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French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Urban planning
French term or phrase:requalification
Hi everyone. The text deals with the preparations for a vintage aircraft Show and the urban planning changes in the neighbourhood that will host the Show. One of the items reads as follows:
"3) Requalification de l'ancienne gare de marchandises".
Later on it is explicitly stated that this former train station will not be the venue of the show, only a logistical area. Is the word "conversion" an appropriate translation? TIA.
Explanation: This is an alternative term you could use. Seems to be often used to describe refurbishing and new build up of existing complexes or institutions.
Explanation: This is an alternative term you could use. Seems to be often used to describe refurbishing and new build up of existing complexes or institutions.
Example sentence(s):
"Work started on the redevelopment of the Old Fire Station on Monday 9 August 2010. The new Old Fire Station opened on 5 November 2011."
"EBRD FINANCING FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF OLD MILL BELGRADE"
LaraBarnett United Kingdom Local time: 12:33 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 26
Grading comment
Thanks, Lara, that's the option I used.
16 mins confidence:
adaptation / transformation
Explanation: 'Conversion' sounds fine to me - these are just a couple of alternative suggestions... 'Transformation' is slightly stronger - it depends on how extensive the changes being made to the station would be.
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Hello FlyHi, could you give me the full sentence, please?
That's what they seem to mean here in light of the context.
qualification = classification (naming)
requalification = reclassification
Functional classification can be applied in planning highway system ... Consequently, this manual provides for separate classification of urban and rural ... http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/fcsec2_1.htm
I hope this helps.
MatthewLaSon Local time: 07:33 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 137
5 hrs confidence:
finding a new/different use for...
Explanation: this an afterthought when I saw your comment about the road way. Obviously, a road is not redeveloped or converted but it can have a different use e.g as a runway so maybe you can rearrange sentence
Finding a new use for the old goods depot (as the logistics centre)
Using the road in a new way as a ...
gallagy2 Ireland Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 24
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
