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floats/travel restraints

French translation: nacelle

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English term or phrase:float
French translation:nacelle
Entered by: corinne durand

21:49 Mar 6, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / H&S
English term or phrase: floats/travel restraints
Safety belts, Lifelines, and Lanyards
[a] Body harness or safety belts (recommended for travel restraint only), and lanyards shall be used when working in excess of 6 feet (2 meters) when:
[i] On all stages, floats and any other type of suspended scaffolding.
Does it mean the belts have only to be used for travelling?
Can anybody help with the translation of "float"
Many thanks in anticipation
corinne durand
Local time: 13:27
matériel suspendu/attaches de sécurité
Explanation:
The floats are not for wter in this case. As I understand your text, this is some kind of scaffolding where workers are high up in the air. The floats in this case are any pieces of equipment or scaffolding (as you have in the text itself) that are suspended, "floating" in the air. The safety belts are to be used for "traveling", in other words when the person moves from one spot to another (I can picture a window washer suspended in the air moving from one window to another).
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Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 14:27
Grading comment
Thanks Gayle,
Could the translation be nacelles?

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Summary of answers provided
4 +1engins flottants / équipements de sécurité de voyage
thierry2
4matériel suspendu/attaches de sécurité
Gayle Wallimann


  

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engins flottants / équipements de sécurité de voyage


Explanation:
Yes, I understand the restraints are only for travelling.
engins flottants means anything on water.

thierry2
PRO pts in pair: 336
Grading comment
Merci pour votre suggestion, mais il ne peut s'agir d'eau

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Comment: Merci pour votre suggestion, mais il ne peut s'agir d'eau

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matériel suspendu/attaches de sécurité


Explanation:
The floats are not for wter in this case. As I understand your text, this is some kind of scaffolding where workers are high up in the air. The floats in this case are any pieces of equipment or scaffolding (as you have in the text itself) that are suspended, "floating" in the air. The safety belts are to be used for "traveling", in other words when the person moves from one spot to another (I can picture a window washer suspended in the air moving from one window to another).

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 14:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1385
Grading comment
Thanks Gayle,
Could the translation be nacelles?
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