Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Auto PC
English translation:
Auto PC / Carputer /CarPC
Added to glossary by
Adsion Liu
Jun 23, 2009 18:33
14 yrs ago
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French term
auto PC
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Hello
I would be grateful for some help with this query which comes in a a list of parts for a car:
Allumage des phares automatique
AutoPC | Auto PC
BA | Boite automatique
BA CVT | Boite automatique CVT
BAS | BAS
BI-XENON | Phares bi-xenon
Thank you!
Liz Askew
I would be grateful for some help with this query which comes in a a list of parts for a car:
Allumage des phares automatique
AutoPC | Auto PC
BA | Boite automatique
BA CVT | Boite automatique CVT
BAS | BAS
BI-XENON | Phares bi-xenon
Thank you!
Liz Askew
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | Auto PC |
Adsion Liu
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| 3 | ordinateur de bord |
Drmanu49
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| 3 | Carputer |
Omar Lima Quintana
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| 2 | self-levelling |
chris collister
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| 1 | On-board computer? |
Didier Caizergues
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Change log
Jun 29, 2009 15:23: Adsion Liu Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Adsion Liu
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Native in: Chinese (Variants: Simplified, Traditional)
Works in: English to Chinese, French to Chinese, Spanish to Chinese, and 7 more.
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Auto PC
Auto PC is obviously used both in French and English. You are recommended to keep it unchanged...
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Please see MicroSoft Terminology:
Auto PC
ar-SA: كمبيوتر تلقائي
bg:
ca:
cs: Auto PC
da: Auto-pc
de-DE: Auto PC
el: υπολογιστής αυτοκινήτου
et:
eu:
fa:
fi: Auto PC -laite
fr-FR: auto-PC
he: Auto PC
hi-IN:
hr:
hu: autószámítógép
id:
it-IT: Auto PC
ja: Auto PC
kk-KZ:
ko-KR: Auto PC
lv:
lt:
ms-MY:
nl-NL: autocomputer
nn-NO:
nb-NO: Auto-PC
pl: Auto PC
pt-BR: Auto PC
pt-PT: Auto PC
ro-RO:
ru-RU:
sk: Auto PC
sl:
es-ES: Auto PC
sr-BA:
sv-SE: bildator
tl-PH:
th:
tr:
uk:
ur:
zh-CN: 汽车 PC
zh-HK:
zh-TW: 自動 PC
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You can see also many matches below:
http://www.google.com/search?q=auto PC&hl=zh-CN&lr=&start=10...
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Note added at 5 jours (2009-06-29 15:21:05 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome, Liz!
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Note added at 11 minutes (2009-06-23 18:44:45 GMT)
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Please see MicroSoft Terminology:
Auto PC
ar-SA: كمبيوتر تلقائي
bg:
ca:
cs: Auto PC
da: Auto-pc
de-DE: Auto PC
el: υπολογιστής αυτοκινήτου
et:
eu:
fa:
fi: Auto PC -laite
fr-FR: auto-PC
he: Auto PC
hi-IN:
hr:
hu: autószámítógép
id:
it-IT: Auto PC
ja: Auto PC
kk-KZ:
ko-KR: Auto PC
lv:
lt:
ms-MY:
nl-NL: autocomputer
nn-NO:
nb-NO: Auto-PC
pl: Auto PC
pt-BR: Auto PC
pt-PT: Auto PC
ro-RO:
ru-RU:
sk: Auto PC
sl:
es-ES: Auto PC
sr-BA:
sv-SE: bildator
tl-PH:
th:
tr:
uk:
ur:
zh-CN: 汽车 PC
zh-HK:
zh-TW: 自動 PC
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Note added at 13 minutes (2009-06-23 18:46:44 GMT)
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You can see also many matches below:
http://www.google.com/search?q=auto PC&hl=zh-CN&lr=&start=10...
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Note added at 5 jours (2009-06-29 15:21:05 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome, Liz!
Note from asker:
| That easy! and I was unable to locate this in google! |
| Thank you! I left this as is. |
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
3 mins
ordinateur de bord
7 May 2009 ... The AutoPC is a brand of carputer (the integration of a personal computer in an automotive environment) jointly developed by Clarion and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoPC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoPC
7 mins
Didier Caizergues
Native in French
Specializes in field
Who said translation was hard?
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French
On-board computer?
I'm not sure I understand your query: do you want an explanation/definition of the term "auto PC" alone, or are you looking for explanation about the rest of the list? If the latter, BAS stands for "Brake Assist System" (or the German equivalent, unpronounceable), CVT stands for "Continuously Variable Transmission", Boîte automatique means, well, Automatic Gearbox, etc... Are you translating from French to English, or the other way round?
Note from asker:
| I am translating Fr - En (as posted?) and I only want the translation for AutoPC:-) |
17 mins
Omar Lima Quintana
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
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Carputer
The AutoPC is a brand of carputer (the integration of a personal computer in an automotive environment) jointly developed by Clarion and Microsoft.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoPC
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoPC
Reference:
15 hrs
chris collister
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
precision engineer, precision translator
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
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self-levelling
Given that the heading is "allumage de phares automatique", this would have to be related to headlights. The modern xenon beams are so intense and pencil-like that they are fitted with a servo-driven level control to compensate for bumps in the road.
I suggest (with low confidence) that "PC" here means "pente-contrôle". But then again, who knows...?
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Ah, so "allumage des phares automatique" isn't a heading? Should the blank line not be there at all? Then it all makes perfect sense: nothing to do with self-levelling at all!
I very much hope that the word "carputer" never gets so much as a sniff at the OED. Yeuch!
I suggest (with low confidence) that "PC" here means "pente-contrôle". But then again, who knows...?
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Note added at 21 hrs (2009-06-24 16:27:29 GMT)
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Ah, so "allumage des phares automatique" isn't a heading? Should the blank line not be there at all? Then it all makes perfect sense: nothing to do with self-levelling at all!
I very much hope that the word "carputer" never gets so much as a sniff at the OED. Yeuch!
Discussion
"Carputer refers to any computing platform that is installed in a vehicle. While some aftermarket carputers are available to consumers, most carputers are built by enthusiasts using desktop PC components from smaller form factors like the mini-ITX or microATX. Carputers are mainly used for playing music and DVD movies, connecting to the Internet, and navigation. Carputer may also be called Car PC."
(http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/carputer.html. I found it in onelook.com. But there was no hard-covered book that included it.)
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The AutoPC is a brand of carputer (the integration of a personal computer in an automotive environment) jointly developed by Clarion and Microsoft.