Jul 6, 2022 05:29
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French term
France
Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, British, Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish)
Works in: French to English, English
input
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Chips/circuit boards/engineering/IT - subtitles
SUBTITLES
The English word "input" is used in French, correctly or incorrectly I don't know.
The company involved designs chips and circuit boards for very specific purposes (confidential).
An employee (a Spanish-speaker, I think) with English as a second language and with a PhD in Engineering is speaking (subtitles):
"Au niveau technique, c'est vraiment intéressant.
Parfois, dans les autres boites, ce n'est pas comme ça.
Vous allez juste recevoir ***un input****.
Il faut faire ça.
Il sort quelque chose et après le prochain projet, il faut que tu continues.
Ici, il y a un contexte.
Donc c'est possible de comprendre ce qui se passe derrière le projet.
C'est pour ça que c'est intéressant."
Any ideas?
The English word "input" is used in French, correctly or incorrectly I don't know.
The company involved designs chips and circuit boards for very specific purposes (confidential).
An employee (a Spanish-speaker, I think) with English as a second language and with a PhD in Engineering is speaking (subtitles):
"Au niveau technique, c'est vraiment intéressant.
Parfois, dans les autres boites, ce n'est pas comme ça.
Vous allez juste recevoir ***un input****.
Il faut faire ça.
Il sort quelque chose et après le prochain projet, il faut que tu continues.
Ici, il y a un contexte.
Donc c'est possible de comprendre ce qui se passe derrière le projet.
C'est pour ça que c'est intéressant."
Any ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | input |
MOUNIR LOUKOUMANOU
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| 3 +5 | input |
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
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| 4 | contribution, apport, idée, feedback, etc. |
Johannes Gleim
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Proposed translations
+4
46 mins
MOUNIR LOUKOUMANOU
Native in French
Marketing Translator and Transcreator
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, African, Belgian, Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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input
I think this is appropriate. better to maintain the target word. Besides, the word is very technological.
Example sentence:
A great input is necessary for...
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Yes, here it is 'input' in the purely intellectual sense, rather than any kind of physical electronic thing
1 hr
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| agree |
Kim Metzger
7 hrs
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| agree |
Anastasia Kalantzi
: Oui, entrée des données:input.
7 hrs
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philgoddard
1 day 57 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
40 mins
input
It's very hard to tell from the context. Still, 'input' sounds good to me.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: It's not really "hard to tell" here: they're talking about a project, it is 'input' in the purely intellectual sense, rather than any kind of physical electronic thing.
1 hr
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Thank you, Tony
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| agree |
Samuël Buysschaert
3 hrs
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Thank you, Samuel
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| agree |
Kim Metzger
7 hrs
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Thank you, Kim
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Anastasia Kalantzi
: Oui, entrée des données:input.
7 hrs
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Thank you, Anastasia
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SafeTex
: Yes, input is not quite the same as feedback as you can only really get feedback after having done something
8 hrs
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Thank you, Safetex
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3 hrs
Johannes Gleim
Specializes in field
40 years Engineer, 20 years translations
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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165
contribution, apport, idée, feedback, etc.
Dans ce contexte, 'input' n'est pas à prendre au sens technologique du terme, mais plutôt au sens familier. Voici quelques-unes des tournures les plus courantes à choisir.
input noun (plural: inputs)
entrée f
The new interface facilitates user input. La nouvelle interface facilite l'entrée de l'utilisateur.
contribution f (plural: contributions f)
Her input to the discussion was very useful. Sa contribution à la discussion a été d'une grande utilité.
avis m
The government took the experts' input into account. Le gouvernement a pris en compte l'avis des experts.
less common: apport m ; intrant m ; commentaire m ; saisie f ; participation f ; opinion f
https://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&qu...
input [sth] vtr (contribute: ideas) (des idées) donner⇒ vi
She input a number of good ideas.
Elle a donné un bon nombre de bonnes idées.
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/input
Question : 'Je n'ai aucun idée comment traduire le mot 'input' dans ce contexte.
Le salarié aura plus de ________ dans le proces de decisions? '
(Réponse) : '...d'influence dans la prise de décisions... '
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/input-in-the-decisio...
Question : 'Students have the chance to visit some of the UK’s top academic tourist destinations and have an input into the sights they visit.'
My try: … et bénéficient d'informations (préliminaires) sur les sites qu'ils visitent."
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/input-into-the-sight...
Q: 'This is a great opportunity to provide your input to the Court as it develops a common policy on intermediaries. We look forward to collaborating with you on this issue.
R : 'Ceci est une grande opportunité pour fournir à la Cour votre contribution pour nous aider à aboutir à une politique commune sur les intermédiaires. '
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/this-is-a-great-oppo...
input noun (plural: inputs)
entrée f
The new interface facilitates user input. La nouvelle interface facilite l'entrée de l'utilisateur.
contribution f (plural: contributions f)
Her input to the discussion was very useful. Sa contribution à la discussion a été d'une grande utilité.
avis m
The government took the experts' input into account. Le gouvernement a pris en compte l'avis des experts.
less common: apport m ; intrant m ; commentaire m ; saisie f ; participation f ; opinion f
https://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&qu...
input [sth] vtr (contribute: ideas) (des idées) donner⇒ vi
She input a number of good ideas.
Elle a donné un bon nombre de bonnes idées.
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/input
Question : 'Je n'ai aucun idée comment traduire le mot 'input' dans ce contexte.
Le salarié aura plus de ________ dans le proces de decisions? '
(Réponse) : '...d'influence dans la prise de décisions... '
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/input-in-the-decisio...
Question : 'Students have the chance to visit some of the UK’s top academic tourist destinations and have an input into the sights they visit.'
My try: … et bénéficient d'informations (préliminaires) sur les sites qu'ils visitent."
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/input-into-the-sight...
Q: 'This is a great opportunity to provide your input to the Court as it develops a common policy on intermediaries. We look forward to collaborating with you on this issue.
R : 'Ceci est une grande opportunité pour fournir à la Cour votre contribution pour nous aider à aboutir à une politique commune sur les intermédiaires. '
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/this-is-a-great-oppo...
Discussion
Tony, well, I don't think it is the right term, in ordinary language, at least. The guy got instructions, or an internal order. He didn't strike me as the kind of person who is showy with language. Neither did the company, they actually use the word "problème" and not some equivalent of challenge, which is refreshing!
It's our job to be the language police!
Plus, there isn't really one neat, concise term in FR that sums up everything as this one does.
Inasmuch as an awful lot of franglais has become assimilated into the language, I think this needs to be acccepted as authentic FR — in management, it's very common to find EN terms used, particularly where they are widely accept in the field worldwide
I'm afraid we just have to move with the times, and if the French themsevles don't mind, i hardly feel it is our place to object.
My feeling was that the person used the term a little incorrectly.
The guy, I think, is basically complaining about companies where he previously worked, where he just received technical specs and no context ("The component will be used in an X/Y/Z device"). In his current job, he's told what the purpose of his work is...sounds a bit like the old translator's conundrum: you're told, "Translate this", but you're not told the context or the purpose of your work, so your work has no "external" meaning.