Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
performant
English translation:
high-performance
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Apr 12, 2005 13:03
19 yrs ago
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Dutch term
Pierre Grabowski (X)
performant
Dutch to English
Other
Manufacturing
performante generatoren zullen de oude modellen vervangen
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | high-peformance |
writeaway
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| 4 +2 | (more) efficient generators are to replace the old models |
swisstell
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| 3 | high efficient |
Harry Borsje
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| 4 -1 | performant |
Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
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Proposed translations
+4
3 hrs
Selected
high-peformance
is another possibility for performant
Calnetix, United States
... Design and Manufacture High Speed, High Performance Generators and Motors for all Turbomachinery Equipment; Power Generation - General Power Engineering ...
www.eco-web.com/register/04836.html -
5450 Technologies
... Motors, Flywheels & Generators [Motor]. High performance motors; Flywheel technology; High performance generators ...
powerweb.grc.nasa.gov/branches/5450.html -
Calnetix, United States
... Design and Manufacture High Speed, High Performance Generators and Motors for all Turbomachinery Equipment; Power Generation - General Power Engineering ...
www.eco-web.com/register/04836.html -
5450 Technologies
... Motors, Flywheels & Generators [Motor]. High performance motors; Flywheel technology; High performance generators ...
powerweb.grc.nasa.gov/branches/5450.html -
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, writeaway!"
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Harry Borsje
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Related KudoZ points
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11
high efficient
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Paul Peeraerts
: ???
14 mins
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| neutral |
Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
: zie Paul
1 hr
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+2
9 mins
(more) efficient generators are to replace the old models
my take
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ken Cox
: for 'performant', consult a good French dictionary. Possible translations are high-performance, high-efficiency, high-yield, etc., ...
1 hr
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| agree |
Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
: high-performance is idd véél Engelser
2 hrs
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| neutral |
writeaway
: I didn't see Kenneth's/elsthant's comments before I entered high-performance. it's a more idiomatic term than efficient and besides, it's one of the meanings of performant
3 hrs
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-1
1 hr
performant
alternative...
see web references:
"It is a very performant generator (2000 keys per second on a simple development
machine)"
"So we offer access to a first class and performant machine which is very well
connected to the internet. Our webspace users have the possibility to use ..."
see web references:
"It is a very performant generator (2000 keys per second on a simple development
machine)"
"So we offer access to a first class and performant machine which is very well
connected to the internet. Our webspace users have the possibility to use ..."
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Ken Cox
: questionable English (straight French loan word)
41 mins
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dat vreesde ik al ;-)
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| disagree |
Mark Straver
: It seems to be relatively widely adopted but from my sources it stems from Belgium where it is used for companies' performance. It's not a word in English according to my linguistic sources.
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