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English translation: the person they are visiting


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French term or phrase:visité
English translation:the person they are visiting
Entered by: Jeux de Mots
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11:11 May 11, 2011
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French term or phrase: visité
This is from a set of guidelines about controlling access to buildings housing sensitive documents. The buildings contain various "zones" which are classified according to the level of sensitivity of the documents stored in them.



"Visiteurs: ils ont acces via le visité résidant dans la zone. Ils sont raccompagnés jusqu'a la limite de la zone".
I haven't come across the word visité elsewhere so far.

I hope that's enough context, I'm a bit restricted because of the confidential nature of the file.

Thanks in advance.
Lesley Sawyer
Local time: 07:06
the person they are visiting
Explanation:
Le visiteur is the person who is doing the visting (guest) in the same way as le visité is the person who the guest is visiting. The person who guests are visiting accompanies guests or allows them access to the zone.
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Jeux de Mots
Germany
Local time: 08:06
Grading comment
Of course! Another mental block. Thanks a lot for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3the person they are visiting
Jeux de Mots
3host or resident
silvester55
1person in charge
Richard Hedger


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the person they are visiting


Explanation:
Le visiteur is the person who is doing the visting (guest) in the same way as le visité is the person who the guest is visiting. The person who guests are visiting accompanies guests or allows them access to the zone.

Jeux de Mots
Germany
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Of course! Another mental block. Thanks a lot for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terry Richards
6 mins
  -> Thanks Terry
agree  Constantinos Faridis: oui, visité est participe passé du verbe visiter. visité par + Complement d'agent)
9 mins
  -> Thanks Constantinos
agree  philgoddard: Presumably "résidant" means "working" rather than "living".
1 hr
  -> Thanks Phil. That is what I assume too.
disagree  mimi 254: context is about "zones" and not persons being visited//agree with your explanation but not with the proposed term - member staff in charge of the zone (though too long) might work here
2 hrs
  -> You may be right mimi, but the way I understand this is that an external person (visiteur) will be allowed access to a particular zone with an internal member of staff (visité) / yes, there may indeed be a better term, but no mention of 'in charge' in ST
agree  David Goward: I think it's the "via" that's confusing mimi 254 (and maybe the asker). You're right though.
17 hrs
  -> Thanks David
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
host or resident


Explanation:
c'est le sens , mais je ne savais pas que cela se disait !!!

silvester55
Local time: 09:06
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
person in charge


Explanation:
I have never come across this in spoken French before, so this is just a guess at what makes sense.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-05-11 12:16:37 GMT)
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i.e. Person in charge of the zone

Richard Hedger
Switzerland
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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