Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Anomalie bloquante
English translation:
fatal error
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Fiona McBrearty
Sep 28, 2005 14:33
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French term
Anomalie bloquante
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers (general)
• Anomalie bloquante sur une fonctionnalité stratégique du Système, pour laquelle aucune solution de contournement ne peut être mise en place.
I've seen this so many times but I like to get a definitive way to translate it.
I've seen this so many times but I like to get a definitive way to translate it.
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fatal error
In an IT context.
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Comment: "This seems the "zippiest" option, while remaining fairly open (i.e. problem may not necessarily be a bug)"
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Conor McAuley
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Anomaly / irregularity preventing (full) use of a...
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show stopper
Funnily enough, we had the same question yesterday but from English to French (see "show stopper" query of 27 September.
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| That's nice, but too informal for a procedure manual, methinks! |
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Fault preventing strategic functionality
is what I would say...loss of functionality
Note from asker:
| I need something short and zippy though... |
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Bruce Popp
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blocking anomaly/problem/trouble/difficulty
Blocking is clear. It prevents progress or processing.
Anomalie is more ambiguous and there may be several options depending upon what the context allows or supports. Basically this is something that didn't quite go right. Any of my suggestions seem to me to be good possibilities but this is a situation where the context rules.
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I like irregularity (but it sounds more British than American). I think that "fatal error" and "fault" are too explicit and pejorative about what is the preventing operation of the strategic functionality. Anomaly is vague, which is why it's hard to translate, and why a comparably vague adjective is needed in English.
Anomalie is more ambiguous and there may be several options depending upon what the context allows or supports. Basically this is something that didn't quite go right. Any of my suggestions seem to me to be good possibilities but this is a situation where the context rules.
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2005-09-28 15:54:16 GMT)
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I like irregularity (but it sounds more British than American). I think that "fatal error" and "fault" are too explicit and pejorative about what is the preventing operation of the strategic functionality. Anomaly is vague, which is why it's hard to translate, and why a comparably vague adjective is needed in English.
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Georges Tocco
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crippling bug
if it is for computer program
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Fatal error causing the failure of a key operating function within the system
Perhaps long-winded way of saying things, but the IT stuff is never short and sweet! Key=strategic.
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