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French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Trains
French term or phrase:allège non accouplée
An assistant station manager is responsible for monitoring platforms and part of this responsibility includes "manoeuvre IOT (indicateurs d'operations terminees) aux trains avec allege non accouplee". There should be an 'accent grave' on 'allege' but unfortunately, symbols get completely distorted when I preview the question. Is anyone at proz able to resolve this issue please, which I have been experiencing for a while now?
Thanks very much! I agree that this definitely does not seem to be a travelling post office, on which post is sorted. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
I have French and English keyboard layouts installed in Windows and use hot key combinations to switch between them. That way you can use a French (AZERTY) layout on an English (QWERTY) keyboard and vice versa.
uncoupled travelling post office (TPO) or uncoupled railway post office (RPO)
Explanation: 11 Sous-chef de gare spécialité « voyageur » surveillance et desserte des quais et faisceaux de garage.
Les compétences particulières requises en matière de sécurité sont :
Responsabilité du service des manoeuvres :
:
Surveillance générale des quais :
- Manoeuvre IOT aux trains avec allège non accouplée;
- Manoeuvre IOT au matériel où l'accompagnateur ne peut quitter la rame;
- Transmission des IOT aux Thalys, ICE et Eurostar;
- Intervention lors d'un départ irrégulier (dérangement matériel, départ différé); http://www.staatsbladclip.be/moniteur/lois/2009/08/13/loi-20...
fr Definition wagon-poste destiné au transport et parfois au tri des paquets
Quelle Lex.ferrov.DF:Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique LAROUSSE
Terminus allège postale
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Quelle Lex.ferrov.DF:Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique LAROUSSE
Datum 24/09/2003
de Terminus Postbeiwagen
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Quelle Lex.ferrov.
Datum 24/09/2003
Une allège postale ou un poste entrepôt (sigle PE) est un type de wagon-poste uniquement destiné à transporter les dépêches, sans travail effectué durant le trajet, contrairement au bureau ambulant, l'autre type de wagon-poste, à bord duquel s’effectue le tri du courrier. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allège_postale
En France, la Poste a longtemps utilisé des voitures appelées wagons-poste : bureaux ambulants et allèges postales. Elles étaient le plus souvent intégrées aux trains de voyageurs. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_postal
A Travelling Post Office (TPO) is a type of mail train where the post is sorted en-route. TPO is a UK term. In the USA, the equivalent is Railway Post Office (RPO). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Post_Office
En France, il existait deux types de wagons-poste : les bureaux ambulants dits le plus souvent "ambulants" tout court, destinés au transport et au tri du courrier, et les allèges postales destinées simplement au transport des dépêches http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-poste
In the United States a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to speed delivery. The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal clerks, and was off-limits to the passengers on the train. In the UK, the equivalent term was Travelling Post Office (TPO). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_post_office
Johannes Gleim Local time: 21:10 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks very much for your answer Johannes! However, I decided to use "mail van", as per the wikipedia link which you yourself provide, which includes the key piece of information "sans travail effectué durant le trajet, contrairement au bureau ambulant".
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