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| ergonomique adj | (qui facilite le travail) | ergonomic, user-friendly adj |
| Les postures ergonomiques limitent les douleurs articulaires. |
Dictionary entry: ergonomique
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No, it wouldn't. Thanks for flagging this up. I've removed 'user-friendly' from the possible translations. The change will appear next time the dictionary is updated.
No, it wouldn't. Thanks for flagging this up. I've removed 'user-friendly' from the possible translations. The change will appear next time the dictionary is updated.
Ack, wait, please, I've encountered loads of instances where FR ergonomique (qui facilite le travail) means user-friendly, frequently in the context of software, for example. Ergonomic EN is NOT suitable in that case. You could split the two, if you want to be more specific, but getting rid of it is not appropriate.
No idea whether those were generally Fr/France vs Fr/Canada (or Fr/Belgium, for that matter.)
No idea whether those were generally Fr/France vs Fr/Canada (or Fr/Belgium, for that matter.)
Blast, of course it wasn't going to be that easy! I mean, I suppose you could say software is ergonomic, but it doesn't seem very likely that someone would.
I think I might pass this to @Lacuzon to see what he thinks about different uses. I think it's fair to say that, for us, ergonomic is about physical efficiency and comfort, so furniture, keyboards, office layout, that kind of thing, but not about how easy/efficient something immaterial is. Yes? In which case, does French use it for more immaterial things? If so can we split into two French senses?
I think I might pass this to @Lacuzon to see what he thinks about different uses. I think it's fair to say that, for us, ergonomic is about physical efficiency and comfort, so furniture, keyboards, office layout, that kind of thing, but not about how easy/efficient something immaterial is. Yes? In which case, does French use it for more immaterial things? If so can we split into two French senses?
Granted, but when an English speaker like me reads a text by a native French speaker who does use it to describe software, it's helpful to offer an equivalent that works in English.
If I'd only seen it once, then a forum thread saying "this is used incorrectly but here's what it means" would suffice, but I really don't have the impression it's so rare as that.
(And I am not suggesting that you add ergonomique as a back-translation for user-friendly, since I do agree there are much better choices.)
If I'd only seen it once, then a forum thread saying "this is used incorrectly but here's what it means" would suffice, but I really don't have the impression it's so rare as that.
(And I am not suggesting that you add ergonomique as a back-translation for user-friendly, since I do agree there are much better choices.)
It does appear that this is a thing: Ergonomie informatique — Wikipédia
It also appears in wiktionnaire: ergonomique — Wiktionnaire
So, it looks like it should definitely be a separate French sense. What I've done for now is to reinstate user-friendly, but with a Dsense of computing. (Kelly, you'll be able to see it online after the next dictionary update, whenever that is).