Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

piste

English translation:

track

Added to glossary by Tony M
Mar 31, 2015 17:04
9 yrs ago
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French term

piste

French to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng
Last question:

Quelle est la bonne séquence pour procéder à la section d’une piste interne d’un circuit multicouche ?
- Repérage de la piste à sectionner et procéder à l’aide d’un marteau et burin

What is the correct sequence to divide an inner track of a multilayer circuit?
- Find the track to divide and proceed with a hammer and chisel

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 track
4 conductor
Change log

Apr 3, 2015 13:52: Tony M Created KOG entry

Discussion

chris collister Apr 3, 2015:
A bit of extra context makes all the difference, doesn't it?
Marc Rizkallah (asker) Apr 3, 2015:
wait - it makes sense! To add more context, this was one of 4 possible answers to a multiple-choice question, and clearly the wrong one!

Here are the other three possibilities:
b) Sectionner la piste à l’aide d’un Scalpel (Xacto)
c) Sectionner la piste à l’aide d’un foret (drill)
d) Repérage de la piste à sectionner et procéder à l’aide d’un foret

So ... I hope that makes more sense. Although to be honest, I'm not sure which is the correct answer, but I'd guess (b) just because (c) and (d) seem like the same thing!
chris collister Apr 1, 2015:
burin... Of course, "burin" (probably) doesn't refer to a chisel for cutting, but rather to its shape: http://www.amazon.fr/0202MZ-Panne-souder-nickelée-Independen... or http://www.conrad.com/ce/fr/product/828602/Panne-de-rechange... still puzled by the "hammer" though.

Proposed translations

+2
2 hrs
Selected

track

In common technical parlance, PCBs have 'tracks'.

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Note added at 2 jours20 heures (2015-04-03 13:50:49 GMT) Post-grading
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ah yes, NOW it makes sense! The correct answer is indeed b) — the only way of doing a clean, precise, reliable job!

c) and d) are 'quick-and-dirty' shortcuts commonly used by engineers like me in the field
and a) is clearly the 'stupidly wrong' answer intended to catch out those people who haven't a clue
Peer comment(s):

agree chris collister : Taking a hammer and chisel to a multilayer pcb sounds, er, interesting...// Quick and dirty? I'm not so sure - I use one of those neat little hand-held drill/cutters all the time!
13 hrs
Thanks, C! Yes, indeed, that's what was puzzling me a bit...
agree liberfo
2 days 2 mins
Thanks, Liberfo!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks! I posted a comment which hopefully helps shed a bit of light on the mystery... :-)"
1 hr

conductor

(This is the term used in circuit board engineering.)
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