Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cloche acoustique/enceinte acoustique

English translation:

acoustic surround/enclosure

Added to glossary by Jenny Cowd
Jun 30, 2016 11:42
7 yrs ago
French term

cloche acoustique/enceinte acoustique

French to English Tech/Engineering Physics
Lorsqu'on parle d'enceinte d'inductance dans ce guide, on parle de toute construction destinée exclusivement à atténuer le bruit émis par l'inductance. Cette construction n'est pas destinée à abriter les personnes ni à assurer leur confort, mais peut permettre leur circulation alentour, contrairement aux "cloches" acoustiques (appelées aussi enceintes acoustiques) qui épousent le contour de l'inductance et ne laissent qu'un espace de quelques centimètres pour la ventilation.

Discussion

writeaway Jun 30, 2016:
Trust me, you don't want my help I hope an expert in the field shows up. Good luck!
Jenny Cowd (asker) Jun 30, 2016:
I know it's the same thing - it says so in the text - but how do I translate it in English?
writeaway Jun 30, 2016:
same thing apparently. just 2 different names cloches" acoustiques (appelées aussi enceintes acoustiques)

Proposed translations

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acoustic surround/enclosure

This term appears to be most commonly used for speakers. "Cloche acoustique" gets almost no hits, but may be so called because it's bell shaped. Either way, I think you should translate the two French terms with a single English one.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-06-30 15:12:22 GMT)
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Or hood.
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acoustic hood/acoustic enclosure

A "cloche" I imagine is similar to one of those ghastly telephone hoods common in the 70s and 80s. The worst ones were a kind of perspex bubble that resonated horribly, though the better ones used fibreglass held in place by perforated metal sheet. An "enclosure" is far more general: for example, gas turbines in warships are surrounded by an "acoustic enclosure" which does a decent job of attenuating the noise by some tens of dBs.
This must be a very large inductor to allow the free circulation of people around it.
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