Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 3, 2009 11:09
15 yrs ago
French term
forcées
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
"Les valeurs des résultats pour les sections de classe 1 ou 2 sont forcées à zéro."
I'm not sure whether, in an IT context, the word used would be "forced", but have a feeling that there is another, standard way of expressing this.
I'm not sure whether, in an IT context, the word used would be "forced", but have a feeling that there is another, standard way of expressing this.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | forced |
Terry Richards
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| 3 +2 | fixed (or set) at zero |
Marco Solinas
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| 4 +1 | default to zero |
Bourth (X)
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Change log
May 3, 2009 14:34: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "forcées (in this context)" to "forcées"
May 31, 2009 11:17: B D Finch Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
18 hrs
Terry Richards
France
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30 years in IT, Engineering degree.
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, English
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forced
I like forced in this context. It is a perfectly good programming term and it reinforces the concept that, in these circumstances, the value will always be set to zero even if there is some other value available in the database.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-05-04 07:34:05 GMT)
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The clarification makes me even more convinced!
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-05-04 07:34:05 GMT)
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The clarification makes me even more convinced!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is absolutely right. There would be values entered but by zeroing data set A, the values for the data set B can be evaluated independently of A ."
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4 mins
Marco Solinas
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Accurate, professional translations
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French term (edited):
forcées (in this context)
fixed (or set) at zero
It sounds as if those values (whatever they are) are set at zero to pfovide a base.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Frederic Lievre
: Set sounds good
2 mins
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| agree |
Dr Lofthouse
: set at zero is the most usual English phrase
5 hrs
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2 hrs
French term (edited):
forcées (in this context)
default to zero
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-03 13:56:15 GMT)
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Assuming this is automatic and systematic, not done manually under certain circumstances ...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-03 13:56:15 GMT)
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Assuming this is automatic and systematic, not done manually under certain circumstances ...
Note from asker:
| Thanks Bourth, but Terry's comment is correct. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yolanda Broad
: When entering the term in the glossary, please be sure to include the full French phrase, "forcer à zéro". MTIA.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Lori Cirefice
6 hrs
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| disagree |
Terry Richards
: Default means it will be zero if there is no other value supplied. In this case, it is always zero regardless.
15 hrs
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That is certainly the standard case. But it simply means you tell the program to enter 0 if a certain case is or is not met (no value, non-numerical value, etc.). You can also tell your program to default to zero even it it calculates a numerical value.
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