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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Power station construction contract | | French term or phrase: base de l'etude | Specification du projet (preciser le sujet correspondant: bases de l'etude, rules, limites d'installation, etc...).
I can't find a decent-sounding equivalent for 'bases de l'etude', which crops up repeatedly in the text. |
| Patrick StensonKudoZ activityQuestions: 4 (none open) Answers: 0
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| | study basis /basis of study / study background / preliminary study | Explanation:
Another idea, depending on deeper context
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Note added at 40 mins (2006-07-26 23:25:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks Patrick. Since it's your first question -- you have to wait 24 hours to give others a chance to answer before 'closing' the question! |
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Anton Baer
Slovakia
Local time: 23:32
| Grading comment Thanks very much - I think 'study background' fits the best in this case.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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19 mins confidence:   Study basics
Explanation:
Just an idea.
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Asker: thanks for your answer. I wanted to give you some points but as its the first question I've asked here I didn't know how!
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25 mins confidence: study basis /basis of study / study background / preliminary study
Explanation:
Another idea, depending on deeper context
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Note added at 40 mins (2006-07-26 23:25:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks Patrick. Since it's your first question -- you have to wait 24 hours to give others a chance to answer before 'closing' the question!
| Anton Baer
Slovakia
Local time: 23:32
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thanks very much - I think 'study background' fits the best in this case. |
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