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postposed

French translation: placé à l\'arrière /à l\'avant


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English term or phrase:postposed/ preposed
French translation:placé à l\'arrière /à l\'avant
Entered by: Habib Mahammed
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05:29 Jan 25, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Arbre de transmission
English term or phrase: postposed
Le contexte:
"Disassembly, inspection and reassembly of the postposed propeller shaft"
"Preposed" revient aussi souvent dans le texte.

Merci d'avance!
Habib Mahammed
Local time: 01:47
Postposé
Explanation:


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Note added at 52 mins (2011-01-25 06:22:00 GMT)
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You may use the word "accolé" since after further review, the verb "postposer" belongs mostly to ancient French.
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xxxwinningtrans
Local time: 16:47
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Merci Gilles.
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4 +1Postposéxxxwinningtrans
4postposé
Sylvain Lourme


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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Postposé


Explanation:


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Note added at 52 mins (2011-01-25 06:22:00 GMT)
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You may use the word "accolé" since after further review, the verb "postposer" belongs mostly to ancient French.

xxxwinningtrans
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
Grading comment
Merci Gilles.

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
postposé


Explanation:
Postposé, tout simplement. Quant à l'autre terme : préposé

Sylvain Lourme
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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