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au recours à leur bande passante

English translation: bandwidth (internet)

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French term or phrase:bande passante
English translation:bandwidth (internet)
Entered by: Marc Van Gastel

18:36 May 11, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Internet, e-Commerce / information technology
French term or phrase: au recours à leur bande passante
Context from an ISP internet service provider point of view:

Ici aussi c'est la proximité du serveur avec nos utilisateurs qui est intéressante. Cette proximité réduit les temps de téléchargement et rend donc l'accès à ces archives plus rapide. C'est aussi une manière de diminuer la nécessité de nos utilisateurs au recours à leur bande passante de type 'commercial'.

Afraid I don't exactly get the right meaning of this sentence. Help me out, thanks.
Marc Van Gastel
Belgium
Local time: 04:59
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Explanation:
C'est aussi une manière de diminuer la nécessité de nos utilisateurs au recours à leur bande passante de type 'commercial'

It is one way to reduce our users' need to resort to a "commercial" bandwidth
Selected response from:

Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:59
Grading comment
Thanks, that was illuminating.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5see comment
Hacene
5reduce the need for our users to use commercial scrolling banners
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
au recours à leur bande passante
reduce the need for our users to use commercial scrolling banners


Explanation:
la necessité pour nos utilisateurs d'avoir recours à would be better French ...

commercial here means not of their own making...

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-05-11 18:42:51 GMT)
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to use their commercial scrolling banners,,,,their

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
4 mins
neutral  GILLES MEUNIER: bande passante c'est 'bandwidth'
53 mins
disagree  Tom Bishop: "bande passante" is bandwidth and has nothing to do with scrolling banners. What would be the technical advantage of scrolling banners if download times were poor? They would simply aggravate the situation.
3 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
au recours à leur bande passante
see comment


Explanation:
C'est aussi une manière de diminuer la nécessité de nos utilisateurs au recours à leur bande passante de type 'commercial'

It is one way to reduce our users' need to resort to a "commercial" bandwidth

Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:59
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, that was illuminating.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom Bishop: The source text does seem to be badly written and this interpretation is technically logical.
3 hrs
  -> cheers Tom.
agree  RHELLER
3 hrs
  -> cheers Rita
agree  fcl: ... to _their_ commercial bandwith. Maybe two connection speeds available: a cheap one with a narrow bandwith, and a "commercial" one, more expensive, and with a broad bandwith.
11 hrs
  -> Very possible, merci François
agree  Claudine Seynaeve: I think François is right here
12 hrs
  -> cheers Claudine
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
14 hrs
  -> merci Gilles
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