Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
casque fermé
English translation:
closed-back headphones
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Mar 13, 2008 13:00
16 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
casque fermé
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Headphones
The following is a response from a market research questionnaire response.
"Casque fermé (isolation)".
I have no other background, not even the questionnaire to refer to.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
TIA
"Casque fermé (isolation)".
I have no other background, not even the questionnaire to refer to.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | closed-back headphones |
Tony M
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| 4 | closed-air headphones |
Christian Robitaille
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| 4 | closed headphones |
Nadia Ayoub
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| 4 -1 | CLOSED HELMET |
RealBlunt
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Change log
Apr 29, 2008 04:23: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Selected
closed-back headphones
Headphones generally fall into 2 broad types; closed- and open-back. The former tend to be more cumbersome, and the sound quality is different, but they do help to exclude external sounds for greater listening comfort. Open-back types, on the other hand, are usually lighter and less bulky, some people prefer the 'sound' they produce — but they are pretty useless for listening in an even mildly noisy environment.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-13 14:15:37 GMT)
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I feel pretty sure that these would /not/ be 'noise-cancelling' headphones, which is a very special type for which I feel sure there would be a more specific term in FR.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-13 14:15:37 GMT)
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I feel pretty sure that these would /not/ be 'noise-cancelling' headphones, which is a very special type for which I feel sure there would be a more specific term in FR.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Frank Foley
35 mins
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Thanks, Frank!
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| agree |
Gina W
: as always, good explanation
46 days
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Thanks, gad! — and for the compliment!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
9 mins
Christian Robitaille
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
closed-air headphones
Pour "casque fermé" ou "casque d'écoute fermé"
"DEF – Headphones cushioned in such a way that they do not allow sounds from the outside to be heard."
Source: TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
"DEF – Headphones cushioned in such a way that they do not allow sounds from the outside to be heard."
Source: TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
23 mins
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
closed headphones
there are many types: closed dynamic, noise reduction, noise guard, closed headphones. So maybe it's better to call them simply closed headphones.
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41 days
CLOSED HELMET
http://www.sunelectronics.gr/index.php?SCREEN=products_detai...
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Note added at 48 days (2008-04-30 15:03:23 GMT) Post-grading
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...ok...Victoria Burns. You are welcome, don't metion it...and I respect your polite answer. RB
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Note added at 48 days (2008-04-30 15:03:23 GMT) Post-grading
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...ok...Victoria Burns. You are welcome, don't metion it...and I respect your polite answer. RB
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the contribution, but 'closed helmet' really has nothing to do with this context and means nothing to me as a native English speaker. |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Richard Benham
: Nothing to do with a helmet: it's about headphones!
12 days
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... casque is not related with helmet?...ok if you say so...
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