Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
United States
CET
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Isabelle F. BRUCHER (X)
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| 3 +4 | L'heure d'Europe centrale |
Grzegorz Mizera
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| 4 +2 | CET |
Tony M
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| 4 | heure locale |
Kévin Bernier
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Sep 5, 2012 13:41: Yana Dovgopol changed "Term asked" from "Central Estern Time" to "CET"
Non-PRO (2): Kévin Bernier, AllegroTrans
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Proposed translations
HEC
Maybe even better explained here: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...
Also explained in TERMIUM (Québec vocabulary database): http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?la...
So, Central European Time = "heure de l'Europe centrale " (not "l'heure..." nor "d'Europe", but "heure de l'Europe...")
but (as in your text): TEC = "HEC" !
What is asked is a translation into (good) French...
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Sheila Wilson
: Not disagreeing at all with HEC, but your 2nd link does say: "L'abréviation n'est pas systématiquement traduite: "CET" est courant dans les textes français. "
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Estonia
Põld? Pole. On küll!
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
Works in: Estonian to Polish, English to Polish, Polish to English, and 4 more.
L'heure d'Europe centrale
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Note added at 3 mins (2012-09-04 19:49:10 GMT)
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Acronym CET stands for Central European Time.
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Virginie Proisy
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Merci.
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Kévin Bernier
: heure d'Europe centrale, not "l'heure"
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Merci.
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Bertrand Leduc
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Merci.
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Bernard Moret
: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heure_normale_d'Europe_centrale
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Merci.
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CET
France
Translator & Game Loc Specialist | EN-FR
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French
heure locale
We just tend to say, "8h heure locale", and then mention the name of the country/location in which the event is happening.
A quick Google search for "heure locale" will tell you much about that.
Le tirage au sort aura lieu le 21 septembre à XXX, à 9h heure locale.
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AllegroTrans
: whilst this is "correct" I do not see it as good translation - the source text specifies CET, using the acronym; I often get emails from France informing me of translation deadlines, expressed as CET
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Sheila Wilson
: I'm sure a ProZ virtual conference (for example) would be shown in French as CET - it's a specific time whereas 'heure locale' can be anything
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Discussion
Please confirm this is the case