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| tautech:
--- Quote from: gamalot on January 07, 2023, 07:47:55 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 07, 2023, 07:09:20 am --- Some context WRT FFT usage from a 10yr old manual: The FFT process mathematically converts a time-domain signal into its frequency components. You can use the Math FFT mode to view the following types of signals: ● Analyze the Humorous wave in the Power cable. ● Test the Humorous content and distortion in the system ................ --- End quote --- This has nothing to do with Chinese, it's just a person who is not good at English mistakenly wrote harmonic as humorous. --- End quote --- Substitute Fundamental for Humorous. ;) |
| gamalot:
--- Quote from: tautech on January 07, 2023, 07:56:36 am --- --- Quote from: gamalot on January 07, 2023, 07:47:55 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 07, 2023, 07:09:20 am --- Some context WRT FFT usage from a 10yr old manual: The FFT process mathematically converts a time-domain signal into its frequency components. You can use the Math FFT mode to view the following types of signals: ● Analyze the Humorous wave in the Power cable. ● Test the Humorous content and distortion in the system ................ --- End quote --- This has nothing to do with Chinese, it's just a person who is not good at English mistakenly wrote harmonic as humorous. --- End quote --- Substitute Fundamental for Humorous. ;) --- End quote --- No, it doesn't make sense to me ...... unless someone mistranslated 'fundamental' into Chinese and then translated back into English |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: gamalot on January 07, 2023, 08:10:09 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 07, 2023, 07:56:36 am --- --- Quote from: gamalot on January 07, 2023, 07:47:55 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 07, 2023, 07:09:20 am --- Some context WRT FFT usage from a 10yr old manual: The FFT process mathematically converts a time-domain signal into its frequency components. You can use the Math FFT mode to view the following types of signals: ● Analyze the Humorous wave in the Power cable. ● Test the Humorous content and distortion in the system ................ --- End quote --- This has nothing to do with Chinese, it's just a person who is not good at English mistakenly wrote harmonic as humorous. --- End quote --- Substitute Fundamental for Humorous. ;) --- End quote --- No, it doesn't make sense to me ...... unless someone mistranslated 'fundamental' into Chinese and then translated back into English --- End quote --- Yes, I believe that is what happened. Fun and Humor are near synonyms so English to Chinese back to English for Fundamental somehow came up with Humorous. I have a few of these 10yr old manuals which in context you get the general idea what is meant however it is amusing. Thanks for the Humorous good time ! :-DD |
| pdenisowski:
--- Quote from: gamalot on January 07, 2023, 07:47:55 am ---This has nothing to do with Chinese, it's just a person who is not good at English mistakenly wrote harmonic as humorous. --- End quote --- My thought was also maybe a typo (in the text or in the translator's glossary). In the 1990s I once saw the English word "headlights" translated into German as "Schweinwerfer" :-DD Imagine my surprise / amusement when a did a quick search of Reverso just a moment ago: https://context.reverso.net/translation/german-english/Schweinwerfer This is different from things like "Videogashebel" which were clearly done by someone with no technical background. |
| Infraviolet:
Schwein werfer? Pig thrower? |
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