Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
a bassa intensità e a bassa frequenza
English translation:
at low intensity and low frequency
Italian term
a bassa intensità e a bassa frequenza
I can't seem to make anything sound natural, and I hate doing stilted translations.
The client makes hot tubs, and has just created one where there are two buttons.
- Each button can be off, flashing or on - i.e. show a solid light (even that sounds stilted doesn't it?)
- The flashing can be faster or slower (frequenza)
- The light can be brighter or dimmer (intensità).
But when I come to translate a phrase like "Il pannello torna allo stato di tasto A spento e tasto B fisso a bassa intensità." or "Il raggiungimento di tale limite (fissato pari a 5 cicli di idromassaggio) viene indicato dalla stessa vasca, mediante uno specifico lampeggio contemporaneo dei 2 tasti A e B (alta intensità bassa frequenza)."
OK, so the Italian is not going to win any prizes for elegance, but unfortunately, whatever I try to write always sounds as if I'd had to rush one of my first technical translation exercises at translation college, with a (hypothetical) hangover to boot.
So is there a single term for each state that can be used in the circumstances which would sound better than my poor attempts, or can you point me towards a machine which has the same light functions (there must be millions of them, but I've been looking for them in vain for ages)
Many tanks (good Freudian typo there!)
Anthony
3 +1 | at low intensity and low frequency | tradu-grace |
3 | slow strobe and soft lights | Michael Korovkin |
Dec 15, 2011 13:08: tradu-grace Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
at low intensity and low frequency
HIH
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Note added at 23 ore (2011-12-11 13:04:01 GMT)
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Hi Anthony, I was sure you knew how to translate the terms.
I see your point. What about "dim blinking lights" instead of frequency?
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Note added at 1 giorno4 min (2011-12-11 13:53:58 GMT)
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or in one term as you asked for:
"soft and dim lighting emissions"
What you think about that?
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Note added at 4 giorni (2011-12-15 13:06:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you indeed Anthony !!
well yes, I know you *can* translate it like that, but it just sounds so awful - I was looking for something which takes into account that the client has just spent a few thousand euros (remember them) and gets a little pleasure from a well-written set of instructions which uses his/her usual terms. If we talk about frequency referring to light in English, we are talking about its colour - but in this case (unless I've totally got the wrong end of the stick) it refers to how fast the light flashes |
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