Apr 23, 2020 14:15
4 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
Technology, natural sciences, AGBs
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Slovak to English, Czech to English, and 3 more.
zappée
French to English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical production line
Coller l’étiquette contenant zappée ([pharmaceutical company]/ Fournisseur) pour chaque lot d’ADC
Context as above: a capsule/tablet bottling line that must be checked by staff after line is cleared for new production runs.
Context as above: a capsule/tablet bottling line that must be checked by staff after line is cleared for new production runs.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | (barcode) scanned |
Tony M
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| 3 | zapped |
philgoddard
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| 3 -1 | omitted (forgotten) |
Paulina Sobelman
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
zappé
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(barcode) scanned
One use of 'zappé' is for scanning barcodes — but you'll have to see from your wide context if that would make sense: scanning the labels before sticking them on? I suppose it might be a check to ensure the right labels were stuck on the right containers.
It can also be used for 'zapping' things in other ways — I was thinking of something like radiation or UV sterilizing; however, it seems unlikley (not to say pointless) to sterilize labels before sticking them on something!
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Your additional context makes this even more plausible: if this is some kind of production check list, reading the barcodes would be an efficient, foolproof way of making sure they were the right ones.
It can also be used for 'zapping' things in other ways — I was thinking of something like radiation or UV sterilizing; however, it seems unlikley (not to say pointless) to sterilize labels before sticking them on something!
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Your additional context makes this even more plausible: if this is some kind of production check list, reading the barcodes would be an efficient, foolproof way of making sure they were the right ones.
Peer comment(s):
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ph-b (X)
: Pas le sens habituel en français courant/parlé (= « oublié/ignoré »), mais s'entend effectivement parfois dans ce sens - de la part de locuteurs qui s'emmêlent les pinceaux ?
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Merci, ph-b ! Yes, I see it quite often in technical contexts, where it often means 'you point something at it (in order to do something)'; same idea as pointing your remote-control at the TV to change channel!
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tradu-grace
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Thanks, T-G!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks! This is the best broadest answer, as the document doesn't mention RFID tags, and they too can be 'scanned', as synonym for 'zapped'."
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Paulina Sobelman
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
"Bridging Words"
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
omitted (forgotten)
Normally to "zapper" is to omit or forget things:
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/zapper/83049
Even if in this context it sounds odd as it is a rather colloquial speech.
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/zapper/83049
Even if in this context it sounds odd as it is a rather colloquial speech.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Not in this context; the sense here goes back to the original sense of 'zap'
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philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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zapped
We don't have enough context, but I believe this may be something to do with RFID, radio frequency identification, smart labels that use radio waves to identify and track merchandise. See the discussion entries.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Risky here, as 'zapped' tends to imply something has been killed / disabled / tazered etc.: "The lightning has zapped my TV!" / "References"?! I hear it all the time over here in France — so colloquial, I imagine refs. would be hard to find...
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Disabled is precisely what I was suggesting, if you'd read my discussion entries. You didn't provide any references for "scanned".
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Discussion
So does the document say anything about RFID, or deleting old barcodes?
http://archive.eetasia.com/www.eetasia.com/ART_8800514087_49...
http://www.firediy.fr/article/detruire-une-puce-rfid-rfid-za...
This would make sense if they were changing a production line to make a new product.
Is there anything about RFID in the text?