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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering | | English term or phrase: recalcul | This is a memorandum about how to survey a viaduct for deterioration of steel reinforcements in order to decide upon and carry out a "recalcul". Would one use re-calculation, or revised calculation?
"Pour évaluer précisément ce risque de défaillance, des recalculs sont nécessaires afin d’estimer la capacité portante résiduelle d’un ouvrage en tenant compte aussi précisément que possible de son niveau actuel de dégradation." |
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| | English translation:recalculation | Explanation:
Just recalculation. "Revised recalculation" would not be appropriate here, in my opinion.
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-21 17:56:04 GMT)
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NB: A "revised recalculation" would be a second recalculation that has been, well, revised (modified).
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-21 18:50:13 GMT)
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Note to Asker: I would still go with "recalculation," as that is what the ST says. If the ST had used "calcul révisé" then I would have gone with "revised calculation," but even if that is what the ST author meant, it is not what he or she said. I would translate the ST based on the letter not the intent of the text. Good luck! :)
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-21 18:59:20 GMT)
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Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/recalculation
re·cal·cu·late
tr.v. re·cal·cu·lat·ed, re·cal·cu·lat·ing, re·cal·cu·lates
To calculate again, especially in order to eliminate errors or to incorporate additional factors or data.
re'cal·cu·la'tion n. |
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Richard McDorman
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Local time: 15:54
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10 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +3 recalculation
Explanation:
Just recalculation. "Revised recalculation" would not be appropriate here, in my opinion.
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-21 17:56:04 GMT)
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NB: A "revised recalculation" would be a second recalculation that has been, well, revised (modified).
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-21 18:50:13 GMT)
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Note to Asker: I would still go with "recalculation," as that is what the ST says. If the ST had used "calcul révisé" then I would have gone with "revised calculation," but even if that is what the ST author meant, it is not what he or she said. I would translate the ST based on the letter not the intent of the text. Good luck! :)
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-21 18:59:20 GMT)
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Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/recalculation
re·cal·cu·late
tr.v. re·cal·cu·lat·ed, re·cal·cu·lat·ing, re·cal·cu·lates
To calculate again, especially in order to eliminate errors or to incorporate additional factors or data.
re'cal·cu·la'tion n.
| Richard McDorman
United States
Local time: 15:54
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Notes to answerer
Asker: It is, in effect, a review/revision of the original design calculations. Given your "NB" would this make it a "revised calculation", which was my alternative. (Certainly not a "revised re-calculation", which I never suggested.)
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