Calibration校准
Calibration is the controlled process of comparing a measuring instrument, sensor, or tool against a recognized reference standard and adjusting it so that its readings fall within specified tolerance. In manufacturing documentation, calibration appears in quality manuals, inspection plans, maintenance schedules, work instructions, equipment labels, and audit records where measurement accuracy, traceability, acceptance limits, and the reference standard used must be described clearly.
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Where this term appears
Localizers encounter calibration in quality system documents, inspection checklists, calibration certificates, maintenance work orders, and software screens for measurement devices. It appears in regulated manufacturing content where translators must preserve units, tolerances, and procedural sequence, and in e-learning courses for quality technicians and machine operators; equipment status labels and audit findings also use the term.
Translation checks
A common error is translating calibration as 'adjustment' or 'setting' when no comparison to a reference standard is intended; this can misrepresent a controlled quality activity as informal tuning. Another error is converting tolerance values without checking the standard or uncertainty, causing non-equivalent acceptance criteria in localized documents and audit records.
Chinese document application
Calibration in context · calibration instruction
- English source
- Check the calibration status before measurement.
- Chinese rendering to review
- 测量前检查校准状态。
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Check the distinction in context
Calibration, verification and adjustment are different activities in many equipment documents. Follow the source distinction and approved Chinese terms. A status check does not instruct the operator to adjust the instrument or demonstrate that a result meets an acceptance limit.
Check the returned Chinese file
Compare the Chinese activity name with the source work instruction and record heading. Record any approved organizational distinction between calibration and verification so the final set does not create inconsistent equipment-status terminology.
Prepare the connected files
Send the procedure, instrument identifiers and approved activity names. Keep method and acceptance decisions with the equipment owner.
Keep the term aligned across your files
Check equipment names, units, safety instructions and interface labels against the source and approved references. Confirm any market-specific document requirements separately.
Provide approved terms and previous translations with the source files. Agree how variants, ambiguous wording and revisions will be reviewed. Terminology maintenance and any termbase handback are confirmed in the project scope. See the 8-step AI + expert workflow.
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