Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to further isolate
French translation:
pour localiser plus précisement
Added to glossary by
Mariana Zarnicki
Jun 13, 2007 00:08
16 yrs ago
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English term
to further isolate
English to French
Tech/Engineering
Computers (general)
Using another Computer
You may also try to connect the wireless adapter to a different computer to further isolate the problem.
Thank you!
You may also try to connect the wireless adapter to a different computer to further isolate the problem.
Thank you!
Proposed translations
(French)
4 +4 | pour localiser plus précisement | Tony M |
4 +3 | pour mieux cerner | Galeran |
5 +1 | pour isoler davantage le problème | VdeMoor (X) |
3 +1 | pour bien isoler le problème | chaplin |
Proposed translations
+4
5 hrs
Selected
pour localiser plus précisement
'isolate' risks being something of a 'false friend' here
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-06-13 05:54:13 GMT)
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the sense here is one of 'pinpoint'
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-06-13 05:54:13 GMT)
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the sense here is one of 'pinpoint'
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci beaucoup!"
+1
7 mins
pour isoler davantage le problème
davantage en un mot et pas d'avantage :)
Example sentence:
être en mesure d'isoler davantage le problème
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Aurélie DANIEL
1 hr
|
neutral |
Tony M
: I really wonder if 'isoler' is the right word to be using here?
5 hrs
|
+1
10 mins
pour bien isoler le problème
j'irai presque jusqu'à éviter le problème car parfois les programmateurs d'informatique n'arrivent plus à parler la langue habituelle!!!
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Aurélie DANIEL
: pour mieux isoler le problème
1 hr
|
merci
|
|
neutral |
Tony M
: I'm not sure that 'isoler' isn't a faux ami, but in any case, from your explanations, it seems you may be misunderstanding the way 'to isolate' is being used here (nothing at all to do with 'éviter')
5 hrs
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d'accord
|
+3
4 hrs
pour mieux cerner
pourquoi ne pas dire tout simplement : "Déterminez si l'adaptateur (ou carte) sans fil est fautif en le branchant dans un autre ordinateur
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Tony M
: Yes, though 'isolate' does have a sense of 'locate' that I feel might be missing with 'cerner'
1 hr
|
agree |
Assimina Vavoula
1 hr
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agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
: ou identifier
1 hr
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