Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
allow...to pass
German translation:
.. leitet ..
Added to glossary by
Alexander Schleber (X)
Jan 13, 2002 21:42
22 yrs ago
English term
allow...to pass
English to German
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
electrical engineering
A capacitor will in effect allow alternating currents to pass, but not direct currents.
Would "Ein Kondensator lässt in der Tat Wechselströme durch sich hindurchfließen, ganz im Gegensatz zu Gleichströmen." be a reasonable translation or has anyone a better proposal?
Would "Ein Kondensator lässt in der Tat Wechselströme durch sich hindurchfließen, ganz im Gegensatz zu Gleichströmen." be a reasonable translation or has anyone a better proposal?
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.. leitet ..
"Effektiv leitet ein Kondesator Wechselstrom, aber keinen Gleichstrom."
Electricity is (technically correct) conducted, it does not really flow.
flow = fliessen is a popular way of expressing it. The above suggestion is correct. This is how I would translate it.
HTH
Electricity is (technically correct) conducted, it does not really flow.
flow = fliessen is a popular way of expressing it. The above suggestion is correct. This is how I would translate it.
HTH
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Thomas Bollmann
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Der Kondesator lässt im wesentlichen Gleichstrom aber keinen Wechselstrom durch sich hindurch fließen
It sounds more idiomatic IMHO
It sounds more idiomatic IMHO
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Eva Blanar
: Sounds very good, but you changed the rule (direct/alternating).
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Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA
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Im Prinzip lässt ein Kondensator nur Wechsel- aber keinen Gleichstrom hindurch
Leave out the 'fließen' part. You just don't use it in electrical enginnering parlance in this context.
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Ein Kondensator lässt in Wirklichkeit Wechselstrom aber keinen Gleichstrom passieren.
I guess it is an explanation as to what a capacitor really does...
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