Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

casualty machine

French translation:

le moteur en panne

Added to glossary by Claire Mendes Real
May 4, 2022 12:16
2 yrs ago
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English term

casualty machine

English to French Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering machine outil
THE SLAVE AND CASUALTY MACHINE MUST NEVER COME INTO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.

Remove the protective cap (, Item 2) from the NATO IVSS (, Item 1) or alternative 2 pin IVSS (, Item 3) of the casualty machine and install the correct slave lead.

Disconnect the slave lead from the casualty machine and replace the protective caps.
Proposed translations (French)
3 +1 le moteur en panne

Discussion

Daryo May 6, 2022:
"Machine en panne" is suitably vague, so it's also an option.
Claire Mendes Real (asker) May 5, 2022:
Answer by the client In this process the casualty machine is the machine that has broken down due to flat batteries and will not start and needs a slave machine to carry out a "jump lead" start

Machine en panne, tout simplement ?
Daryo May 5, 2022:
"Attach a suitable tow bar to the front towing position"

this implies that these "machines" are in fact some kind of vehicles.

WHERE FROM came this:
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / machine outil???

You DON'T get machine outil being towed away - they are solidly anchored to the shop floor.

IVSS stands for Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems (research project; Sweden)
https://www.acronymfinder.com/Intelligent-Vehicle-Safety-Sys...

24V NATO Military IVSS Inter Vehicle Start Socket Jumper Starter 1000A
https://grabcad.com/library/24v-nato-military-ivss-inter-veh...



Claire Mendes Real (asker) May 5, 2022:
there is a recovery machine and a casualty machine Position the recovery machine in front of the casualty machine. Attach a suitable tow bar to the front towing position (, Item 1) of the casualty machine. If possible, connect a suitable air line between the recovery machine and casualty machine at either:
Bourth May 4, 2022:
What is actually happening? Is a broken-down machine being restarted by another or something like that?

Proposed translations

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1 day 15 hrs
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le moteur en panne

the engine is the one being restarted;

The idea of connecting the whole vehicle with a tow bar makes little sense as far restarting the engine is concerned, although it might be another episode of the same saga - what to do if the engine won't start with the help of this cable.





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Note added at 1 day 15 hrs (2022-05-06 03:30:40 GMT)
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or

le véhicule en panne
Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth : Ah, the importance of context.
5 hrs
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