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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Job description relating to bridge crane operation | | French term or phrase: chef de manœuvre | In an industrial plant context (power station).
This is not the crane driver, but the person in charge of lifting operations, who has to be suitably authorized and qualified, and is likely to be the one giving hand signals / instructions to the crane driver.
I have found "dogman" in the archives, which exactly describes the right job, but sadly seems to be restricted quite narrowly to AU / NZ usage.
GDT suggests "dispatcher", but that is in an aeronautical context, and I am far from happy that it would apply in the case of general industrial handling operations. |
|  Tony MKudoZ activityQuestions: 281 (none open) ( 24 closed without grading) Answers: 10363
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| | banksman | Explanation:
Obscure word of the day :) |
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Terry Richards
France
Local time: 20:46
| Grading comment Thanks a lot, Terry! Obscure, as you say — but certainly seems to fit the bill.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5 banksman
Explanation:
Obscure word of the day :)
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksman
| Terry Richards
France
Local time: 20:46
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 71
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| | Grading comment | Thanks a lot, Terry! Obscure, as you say — but certainly seems to fit the bill. |
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