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Oct 17, 2018 14:45
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English term

trip off

English to French Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
The relaying and protection requirements are different based on the mode of operation of the mini-grid, as described below.
Generation equipment contributes to circuit fault currents and need to be tripped off or isolated first.

Merci encore pour votre précieuse aide
Proposed translations (French)
4 +4 disjoncter
5 interrupter, déconnecter, sectionner
4 Ont besoin d'être mis hors réseau
References
trip off

Discussion

Johannes Gleim Oct 18, 2018:
@ Kim Please do not tease! It's not the time or place.
Kim Metzger Oct 18, 2018:
Herr Gleim Why would you look for "drip of"/off?
Johannes Gleim Oct 18, 2018:
@ Tony I looked for both possibilities, "to trip off" and "to drip" of, in case of typing errors. I did not found any suitable hit with electrical context, neither in Electropedia, IATE, Merriam-Webster or The Free Online Dictionary. I concluded from that a very uncommon use und looked for circumscriptions and alternate wordings, correspondingly.

I have nothing against "disjoncter/disjoncteur" (circuit breaker) provided that the context deals with Low Voltage installations. But here we have "Power Generation" requiring special switchgears, e.g. disconnectors (sectionneurs, interrupteurs).

I am sure as electrical engineer you will underline this.
Tony M Oct 18, 2018:
@ Johannes A simple typo is understandable, but the whole point was that your argument was based on the fact it had nothing to do with 'goutte' and water, which seemed to imply you had completely misread the source term! I quote:

" "drip off" is no [sic] normal speech. Normally it means "="drop off faire égoutter, couler" "
Johannes Gleim Oct 18, 2018:
trip off Do you excuse typing errors or not?
Kim Metzger Oct 17, 2018:
Herr Gleim wrote: "drip off" is no normal speech." Absolutely! The standard term is "trip off"

Proposed translations

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disjoncter

Les générateurs doivent être disconectés du circuit. En général, pour cela, on utilise le disjoncteur spécifique à chaque groupe d'équipements.
Example sentence:

La fonction du disjoncteur consiste à perme ttre que le GED soit branché ou débranché électriquement des barres omnibus en toute sécurité au fur et à mesure des besoins.

Reference:

http://tsb.gc.ca/fra/rapports-reports/marine/2002/m02w0135/m02w0135.pdf

Peer comment(s):
agree GILLES MEUNIER
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agree B D Finch
44 mins
agree Kim Metzger
6 hrs
agree Tony M
6 hrs
neutral Johannes Gleim : Les disjoncteurs et les disjoncteurs différentiels sont utilise dans les installations domestiques. Il faut installer des appareillages comme sectionneurs ou interrupteurs dans les installations génératrices.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci bien !"
1 hr

Ont besoin d'être mis hors réseau

Proposé
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : That is indeed what needs to happen — but here, they are discussing the specific methods for doing so. 'Ont besoin de...' is rather too literal here and sits uncomfortably in FR, where an impersonal expression would probably be more appropriate.
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interrupter, déconnecter, sectionner

"drip off" is no normal speech. Normally it means "="drop off faire égoutter, couler", but here it means obviously "interrupter, déconnecter, sectionner".

Domain Electronics and electrical engineering, Earth sciences
Domain note electricity
en
Term tripped off
Reliability 3 (Reliable)

fr
Term coupé
Reliability 3 (Reliable)
http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do?method=searchDetail&l...

Domain Electronics and electrical engineering
Domain note Electronics: Electronic components and devices
en
Definition device for closing or opening one or more electric circuits

Term interrupter
Reliability 3 (Reliable)
Term on-off switch
Reliability 3 (Reliable)

fr
Definition dispositif destiné à fermer ou ouvrir un ou plusieurs circuits électriques
Term interrupteur
Reliability 3 (Reliable)
http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do?method=searchDetail&l...

Domain Earth sciences, Electronics and electrical engineering
Domain note electricity
en
Term switching-off
Reliability 3 (Reliable)

fr
Term déconnexion
Reliability 3 (Reliable)
http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do?method=searchDetail&l...

Area Signalling and security apparatus for railways / Train detection
IEV ref 821-03-27
en track circuit interrupter
device designed to interrupt the feed current to a track circuit in certain particular cases, e.g. derailment of a train at catch points
fr interrupteur de circuit de voie, m
appareil destiné à interrompre l'alimentation d'un circuit de voie dans certains cas particuliers, par exemple l'engagement d'un train sur un aiguillage de protection contre les dérives
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...

Area Switchgear, controlgear and fuses / Switching devices
IEV ref 441-14-09
en double-break disconnector
a disconnector that opens a circuit at two points
fr sectionneur à double coupure, m
sectionneur qui ouvre un circuit en deux points
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...

Area Switchgear, controlgear and fuses / Switching devices
IEV ref 441-14-10
en (mechanical) switch
a mechanical switching device capable of making, carrying and breaking currents under normal circuit conditions which may include specified operating overload conditions and also carrying for a specified time currents under specified abnormal circuit conditions such as those of short circuit
Note – A switch may be capable of making but not breaking short-circuit currents.

fr interrupteur (mécanique) m
appareil mécanique de connexion capable d'établir, de supporter et d'interrompre des courants dans les conditions normales du circuit y compris éventuellement les conditions spécifiées de surcharge en service, ainsi que de supporter pendant une durée spécifiée des courants dans des conditions anormales spécifiées du circuit telles que celles du court-circuit
Note – Un interrupteur peut être capable d'établir des courants de court-circuit mais n'est pas capable de les couper.
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...



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Note added at 18 hrs (2018-10-18 09:13:32 GMT)
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There are different possibilities for paraphrasing the 2nd sentence:

Les générateurs de courant apportent aux (augmentent les) courants de défaut des circuits et doivent être déclenchés (coupé, interrompus, sectionné, mises hors tension) ou isolés (séparés, déconnectés) en priorité (d’abord).
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : You have missed the point of the S/T — it is talking about 2 different ways of achiving this isolation, either by using a specific isolator, or by simply tripping out the circuit-breaker provided. The latter is the aspect required here.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

trip off

What is an Overload?
When in its normal operation a circuit has carried a little too much flow a little too long, so that the wires will be getting too hot to be safe, the breaker will trip off. This is called an overload -- you were trying to run a bit too much at once on that circuit. http://www.thecircuitdetective.com/glossary.php
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