Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
incidents machines
English translation:
Mechanical failure
French term
incidents machines
XXX ne sera en aucun cas responsable du fait de tiers ....and then a list of circumstances concerning these third parties, who are network and mobile network operators..
défaillance du réseau Internet ou des opérateurs internet et téléphone portable, pertes de données intervenant sur le réseau internet et les réseaux GSM [etc.]
...notamment en cas de grève, de fraude, de perturbation des sources d’approvisionnement, de virus informatiques, ou d’**incidents machines**.
I believe that what is meant is simply something like "mechanical breakdown" or "mechanical failure", but I can't find this particular term elsewhere in this context. Any help welcome. Thanks.
| 4 +2 | Mechanical failure |
Deirdre Brophy (X)
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| 3 +2 | hardware incidents |
Thomas T. Frost
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Proposed translations
Mechanical failure
with respect to wireless communications equipment vendors, insurance issued to cover the loss, theft, mechanical failure, or malfunction of, or damage to, wireless communications equipment offered as either an individual policy issued to the consumer or a
| Thanks Deirdre - this is one of those occasions when having translated pages and pages of "legalese" one begins to doubt oneself over something which is, perhaps, obvious. |
Portugal
‘Very good precision work’ – Comunica.dk
Native in: Danish (Variant: Standard (rigsdansk)) 
, English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Danish to English, English to Danish, French to Danish
hardware incidents
| Thank you, Thomas. It was the word "machine" which sowed the seeds of doubt in my mind.. |
| agree |
B D Finch
: Not unusual for the word "machines" to be used for hardware, though more usual in an informal register.
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Thanks. Interesting you've seen/heard "machines" being used. During 20 years in mainframe IT as systems programmer in Denmark, UK and France, I haven't come across it once, neither in English nor French. But maybe some use it.
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philgoddard
: Yes, machine is fine too.
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Thanks. See my comment about about "machines".
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