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overpasses

German translation: A bad translation

07:24 Sep 1, 2019
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
English term or phrase: overpasses
Production start - Manual
If there is no external trigger, the spray can be started manually by switching the TRIGGER to ON. Production start - Automatic
The system is ready for a production start. The header will start to spray as soon as the system will receive a trigger signal.The trigger signal overpasses the TRIGGER.

Was ist hier genau mit "overpasses the trigger" gemeint?

Danke.
Annegin
Germany
Local time: 23:26
German translation:A bad translation
Explanation:
In place of "... the system will receive a trigger signal. The trigger signal overpasses the TRIGGER", I'm pretty certain that an accurate translation would have been "... the system receives a trigger signal. The trigger signal is transmitted to (here mistranslated as "overpasses") the TRIGGER.

"overpasses" here a bad rendering of "passes over to".
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 23:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4A bad translation
David Moore (X)
3 +3überbrückt
Wolfgang Hummel
4übersteuert
Johannes Gleim
2 +1setzt außer Kraft (= overrides)
Bernhard Sulzer


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
überbrückt


Explanation:
Fällt mir auf die Schnelle ein. Ich würde hier overpass mit überbrücken übersetzen.

Wolfgang Hummel
Spain
Local time: 23:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): So would I in normal circs, but this text is bad bad bad, Are you sure that's actually what is meant?
1 hr
agree  Kim Metzger: Mit David. ... das auf den Trigger-Schalter übertragen wird
8 hrs
agree  Michael Confais (X)
20 hrs
agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): agree
4 days
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
übersteuert


Explanation:
Versuch einer verständlichen Übersetzung:

Wenn das Gerät nicht von außen getriggert wird, kann der Sprühvorgang manuell gestartet werden, indem der TRIGGER-Schalter eingeschaltet wird.
Produktionsstart - Automatisch
Das System kann gestartet werden. Der Sprühkopf sprüht, sobald das System ein Trigger-Signal empfängt. Das Trigger-Signal übersteuert den TRIGGER-Schalter.

Das heißt, unabhängig von der Schalterstellung.
Anmerkung: Unter einem Trigger-Schalter stelle ich mir ein Schalter mit Wischkontakt vor. Das kann stimmen, muss aber nicht. Für die Übersetzung ist die genaue Ausführung aber unerheblich.


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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-09-01 16:45:16 GMT)
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Johannes Gleim
Local time: 23:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 359
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
overpasses
setzt außer Kraft (= overrides)


Explanation:
The trigger signal overpasses the TRIGGER

das Trigger-Signal hat Vorrang gegenüber der manuellen Trigger-Funktion

oder: setzt die manuelle Trigger-Funktion außer Kraft

but ... it all depends on clear context

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Schtroumpf: Zumindest den Verdacht teile ich mit dir!
21 hrs
  -> Danke dir!
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
A bad translation


Explanation:
In place of "... the system will receive a trigger signal. The trigger signal overpasses the TRIGGER", I'm pretty certain that an accurate translation would have been "... the system receives a trigger signal. The trigger signal is transmitted to (here mistranslated as "overpasses") the TRIGGER.

"overpasses" here a bad rendering of "passes over to".

David Moore (X)
Local time: 23:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 33
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Kim
agree  Schtroumpf: Das Problem schlechter Texte ist ja, dass es dies bedeuten kann, oder auch das Gegenteil davon...
4 hrs
agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): agree - the problem is that the translator can only translate whatever the text says
2 days 21 hrs
agree  D. I. Verrelli: Awful source text.
3 days 59 mins
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