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Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / Telecom tender for transport system | | French term or phrase: Permanence Générale | Permanence Générale des Bus
Ex-Permanence pour les réseaux Bus et Tramway, dont les activités ont été en partie intégrées dans le département de la PG, le reste (activités de régulation et de supervision) étant assuré par la Salle Centrale Temps Réel (SCTR) du département BUS.
Permanence Générale des Réseaux (ex-permanence générale pour les réseaux Métro-RER et pour l'information voyageur multimodale, maintenant intégrée dans le dans le département de la PG) |
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| | local office/unit | Explanation:
It has nothing to do with 24-hour operation - it means a local office (ie permanent presence) of an organisation.
Permanence nf [...]
(=local) office, duty office
It's the last definition in my dictionary reference.
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The department has been broken up, and its responsibilities divided between two other departments. |
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Explanation:
It has nothing to do with 24-hour operation - it means a local office (ie permanent presence) of an organisation.
Permanence nf [...]
(=local) office, duty office
It's the last definition in my dictionary reference.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-10-31 18:44:21 GMT)
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The department has been broken up, and its responsibilities divided between two other departments.
Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/permanence
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