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boitiers radio

English translation: radio units

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French term or phrase:boitiers radio
English translation:radio units
Entered by: Charles Hawtrey (X)

11:03 Jun 6, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / aerials
French term or phrase: boitiers radio
Pour que leurs différents **boîtiers radio** puissent se greffer à nos antennes, il était nécessaire de développer une interface mécanique spécifique.
John ANTHONY
France
Local time: 09:45
radio units
Explanation:
... to cover all likely sorts of radio in the absence of more context. Maybe "radio housing", or "phone housing" if it's just about personal mobile phones, could be more appropriate.
Selected response from:

Charles Hawtrey (X)
Local time: 08:45
Grading comment
Thanks, and thanks to all. Have enough reading for the whole evening ! Have eventually considered all suggestions, and retained "module" in-fine. But it was this suggestion that triggerred Tony M to back what I thought was bets...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3radio units
Charles Hawtrey (X)
5radio casings
andyhommerfield
4radio receiver
Robert Frankling
3radio set
Martin Cassell
2radio cases
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
radio set


Explanation:
Jonathan is right in that «boîtier» is the case, but I think in context it may be as idiomatic to refer to the whole device as a "radio set" -- a little more context might make it clearer

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-06-06 11:14:41 GMT)
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oops - plural, of course

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I'm not sure, 'set' makes me rather think of a 'wireless set' — and it's not quite the same context as a 'generating set'... / No criticism, I know just what you mean!
44 mins
  -> With hindsight - and more context since then - I agree (-ish), Tony; this was a first step in the collective lurch, stagger & fumble towards an answer!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
radio units


Explanation:
... to cover all likely sorts of radio in the absence of more context. Maybe "radio housing", or "phone housing" if it's just about personal mobile phones, could be more appropriate.

Charles Hawtrey (X)
Local time: 08:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 71
Grading comment
Thanks, and thanks to all. Have enough reading for the whole evening ! Have eventually considered all suggestions, and retained "module" in-fine. But it was this suggestion that triggerred Tony M to back what I thought was bets...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, 'boîtier' is very often used in this way to mean a 'unit' or 'module', without specific reference to just the housing it is in
26 mins
  -> Thanks, Tony
agree  Terry Richards: Yes, just as vague as "boitier"
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Terry
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Vicky
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
radio cases


Explanation:
housing in which a radio is situated

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Note added at 22 mins (2007-06-06 11:26:42 GMT)
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perhaps "radio casing" is better, as googles of "radio case" often seem to imply a plastic or leather protective "sleave"

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-06 12:06:02 GMT)
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"handsets" if these are in fact mobile phones

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi! Is "cases" better than "boxes" ?...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I don't believe here it refers to JUST the housings // Indeed, no — but I come across this term very often used like this, and it makes most sense, technically
54 mins
  -> perhaps, but we still don't really know enough to say with certainty
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
radio casings


Explanation:
In electronics we term 'boitiers' as casing. It is a very popular word used in electronics to refer to the box that contains all the electronics and the antenna is required to be fixed to this box, this is why a specific mechanical design is required for the antenna to fit to the casing.


    Reference: http://www.supertonic.com
andyhommerfield
Local time: 11:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I'm not so sure that here it refers to JUST the housings...
40 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
radio receiver


Explanation:
Starting with simple radio receivers for model racing cars, we get:

"A radio-controlled car (R/C car) is a powered model car driven from a distance using a radio control system. Inputs from joysticks (or a wheel and a trigger) on a transmitter are sent to the car's onboard receiver"

Many are listening to iPods and MP3 players, using radio only to "receive" the music they record for personal use.

Some radio receivers are external devices to the music players (sometimes called "jukeboxes").

Here's a little internet dialogue/exchange comparing such "radio receivers":

bonjour
que pensez vous du petit boitier radio fm que l on branche sur ipod ,il parait que le nom des station sne s affiche pas en france
merci
Sa depend de quelle boitier tu parle mais si t'a t'interresse, j'ai fais un test d'un transmetteur-tunerFM: http://www.ipod.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17605
c est le petit boitier ui est sur la boutique
Radio et télécommande iPod Radio Remote

An English ad:

Satellite Radio Receiver and MP3 Player at PriceGrabber.com.
electronics.pricegrabber.com/mp3-players/m/21496307

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-06-06 13:19:03 GMT)
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Ultra-portable, the Sirius Stiletto SL100 satellite RADIO RECEIVER features ... this RECEIVER offers up to 100 hours of storage capacity and can handle MP3 ...
www.amazon.com/Sirius-Stiletto-SL100-Satellite-Radio/dp/B00...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-06-06 13:21:11 GMT)
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Amazon.com: Helix- XM Satellite Radio Receiver and MP3 Player: Kitchen & Housewares.
www.amazon.com/Helix-Satellite-Radio-Receiver-Player/dp/B00...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-06-06 13:32:15 GMT)
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Bug de l'iPod Radio Remote - Actualité MultimédiaElle permet notamment la compatibilité du nouvel accessoire iPod Radio Remote. ... BluEye : Petit boîtier branché sur un iPod et connecté sans fil à un ...
www.dicodunet.com/actualites/multimedia/50725-bug-de-l-ipod...


...hard to keep up with radios that are telephones that are cameras that are TVs that are a digital "record collection"...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-06-06 15:13:52 GMT)
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Nokia, Radio Player Cell Phones

Boîtier radio
Offre disponible à partir de 50 cartes SIM voixBouygues Télécom (hors abonnement Boîtiers radio)- Offre limitée à un abonnement Boîtiers radio pour15 cartes SIM voix (hors abonnement Boîtiers radio)et à 5 abonnements Boîtiers radio par site client.Prix de l'abonnement *18 € / mois / carte SIMCommunication vers Bouygues etlignes fixes (appels voix depuis etvers la France métropolitaine**)0,12 € / mnCommunication vers Orange ouSFR (appels voix depuis et vers la France métropolitaine**)0,26 € / mnAbonnement

Code division multiple access (CDMA) is a form of multiplexing and a method of multiple access that divides up a radio channel not by time (as in time division multiple access), nor by frequency (as in frequency-division multiple access), but instead by using different pseudo-random code sequences for each user.

(EN) The invention concerns a combined radio telephone handset comprising, in a housing (1), one part (8) including, between two front face (22) and rear face (23) portions of the housing (1), a loudspeaker (11) from which projects, by an external protuberance (21) of the projection, an antenna (20) which extends sloping from the front (22) towards the rear (23), substantially to the perpendicular (33) of the rear face (23) portion.

(FR) Le combiné téléphonique radio comporte, dans un boîtier (1), une partie (8) comprenant, entre deux portions de face avant (22) et de face arrière (23) du boîtier (1), un haut-parleur (11) et hors de laquelle fait saillie, par un bossage externe (21) de celle-ci, une antenne (20) qui s'étend inclinée de l'avant (22) vers l'arrière (23), sensiblement jusqu'au droit (33) de la portion de face arrière (23).

NEW PROPOSAL: "HANDSET" or "RADIO TELEPHONE HANDSET"



Robert Frankling
Local time: 02:45
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: The trouble is, Robert, these things are much more likely to be radio TRANSceivers (whether at the punter end or the s/provider end), so 'receiver' could amount to over-translation / I think so!
29 mins
  -> Is this a cel phone company?
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