Feb 10, 2014 15:09
10 yrs ago
Chinese term

车载电源控制器

Chinese to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Hello,

I am writing on a technical documentation, and I found another difficult term:

"车载电源控制器"

The "车载电源" is especially difficult, because I only can find the translation "Automotive electrical source" (http://dict.cn/车载电源控制器) which apparently is not a technical term (google).

Thank you for your help
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Feb 10, 2014 15:11: Jack Doughty changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "Chinese to German"

Feb 10, 2014 15:11: Egmont Schröder changed "Language pair" from "Chinese to German" to "Chinese to English"

Discussion

Lucy Hill Feb 12, 2014:
I'm really sorry, but that is not something remotely English-sounding! Please acknowledge the difference between fanciful dictionary guesswork and translation.
Jinhang Wang Feb 10, 2014:
vehicle-borne power supply controller 也许更佳。

Proposed translations

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onboard power supply control unit

FYI

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Strange, my link doesn't show. Here it goes again:
https://www.google.com.sg/webhp?tab=ww&ei=yuH4Uuq2FYqzrgf82I...
Peer comment(s):

agree Simin Tan
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agree Shang
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automotive power supply controller

for your reference,

供参考

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or in-vehicle power supply controller,

or in-vehicle power controller
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on-board power supply controller

http://dict.cn/on-board power supply

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-02-10 16:11:31 GMT)
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或者,更准确些,用 vehicle-borne power supply controller
Peer comment(s):

agree Shang
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Power control system

Without context or know what type of car it is, it is pretty hard to say, but you'll rarely find that in English we use a phrase of more than 3 words to say something, otherwise it sounds very confusing.

You'll find 'system', 'dashboard' or 'panel' more often than 'unit' if you're talking about user controls. 'Controller' sounds odd. Perhaps just "power controls".

You don't need to translate '车载' every time it comes up if you're obviously talking about a car.

However, without any hint of context this remains an educated guess




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***without context or knowing***
Peer comment(s):

agree Oceanwide : "power controls" sounds good.
22 hrs
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