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massifs des transformateurs

English translation: foundation blocks/concrete foundation


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French term or phrase:massifs des transformateurs
English translation:foundation blocks/concrete foundation
Entered by: Daniel Weston
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06:14 Dec 17, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
French term or phrase: massifs des transformateurs
I'm having trouble with two parts of this sentence. The part I'm wondering about in this post is "massifs des transformateurs". Here is the entire sentence:

Les transformateurs seront mis en place sur des rails au niveau des longrines des **massifs des transformateurs**.

It appears that they are using "massif" as a noun rather than an adjective. The whole sentence seems to be poorly written - or I'm missing something entirely.

Thanks
Daniel Weston
United States
foundation blocks/concrete foundation
Explanation:
Massif in french is the foundation (usually concrete) on which the transformers would be anchored to.
Here the transformer is placed on stringers, I presume are sitting on the foundation.
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BOB DE DENUS
Local time: 17:53
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foundation blocks/concrete foundation


Explanation:
Massif in french is the foundation (usually concrete) on which the transformers would be anchored to.
Here the transformer is placed on stringers, I presume are sitting on the foundation.

BOB DE DENUS
Local time: 17:53
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beatriz Candil Garcia
42 mins
agree  narasimha CSN MURTHY
1 hr
agree  chris collister: or foundation slab, etc.
1 hr
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
2 hrs
agree  Ahmed Badawy: fine
3 hrs
agree  xxxBourth: "Transformer pedestal" is another option.
16 hrs
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