Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
application de visualisation légère
English translation:
light viewer
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Mar 23, 2012 10:30
12 yrs ago
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French term
France
QUALITY, SPEED AND PRECISION
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
visualisation légère
French to English
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
This is from a list of features of a secured sharing solution for PC tablets. Documents are encrypted before being sent and then require a password to be viewed.
"Une application de visualisation légère installée sur les terminaux".
I have asked the client for more details and this was the answer I received, "nous voulons dire que le programme installé sur le terminal ne permet que de visualiser les documents et qu’il n’utilise pas beaucoup de ressource lors de son fonctionnement".
Okay, so far so good, except that I can't seem to find any convincing equivalent in English. "Light viewing application" just doesn't seem clear to me.
"Une application de visualisation légère installée sur les terminaux".
I have asked the client for more details and this was the answer I received, "nous voulons dire que le programme installé sur le terminal ne permet que de visualiser les documents et qu’il n’utilise pas beaucoup de ressource lors de son fonctionnement".
Okay, so far so good, except that I can't seem to find any convincing equivalent in English. "Light viewing application" just doesn't seem clear to me.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | slimmed-down viewer |
Tony M
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| 4 +1 | thin viewer |
Alain Pommet
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| 5 -1 | slight display / or slight visualization. |
Mohamed Hosni
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Change log
Mar 26, 2012 07:10: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/78082">anna purna's</a> old entry - "visualisation légère"" to ""light viewer""
Proposed translations
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5 mins
French term (edited):
application (de visualisation) légère
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slimmed-down viewer
Or even just 'viewer', cf. for example the PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft. The fact that it is called a 'viewer' usually implies that is all it does, and hence will be less resource-hungry than the full version of the equivalent s/w.
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Note added at 1 heure (2012-03-23 12:12:50 GMT)
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Of course, if you can use the actual name of your specific piece of s/w, you might always call it the "XYZ Lite viewer"
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Note added at 1 heure (2012-03-23 12:12:50 GMT)
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Of course, if you can use the actual name of your specific piece of s/w, you might always call it the "XYZ Lite viewer"
Peer comment(s):
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Simon Mac
: Or lightweight viewer / viewing application
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Thanks, YX! Yes, why not?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
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thin viewer
An alternative to the other answer - using the thin/thick client analogy (nothing to do with their body shape or intelligence).
The thin viewer can view most document types. The thin viewer converts documents on the server into forms that can be viewed in a browser
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cmod/v8r4m1/index.j...
The thin viewer can view most document types. The thin viewer converts documents on the server into forms that can be viewed in a browser
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cmod/v8r4m1/index.j...
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Mohamed Hosni
Morocco
Morocco
Morocco
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to French, English to Arabic, French to Arabic, and 3 more.
slight display / or slight visualization.
Due to the context this's my suggestion.
Happy translation to all.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-03-23 12:44:01 GMT)
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The important as see ,is explain how it wouldn't works.Unfortunately this is what you don't did..
Happy translation to all.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-03-23 12:44:01 GMT)
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The important as see ,is explain how it wouldn't works.Unfortunately this is what you don't did..
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: 'slight' wouldn't really work in this sort of usage in EN. / 'display' wouldn't really work here on its own ('afficheur' or 'affichage'), but 'display application' might work / 'slight' has the sense of 'menu' (pas gros) or 'faible', not light (pas lourd)
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the main thing as i see is to explain how it wouldn't works.But unfortunately you didn't do.And "display" fits well the context.
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Discussion
Lots of s/w in EN has a 'lite' version for this sort of purpose; however, I'd advise against using 'lite' as a general adjective in this instance.