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substances toxiques vehicules par l\\\'air

English translation: airborne toxic substances

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French term or phrase:substances toxiques vehiculés par l'air
English translation:airborne toxic substances
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

16:24 Nov 5, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical
French term or phrase: substances toxiques vehicules par l\\\'air
about workers being exposed, in teh context of industrial medecine
Olga Koepping
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:25
airborne toxic substances
Explanation:
More concise, and widely used.
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David Sirett
Local time: 08:25
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11airborne toxic substances
David Sirett
5 +7toxic/poisonous substances transported/conveyed/carried by the air
Paul Stevens
3airborne toxins
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
substances toxiques vehicules par l\'air
toxic/poisonous substances transported/conveyed/carried by the air


Explanation:
HTH

Paul Stevens
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 347

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
airborne toxic substances


Explanation:
More concise, and widely used.

David Sirett
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2053
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cjohnstone: yes sir!!!
13 mins
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes
50 mins
agree  Sandrine PIERRON
1 hr
agree  sarahl (X): yes, or chemicals
2 hrs
agree  Jacques Saleh
2 hrs
agree  Sarah Walls
3 hrs
agree  Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
4 hrs
agree  sktrans
6 hrs
agree  Carolingua
8 hrs
agree  Robintech
14 hrs
agree  Pascale Dahan
18 hrs
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
airborne toxins


Explanation:
"toxic substance" = "toxin" - however spread. Therefore, for the sake of brevity I would cut it down even further and simply say 'airborne toxins' - nice and concise and conveys the meaning entirely.

French2English
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 38
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