Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
heure centième
English translation:
decimal time
Added to glossary by
Allan Jeffs
May 12, 2006 10:47
18 yrs ago
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French term
Ireland
Pitch perfect English translations
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Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
heure centième
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IT (Information Technology)
The exact context is as follows:
"Durée travaillée en heure centième"
Would anybody know what the equivalent is in UK English?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Sinéad
"Durée travaillée en heure centième"
Would anybody know what the equivalent is in UK English?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Sinéad
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | decimal time |
Allan Jeffs
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| 4 | hundredths of an hour |
Bourth (X)
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| 2 | the hundredth part of the hour |
Kim Hooper
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Proposed translations
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decimal time
Dime = Decimal time - [ Traduire cette page ]The site shows correlation between decimal and regular time.
serg.us/dime/ - 12k
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Decimal Time - Home Page - [ Traduire cette page ]An examination of decimal time, its history, current uses and proposals, including Julian Dates, stardates, French revolutionary time, Swatch beats, ...
www.decimaltime.hynes.net
serg.us/dime/ - 12k
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Decimal Time - Home Page - [ Traduire cette page ]An examination of decimal time, its history, current uses and proposals, including Julian Dates, stardates, French revolutionary time, Swatch beats, ...
www.decimaltime.hynes.net
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I've just got confirmation back from the customer and "Decimal time" is indeed what they had in mind, many thanks for your help!"
19 mins
hundredths of an hour
The French is a little telegraphic, and the concept of hundredths of an hour unfamiliar to most of us.
However, we are perfectly used to counting race times in tenths or hundredths of a second, so why not extend it to hours? (and why not do away with 60 seconds and minutes to the next highest time unit, revamp the time counting system entirely and have 10 or 100 hours in a day?)
My car's NavSat system displays travel times in hours and hundredths by default, though there might be a means of changing display options.
InerTrak - Time Tracking and Project Management Software... (hours and minutes; hours and sixths of an hour; hours and tenths of an hour; hours and quarters of an hour; or hours and hundredths of an hour). ...
www.inertron.com/winware.html
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SatNav
However, we are perfectly used to counting race times in tenths or hundredths of a second, so why not extend it to hours? (and why not do away with 60 seconds and minutes to the next highest time unit, revamp the time counting system entirely and have 10 or 100 hours in a day?)
My car's NavSat system displays travel times in hours and hundredths by default, though there might be a means of changing display options.
InerTrak - Time Tracking and Project Management Software... (hours and minutes; hours and sixths of an hour; hours and tenths of an hour; hours and quarters of an hour; or hours and hundredths of an hour). ...
www.inertron.com/winware.html
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SatNav
Peer comment(s):
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Roddy Stegemann
: Yes, this also appears correct. With "en" it would be "in hundreths of an hour". Have you tried the software, you are advertising?
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Nope, but I wish I were paid for advertising it nonetheless!
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Kim Hooper
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
French to English legal translation
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French
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the hundredth part of the hour
The hundredth part of the hour is what is called decimal minutes, so I suppose they mean minutes? I'm really not sure though!
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I was talking about decimal time, but don't know much about it! sorry if my explanation was confusing...
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I was talking about decimal time, but don't know much about it! sorry if my explanation was confusing...
Peer comment(s):
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Roddy Stegemann
: Although I am no more certain than you, your proposed answer is much better than your explanation. Hours are typically divided into 60 parts, but there is no reason why one cannot divide them into one hundred parts for easier calculation.
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