Odile Raymond (asker) Oct 26, 2015:

Bonjour, Gilou,

Nous avons aussi besoin de ton accord pour rouvrir la question. Merci par avance !

Odile Raymond (asker) Oct 26, 2015:

Désolée, je me suis trompée de réponse, je vais demander la réouverture de cette question.

Odile Raymond (asker) Oct 21, 2015:

@Tony
Thanks for this!

Tony M Oct 21, 2015:

@ Asker Or then again, as the connector fitted to the equipment end of the cable is always a FEMALE connector (to avoid shock hazards!), they may be referring to the 'receptacle [= female connector] or cord connector' as being the one on the equipment end of the cable, in which case the 'attachment plug' [= male] would be referring to the plug on the equipment / appliance.

This would make more technical sense in terms of what they are actually saying — you must use matching connectors on both the cable and the appliance.

Tony M Oct 21, 2015:

@ Asker I doubt your proposal of « Câble de raccordement » would be correct here — remember that EN word order is often reversed compared to FR, so you suggestion would in fact translate 'connecting cable'.
Without further context, the term is slightly ambiguous, but I would make an informed guess it is referring to the types of plugs that are ready-fitted onto power cables (cords in AE) — often moulded on, and as this is next to 'receptacle' (usually AE for BE 'power socket outlet), I suspect these are the mains plugs on the wall-socket end of the cables; presumably therefore the 'attachment plugs' are the ones (typically IEC C15/16 etc.) on the end of the cable that plug into the equipment being powered; however, this can only be supposition, as we don't have enough context to be totally sure.