Cathy Przybylski Jul 29, 2012:

fréquence ? en lisant vos comms, j'ai pensé à l'idée de "fréquence" pour "interval"

Babelworth Jul 29, 2012:

suis d'accord avec bohy, à vrai dire, c'est son commentaire qui a inspiré ma réponse

Anne Bohy Jul 29, 2012:

Interval n'est peut-être pas le terme approprié Je comprendrais plutôt : "This parameter specifies the number of times that the blocking behavior must recur such that (or "before") it is blocked." Assez classique dans une UI, par ex. pour les erreurs de saisie de mot de passe.
Autre possibilité : "This parameter specifies the duration of the blocking behavior such that (or "before") it is blocked."

Tony M Jul 29, 2012:

Context I don't think we have enough context here to be sure of anything, Gilles.

On the face of it, something seems to be redundant: "...the interval that the blocking behavior must recur such that it is blocked"

Now from the basic syntax of the sentence, the 'it' seems to refer back to 'the blocking behavior' — which doesn't, however, appear very logical — why would the 'blocking behavior' be 'blocked'? So is the 'it' in fact referring to something else mentioned previously that needs to be 'blocked'?

And how does this 'blocking behavior' fit in? Is i in fact what is the criterion for doing the blocking — for example, "if you fight during meals, you will be blocked from the canteen"?

I think it may be important to clarify these points in order to find out just how to turn the sentence...