Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
France
Transexpertise
Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Spanish to French
Offest
Dans le cadre d'une traduction sur des tondeuses, je trouve dans le texte : "LEFT HAND OFFSET" et "It can be specified with left-hand offset."
Ici, je ne vois pas vraiment comment traduire offset car il semble qu'il s'agisse d'un équipement.
Qu'en pensez-vous ?
Merci de votre aide :)
| 3 +2 | décalage |
Tony M
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| 3 | déport |
Julien ROUWENS
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| 4 -1 | Débrayage (à main) gauche |
HERBET Abel
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Nov 10, 2017 06:54: Tony M Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
décalage
It might be some sort of bracket / support / bar etc. that maintains or determines this 'offset', and that is being simply abbreviated here; but none of us can second-guess that without the rest of your supporting context to work from.
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Note added at 3 jours21 heures (2017-10-31 18:38:19 GMT)
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Your new ref. certainly seems to confirm my own suggestion; I can't see any hint of anything to do with the 'embrayage' here?
The cutting bar is simply able to be 'offset' (= décalé) with respect to the centre-line of the mower. Naturally, this could logically be done on either left or right sides, or both.
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Note added at 5 jours (2017-11-01 23:05:34 GMT)
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Asker, the ref. you quote shpows a picture of a mower with the cutter 'offset' to the right-hand side, the text reads "The Warlord S3 can be positioned directly behind the tractor or quickly offset by up to 19". This is perfect for transport and manoeuvring round obstacles."
The diagram below shows exactly the same thing — with the added note that "Lezft-hand offset also available" (note that all illustrations so far have shown offset to the right-hand side).
I don't know what other proof you need that this is about a physical sideways offset... possibly Julien's suggestion of 'déport' is more appropriate in FR, but in any event, I don't see how it could conceivably have anything to do with 'débrayage' as you suggest!
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Note added at 9 jours (2017-11-05 22:07:53 GMT)
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Asker, I'm not the native FR speaker here, so you should know better than me. Personally, I'd have though it was 'décalage vers...' or 'décalage à ...'
More worryingly, I don't think you should take the liberty of translating 'specified' as 'configuré': this could lead someone to imagine that once you've bought this machine, you can configure it with a left-hand offset — but I'm far from convinced that is the case; usually, 'specified' means it is something you can (must!) stipulate when ordering.
I think you may need to consider something more like 'peut être livrée avec décalage à gauche (sur demande)' — but do please refer to the KudoZ glossary for previous examples of 'specifiy/ied' used in this way.
| Dans ce cas, la phrase "The machine can be specified with left-hand offset." peut se traduire par "La machine peut être configurée avec un décalage sur la gauche" ? |
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
: I think so, too, I looked it up
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Thanks, Renate!
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B D Finch
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Thanks, B! :-)
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France
Technical translator English To French
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French
déport
"Left hand side offset"?
Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Débrayage (à main) gauche
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Tony M
: I cannot see any way one can get from 'offset' to 'débrayage'? If you look at Asker's reference, it become immediately clear what it is all about.
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Discussion
Il s'agit peut-être effectivement plus dans ce cas-là du débrayage, non ?
On debraye la traction par une manette à gauche