compliance vs. conformance

11:47 Nov 12, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: compliance vs. conformance
Bonjour,
Dans le projet que je traduis pour une société d'appareils de test, je suis face à deux types de tests:
Conformance Test & Compliance Test.
Je comprends que dans un cas il s'agit d'une conformité "volontaire" ou "choisie" et dans l'autre une conformité "imposée". Auriez-vous une idée de terme à utiliser pour différencier les 2 ?
Merci!
Corinne Desauw
Local time: 15:07


Summary of answers provided
5 +1conformité aux normes (obligatoire) / conformité aux specifications (non-obligatoire)
Johannes Gleim
3essais de conformité réglementaires et facultatifs
Cyril Tollari


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essais de conformité réglementaires et facultatifs


Explanation:
essais de conformité réglementaires
essais de conformité facultatifs (contractuels, etc) ou autres essais de conformité


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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-11-12 14:33:49 GMT)
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ou essais de conformité non réglementaires
ou autres essais de conformité

Cyril Tollari
France
Local time: 15:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Germaine: Je dirais plutôt "réglementaires et techniques" puisque ces tests ne sont pas vraiment "facultatifs" à franc parler (quelqu'un les a exigés). // Désolée! Je viens de réaliser la même chose. Le terme serait plutôt "discrétionnaires", non?
2 hrs
  -> oui, c'est vrai, c'est pour ça que j'ai proposé "autres essais de conformité". Les essais réglementaires sont techniques. // Merci pour le commentaire, j'ai clarifié ma réponse
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
conformité aux normes (obligatoire) / conformité aux specifications (non-obligatoire)


Explanation:
compliance,
also US: compliancy n (following law, norm) conformité (avec [qch]) nf
(de normes,...) respect (de [qch]) nm
The building was checked for compliance with the codes.
Le bâtiment a été vérifié pour vérifier la conformité avec les règles.
Le bâtiment a été vérifié pour vérifier le respect des règles.
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/compliance to

conformance n formal (act of conforming) conformité nf
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/conformance

conform ⇒ vi (be like others) se conformer ⇒ v pron
Some kids who refuse to conform are bullied by their peers.
Les jeunes qui refusent de se conformer se font parfois rudoyer par leurs camarades.
conform vi (comply, obey) se conformer ⇒ v pron
conform to [sth] vi + prep (person: follow, comply with) se conformer à v pron + prép
suivre ⇒ vtr
obéir à vi + prép
She tries to conform to church teachings but it's not easy.
Elle essaie de se conformer aux enseignements de l'Église mais ce n'est pas facile.
conform vi (fit requirements) être conforme (à) vi + adj
être en conformité (avec) loc v
conform with [sth],
conform to [sth] vi + prep (correspond with, be consistent with) se conformer à v pron + prép
être conforme à vi + adj + prép
respecter⇒ vtr
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/conform

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Generating Performance Test Model from Conformance Test Logs
In this paper, we present a method that learns a deterministic finite state machine from the conformance test logs of a telecommunication protocol; then that machine is used as test model for performance testing.
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By conducting the conformance test, you can ...
• ensure the communication reliability of your product with CC-Link family, and
• easily design system configuration where products of different manufacturers and models are connected.
*The conformance test is to ensure that the product meets the common specification of CC-Link.
https://www.cc-link.org/en/support/conformance/index.html

With the commercial development and deployment of 5G technology accelerating, early and continuous access to the latest 3GPP protocol, radio frequency (RF), and radio resource management (RRM) conformance test specifications is essential to accelerate 5G New Radio (NR) device certification.
https://blogs.keysight.com/blogs/inds.entry.html/2020/05/29/...

How are you differentiating your product from the competition? I advise my customers to hand an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) a conformance test suite report stating a baseline for their Software implementation. This will give the OEM confidence & help prove that their vendor or supplier has the right tools to carry along their program on-time and on-budget. This can only be done by having the right tools and partners in place, early in the requirements and design concept stages.
Conformance Testing is also called positive testing. Testing for conformance, helps assure that the product under test relies on certain protocol standards, and that they are correctly implemented based on industry standards requested by the OEM.
https://www.spirentcom.kr/blogs/networks/2018/october/the-im...

The information contained herein represents proof of product Reliability and Performance for the Pericom/SaRonix-eCera GL_49SNC Quartz Crystals in accordance with the generic specification after exposure to a variety of environmental and mechanical events that occur during the installation and operational lifetime of the product
:
Failure code
E | Die mount | Improper die mounting or nonconformance with the detail assembly drawing,
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Reliable messaging - one of the key technologies to deploy such Web Services based systems - has been standardized recently. However, interoperability/conformance for reliable messaging implementations is not well verified.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5045975

Conclusion: Conformity tests confirm the adherence to standards, while Conformance tests confirm reliability and adherence to specifications and design, sometimes inclucing performaces, too.

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 15:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 339

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Germaine: mais sans l'ajout (obligatoire/non obligatoire), évidemment.
1 hr
  -> Merci! (L'ajout ne servait qu'à différencier les termes)
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