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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Antennes à blanc

English translation:

Dummy/trial broadcasts

Added to glossary by Huw Watkins
Sep 25, 2008 15:56
15 yrs ago
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French term

Antennes à blanc

French to English Tech/Engineering Media / Multimedia
Bit stumped on this one. Context is poor too:

Expression du besoin en formation
A ce jour l’ensemble des formations restent à définir en termes de nombre de jours et de ressources requises (cf. devis Avid)
Expression du besoin en service
Certains services restent à définir en termes de nombre de jours et de ressources requises (cf. devis Avid) :
• Antennes à blanc
• Assistance post-installation


The client is a large national radio broadcaster in Belgium if that helps.

I'm thinking "trial broadcasts" or something along those lines, but am very unsure.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 Dummy broadcasts
Change log

Sep 25, 2008 16:05: Martin Cassell changed "Field (specific)" from "Computers (general)" to "Media / Multimedia"

Discussion

Huw Watkins (asker) Sep 25, 2008:
I'm still inclined to think that they are referring to dummy or trial broadcasts - as for these to work successfully, presumably the entire system must be up and running correctly, wouldn't you say?
Martin Cassell Sep 25, 2008:
Do we take it then that your source document is written by the client (i.e. the broadcaster)? Assuming so, it occurs to me that they may posibly be over-extending "house jargon" to include dummy runs of systems in general, not just programme-making.
Huw Watkins (asker) Sep 25, 2008:
Some more info here: http://www.avid.com/products/media-storage-products.asp
Huw Watkins (asker) Sep 25, 2008:
To be 100% precise - it's a shared storage system.
Huw Watkins (asker) Sep 25, 2008:
Basically Avid are setting up an entire media storage system for a Belgium national radio corp. The service includes servers, IP networking, installation of Cisco switches, software installation, personnel training, maintenance, factory configuration - the list goes on. This antenne à blanc is but one tiny little aspect.
Martin Cassell Sep 25, 2008:
What is the context, in terms of the project or of the equipment being provided?

Proposed translations

+2
7 mins
Selected

Dummy broadcasts

Not a term I know, but I take it that trainees will be doing everything "as live" but the output will not actually be broadcast, so I would compare it to situations such as trainee interpreters working in the "dummy booth".

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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-25 16:10:30 GMT)
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aha: "DUMMY BROADCASTS: The Dummy Broadcast is a 20 minute mock-radio show that demonstrates all the skills you have developed in the lab. It must contain:
CROSSFADE WX
CD TX
RECORD BAND NOTES
[etc. etc.]"
http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/materials/comm/Ducey/Wint...

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Note added at 22 mins (2008-09-25 16:18:23 GMT)
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I would broadly go alongt with your interpretation, in context, of "antenne" as "broadcast" or "programme"; the other aspect of my answer is trial vs. dummy: trial programmes would go out (be transmitted), dummy ones would not.

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Note added at 50 mins (2008-09-25 16:46:29 GMT)
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http://www.radioactu.com/la/p127327-11-07-2004-18:48:20.html seems to imply that "antennes à blanc" are indeed not transmitted.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-09-25 17:02:10 GMT)
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Thanks for the extra context, Huw. (I now see why you originally classed it as computing.)

So I think we can still imagine dummy broadcasts being used as train-and-test exercises for e.g. real-time capture and storage of broadcast material, as well as real-time retrieval (music, cueing virtual "jingle tapes", etc. etc.).
Note from asker:
I'm inclined to agree, I'm struggling to see what else it can be especially as it comes under the heading of "SERVICE requirements" - I can't therefore see it being an actual physical bit of kit.
Yeah i agree. I think i may close this off before we end up going too deep into interpretations and hypothetical scenarios :) You've worked hard enough on this already :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Jean-Louis S. : plausible+++
24 mins
thanks jlsjr; alsways reassuring to have an endorsment from a native speaker!
agree Terry Richards : Doesn't seem to go well with "Assistance post-installation" though. // Actually, after googling "Antenne à blanc" (note: singular), I now think this answer is right. My original comment was supposed to be a neutral, sorry about that.
35 mins
Terry, pending more about the context, I was imagining that e.g. new studio equipment is installed and commissioned, which will involve dummy runs to familiarise users and verify smooth running ... see also latest ref.// no worries!
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