Improve the French translation of your software.

[Thierry.A]

In the French version of Revit, many terms used in Revit, seem to come from an automatic translation. So some of them do not mean anything or are inapropriate. Example :

For Ducts:
English Revit : Velocity pressure
French Revit : Pression de vitesse (No sense)
French : Pression dynamique

For Ducts or Pipes
English Revit: Section
French Revit : Coupe (No sense)
French : Tronçon

For Ducts or Pipes or Cable Tray
English Revit: Top Elevation / Bottom Elevation
French Revit : Elevation du Haut / Elevation du Bas (Not usual)
French : Arase supérieure / Arase inférieure

For Pipes
English Revit: Inverted Elevation
French Revit : Inverser l'élévation (No sense)
French : Elevation Inverse (Arase inférieure ?)

For Ducts or Pipes
English Revit: Endcap
French Revit : Couronne (No sense)
French : Extrémité (There is no judicious translation, but "couronne" is not at all appropriate)

HVAC Units:
English Revit: Cross Section
French Revit : Coupe (Still?)
French : Section or Section de passage

Etc...

Bye

[jacquesrigal3467]

For Ducts or Pipes
English Revit: Endcap
French Revit : Couronne (No sense)
French : Extrémité (There is no judicious translation, but "couronne" is not at all appropriate)

Je propose "Bouchon" ou terminaison.

[dgorsman]

Are there regional differences to consider, such as "French" French vs. Quebec/Canadian French?

[Thierry.A]

@Jacquesrigal3467: Yes, "Bouchon" for "EndCap" is so obvious that I did not think about it 🙂

@dgorsman: If a Quebecker or a Belgian or a Swiss, or any other Francophone, goes through there... 😉

[jacquesrigal3467]

Hello t.archambault,

I search other traduction.

It's very important to consult other francophone for that.

Regards.

[jacquesrigal3467]

HVAC Units:
English Revit: Cross Section
French Revit : Coupe (Still?)
French : Section or Section de passage

section de croisement  ou section transversale.

[jacquesrigal3467]

Hello Thierry,

Do an email to the francophone Expert Elite.

You'll get returns more important in response to your questions.

Regards.

[sasha.crotty]

Thanks for submitting your idea. Your suggestions for improvement were reviewed by our localization team and a number of them were adopted into the product. You should be able see some of these changes reflected in Revit 2018.1 which was released last week. A few others may make their way into future content updates.

[fruity101079]

4 years later, and nothing has been done, all examples quoted are still there.

For new users and beginners, it's incomprehensible...

ps:

For Pipes
English Revit: Inverted Elevation
French Revit : Inverser l'élévation (No sense)
French : "Fil d'eau" me semble pas mal, même si on ne l'utilise généralement qu'en gravitaire.

[seb.vcf]

please, it would make more sense this translation :

For Beams :
English Revit : Structural Framing
French Revit : Ossature
French : Poutres

For Floors:
English Revit : Floors
French Revit : Sols (mistranslation, "Sols" means ground in french)
French : Dalles

[seb.vcf]

French Revit : Direction secondaire

French : Direction mineure supérieure

[fruity101079]

In french, we don't say "nouveau famille" but "nouvelle famille".

And in the plural, we grant: nouveaux modèles, nouvelles familles.
Or, you have to remove the S at the end of the two words, it may be useless because you open only one file.