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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

taper

English translation:

taper

Added to glossary by Louisa Tchaicha
Dec 5, 2011 14:15
12 yrs ago
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French term

taper

French to English Tech/Engineering Telecom(munications) système d\\\'émission d
Hi,

Sorry, I'm not really certain the fields I put are correct.

"Système d'émission selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel la fibre optique est microstructurée et/ou dopée et/ou à dimension transverse décroissante en fonction de la propagation ("taper").

I have no idea what "taper" is here, please help!

Thank you in advance
Proposed translations (English)
4 taper
4 +1 conicité
4 taper

Discussion

Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Dec 6, 2011:
I appreciate your help Thank you rkillings, Mohd shadab, Clare Cornford and kashew :)
rkillings Dec 6, 2011:
tapered (verb, past tense) microstructured and/or doped and/or tapered. Then put the translation of the French description (à dimension …) in parenthesis. (The English noun 'taper' is the equivalent of that description without the preposition à.)
3ADE shadab Dec 5, 2011:
Leave "taper" as it is. It is obviously a patent document, so I would translate the French and then leave the '("taper")' as it is. Alternatively, you could do a search on the European Patent Bureau site to see how other patents render the phrase.
Clare Cornford (X) Dec 5, 2011:
or ("fibre tapering") - although they've used a noun "taper" (for "tapered fibre")
I would include it, as it is the name of the process they have just referred to.
Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Dec 5, 2011:
I could put (tapering) perhaps, or not include it at all, what do you think?

Proposed translations

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taper

I believe they are using the English word "taper" here, as in fibre tapering.

I found this useful: http://www.bath.ac.uk/physics/groups/cppm/tapers.php

hope this is helpful.
Note from asker:
Thank you! it never crossed my mind that it could be English :s
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you everyone :)"
28 mins

taper

It is the English term, hence the quotation marks.
Note from asker:
Thank you!! I feel really daft it never crossed my mind.. the question is do I elave it or not include it? :)
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25 mins

conicité

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Note added at 1 heure (2011-12-05 15:52:57 GMT)
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e.g. "... ce chapitre traite des propriétés générales des fibres optiques afin ... du coupleur va dépendre essentiellement de la conicité de la zone étirée..."
Note from asker:
thank you
Peer comment(s):
agree Dr Lofthouse : which = 'taper' in english
8 hrs
Thank you.
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