Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

document thermique

English translation:

thermally printed document

Added to glossary by Susanna MacKenzie
Feb 1, 2012 18:45
12 yrs ago
French term

document thermique

French to English Bus/Financial Management Archiving study documents
Les documents thermiques doivent être photocopiés et maintenus tous les deux dans le dossier

Context:
Instruction on electronic archiving of different types of study documents. All kinds of details on how to scan them, where to send them, how to organise the electronic and paper archives, etc.

This is Belgian French.

MTFYH, Susanna
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 thermally printed document
3 laminated document
Change log

Feb 1, 2012 20:11: Laurel Clausen changed "Field" from "Medical" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Pharmaceuticals" to "Management"

Proposed translations

+5
8 mins
Selected

thermally printed document

For example, old-style faxes, which had to be photocopied because they faded.
Peer comment(s):

agree Isabelle Berquin : I have worked in a lab and several of the equipment had thermal printers to print out data. Some of them fade over time.
23 mins
agree Michael Barnett
1 hr
agree rkillings
1 hr
agree AllegroTrans : yes, even in Belgian French, this is what it means
1 hr
agree Just Opera : documents printed on thermal paper, such as a receipt
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for all the contributions - I am making my choice based on all your agreements, but I did add both suggestions in my translation."
5 mins

laminated document

I believe this to be a laminated document (heat sealed)
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