Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
capter le contact
English translation:
fire up/start the engine
Added to glossary by
NancyLynn
Nov 13, 2007 19:05
16 yrs ago
French term
capter le contact
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
consumer response:
Une de mes deux clés ne capte pas toujours correctement le contact depuis qu'ils ont reprogrammé mes clés.
That's the sum total of this string.
Une de mes deux clés ne capte pas toujours correctement le contact depuis qu'ils ont reprogrammé mes clés.
That's the sum total of this string.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | fire up |
chris collister
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| 4 | pick up the ignition |
Glen McCulley
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Proposed translations
2 hrs
chris collister
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
precision engineer, precision translator
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
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255
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fire up
"since they reprogrammed my two keys, one of them doesn't always fire up the engine" or some such petrol-headed vernacular phrase....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I ended up with "start the engine", so thanks to all for the help"
7 mins
Glen McCulley
Native in French
&
English
translations that read out loud
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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4
pick up the ignition
that's your starter for ten... and how i'd go about it. i think the second, probably underused key has trouble picking up (not detecting becasue it could be the other way round) the ignition (system).
sorry, terrible explanation but my head's about to explode ;-)
sorry, terrible explanation but my head's about to explode ;-)
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