Jan 11, 2002 03:28
22 yrs ago
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French term
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renvoi
French to English
Tech/Engineering
uranium storage site
This appears in the context of a fence surrounding a uranium storage site. "equipée d'un renvoi de fils barbelés."
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
1 day 19 hrs
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'bent over bit on top of fence'
Sorry, I don't know the technical term; but I'm convinced this is it --- the angled piece added to the top of a fence or wall at such a slope as to prevent ingress / egress.
'renvoi' can also be 'return' in the building sense --- a return on a wall --- and I'm convinced this is the idea here.
HTH
'renvoi' can also be 'return' in the building sense --- a return on a wall --- and I'm convinced this is the idea here.
HTH
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
46 mins
reversed
reversed barbed wire.
Peer comment(s):
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adekwatis
1 day 6 hrs
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| disagree |
Tony M
: see my suggested explanation below
1 day 18 hrs
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| disagree |
Gayle Wallimann
: It's not the wire that has the "renvoi", but it's a passage, "diversion", see my suggestion below.
2 days 14 hrs
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barbed wire throw/sendback?
I'm wondering whether "renvoi" doesn't simply mean "fencing set up to send someone back"...
Couldn't find any phrase involving fencing using "renvoi".
Couldn't find any phrase involving fencing using "renvoi".
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Gayle Wallimann
: It is fencing set up to send someone back. See my suggestion below, "diversion".
2 days 11 hrs
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Gayle Wallimann
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American in Provence
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
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1213
"diversion"
In this case, the barbed wire prohibits escape from the diversion, or passage that leads away from the uranium storage site. It might be a kind of dead-end, but in any case, it is designed to prohibit any access to the site.
4 hrs
an impassable barbed wire fence
Does it not refer to the fact that it keeps out anyone trying to get through?
+1
1 day 7 hrs
fitted with bent barbed wire fence
I believe it's the barbed wire fence that is bent on the upper part.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: I think this is the right idea, maybe not yet the right term
12 hrs
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| neutral |
Gayle Wallimann
: I really think that the passage is what is meant here.
1 day 7 hrs
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