

www.grosbill.com/1/62028/Apple Shuffle Violet 1 Go (3G) -

lecteur enregistreur video portable, Sortie Audio Optique Lecteurs ...
1 sortie A/V (mini jack). - 1 sortie S-Vidéo. - 1 sortie vidéo YUV. - 1 sortie audio numérique optique. - 1 entrée A/V (mini jack). - 1 prise antenne. ...

fr.bizrate.com/.../products__att661781--661785-__keyword--lecteur+enregistreur+video+portable.html


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Note added at 18 mins (2008-01-21 18:16:26 GMT)
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Strictly speaking, you ought to specify "3,5 mm mini-jack", since there is also the 2.5 mm standard (more logically a micro-jack, I suppose) — but in practice, "mini-jack" will almost always be assumed to be the 3.5 mm (1/8") type unless otherwise specified.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-01-22 09:01:11 GMT)
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Gilles is right, inasmuch as 'mini-fiche' would be more accurate for the female connector; it has to be said, though, that mini-fiche gets only a sprinkling of (relevant!) Google hits, compared with mini-jack. Certain seem even to feel the need to put both fiche and jack:

Affichage sur un téléviseur par la sortie S-vidéo (R31)

La plupart des portatifs sont munis d'une sortie S-vidéo permettant de les ... 1 câble mini fiche stéréo («mini jack stéréo» à une extrémité et deux RCA à ...

www5.fsa.ulaval.ca/webdav/site/fsa/shared/fichiers/Azimut/portatifs/s_video/s_video_r31.pdf


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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-01-22 09:02:53 GMT)
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Google stats:

mini fiche 5600+, but very high proportion of non-relevant

mini-jack 80,000+, mostly seemingly relevant
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:22
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mini plug audio outputs
sorties audio avec mini-jack


Explanation:
There is a confusion of terminology here between US and UK English, for starters.

In the US, a 'jack' refers very often to a female connector or 'socket', whereas in modern UK usage, it ore often refers to the male jack type of plug that goes into it.

So in UK EN we could say 'a female jack socket', whereas in the US that would sound tautological.

Here, it is clear that they are talking about the unit's having female sockets of the type known as mini-jack — and the latter term is so widely used in FR, it would be somewhat perverse to try and find something less English' to replace it.

Here are a few examples of it in use:

Bidouilles. Hacking. Expériences. Découvertes.: [Circuit Bending ...

Exemple1: Sortie audio avec un mini-jack (3,5mm) stéréo sans coupure (normal) Pour cet exemple nous allons avoir besoin de ça: ...

abstraktive.blogspot.com/2007/07/circuit-bending-faire-une-sortie-audio.html

Apple Shuffle Violet 1 Go (3G)
- Prise mini jack - Batterie ...Mode de sortie audio : Stéreo Bande passante en réponse : 20 - 20000 Hz ... La prise mini-jack pour casque stéréo sert en même temps de Dock Connector. ...

www.grosbill.com/1/62028/Apple Shuffle Violet 1 Go (3G) -

lecteur enregistreur video portable, Sortie Audio Optique Lecteurs ...
1 sortie A/V (mini jack). - 1 sortie S-Vidéo. - 1 sortie vidéo YUV. - 1 sortie audio numérique optique. - 1 entrée A/V (mini jack). - 1 prise antenne. ...

fr.bizrate.com/.../products__att661781--661785-__keyword--lecteur+enregistreur+video+portable.html


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Note added at 18 mins (2008-01-21 18:16:26 GMT)
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Strictly speaking, you ought to specify "3,5 mm mini-jack", since there is also the 2.5 mm standard (more logically a micro-jack, I suppose) — but in practice, "mini-jack" will almost always be assumed to be the 3.5 mm (1/8") type unless otherwise specified.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-01-22 09:01:11 GMT)
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Gilles is right, inasmuch as 'mini-fiche' would be more accurate for the female connector; it has to be said, though, that mini-fiche gets only a sprinkling of (relevant!) Google hits, compared with mini-jack. Certain seem even to feel the need to put both fiche and jack:

Affichage sur un téléviseur par la sortie S-vidéo (R31)

La plupart des portatifs sont munis d'une sortie S-vidéo permettant de les ... 1 câble mini fiche stéréo («mini jack stéréo» à une extrémité et deux RCA à ...

www5.fsa.ulaval.ca/webdav/site/fsa/shared/fichiers/Azimut/portatifs/s_video/s_video_r31.pdf


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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-01-22 09:02:53 GMT)
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Google stats:

mini fiche 5600+, but very high proportion of non-relevant

mini-jack 80,000+, mostly seemingly relevant


Tony M
France
Local time: 13:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  GILOU: je dirais mini-fiche pour faire la distinction
14 hrs
  -> Logique ! Mais parmi tous les appareils dont j'ai lu les descriptifs, je ne crois pas avoir jamais vu ça... ?

agree  Alain BERTRAND: J'auriais également dit mini-fiche mais le mini-jack est devenu un anglissisme généralement accepté.
17 hrs
  -> Merci, Koolmau ! En effet.
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