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Apr 21, 2020 04:33
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English term

State return contact isolation valve

English to French Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
For brake control unit monitoring software on a locomotive
I am having issues with the order of words in a table with error codes and descriptions.

VV_IS_RM State return contact isolation valve

Discussion

Frank Lambeets Apr 21, 2020:
@Tony
That of course is possible, and again, the wider context should make this clear as it is difficult to judge the original nature of a complete text, probably of quite a big volume, from just two or three stand-alone entries.
Tony M Apr 21, 2020:
@ Frank As we have seen from some of Asker's other questions, this text seems to use that rather curious, convoluted word order traditionally associated with the military, and I think generally now going out of fashion, like: 'Shaving brush, sergeant, for the use of'
Frank Lambeets Apr 21, 2020:
Mmm.. in that case wouldn't the English rather say "isolation valve return state contact" ? But I do agree that some wider context and/or related terms would help.
Tony M Apr 21, 2020:
@ Asker Again, it would help to know if in your wider context you have any related terms?
Unlike Frank, my instinctive interpretation would be 'the contact on the isolation valve that indicates it is in the returned state'
As an aside, do note that in many similar contexts FR 'contact' in fact means EN 'microswitch', which seems a possibly more plausible element for your parts list.

Proposed translations

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vanne d'arrêt à contact de retour d'état

The lack of context doesn't allow to be 100% sure, but this is the only possible interpretation in my humble opinion, a valve that has a contact which gives a feedback signal of the valve's position. Hope it helps, kind regards
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