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Where does all the weird Chinese component terminology come from?
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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