foot push to talk

French translation: PP (Pression Parole) actionné par le pied

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English term or phrase:foot push-to-talk
French translation:PP (Pression Parole) actionné par le pied
Entered by: Tony M

11:54 Oct 23, 2014
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / tramway
English term or phrase: foot push to talk
To install the //////foot push to talk//// it has been considered the availability of electrical supply from the desk and the installation of foot button will be on the floor closer to the driver desk.

Found in a document related to the installation of equipment/devices in the driver cabin of a tramway.

Thanks for your help.
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
interrupteur d'émission / PP actionné par le pied
Explanation:
Try GDT for some ideas for the PTT part

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Note added at 4 heures (2014-10-23 16:46:12 GMT)
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The 'talk' part is built-in to the technical expression!

PTT or Push To Talk means the button you press to make yur radio go into 'transmit' — this is covered in my suggested FR answer by the 'émission' part.

In FR, the PP = 'pression parole', which is the exact equivalment of the EN PPT.

So either of my suggested versions does indeed completely encompass the notion of 'push to talk'!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 21:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1interrupteur d'émission / PP actionné par le pied
Tony M
4micro activé au pied
Daryo


  

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interrupteur d'émission / PP actionné par le pied


Explanation:
Try GDT for some ideas for the PTT part

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Note added at 4 heures (2014-10-23 16:46:12 GMT)
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The 'talk' part is built-in to the technical expression!

PTT or Push To Talk means the button you press to make yur radio go into 'transmit' — this is covered in my suggested FR answer by the 'émission' part.

In FR, the PP = 'pression parole', which is the exact equivalment of the EN PPT.

So either of my suggested versions does indeed completely encompass the notion of 'push to talk'!

Tony M
France
Local time: 21:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 186
Grading comment
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks but the proposed translation looses the "talk" part. Any idea on how to improve on it? Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Didier Fourcot: On dit aussi "interrupteur au pied"
52 mins
  -> Merci, Didier !
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micro activé au pied


Explanation:
"foot push to talk" is the name for the whole system/concept - when you need to talk (presumably in a microphone) you have to push a button that is under your foot;

the piece of hardware used to materialize this concept is a (foot activated) push button;

to get it 100% right you need to find out if it's an on/off switch or a button that you have to keep pressed as long as you want to talk in the mike.



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:04
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 33

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not technically accurate. A PTT switch (foot / hand) doesn't activate the microphone, but the transmitter; they are ALWAYS 'momentary' action — you must hold them 'on' the whole time you want to talk; a dedicated term exists, unwise to depart from that.
5 mins
  -> agree, OTOH I understand here "foot push to talk" as the name for the whole system/the concept, not for the bit of hardware.// Personally, I would prefer an on/off switch - you just press once and concentrate on driving ...
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