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English translation: attendant on board

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French term or phrase:	accompagnement d’un train
English translation:	attendant on board
Entered by:	NancyLynn

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14:41 Jan 11, 2005

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French term or phrase: accompagnement d’un train

4.2.2.10.1 Conduite Automatique Intégrale avec agent à bord
Ce mode est utilisé en accompagnement d’un train lors d’un signalement d’anomalie non bloquante et en "reconnaissance de voie".

Does accompagnement refer to the attendant on board?

NancyLynn KudoZ activity Questions: 1214 (8 open) (9 without valid answers) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 2159 Canada
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it means that though the train is theoretically driverless, it is, in some conditions, manned

Explanation:
here it seems that this is the case when there is a failure in the system but not one serious enough to prevent "normal" operations.
They have a man aboard just in case

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4	it means that though the train is theoretically driverless, it is, in some conditions, manned	xxxCMJ_Trans
3	Please see suggestion below	xxxtnkw

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14 mins confidence:

it means that though the train is theoretically driverless, it is, in some conditions, manned

Explanation:
here it seems that this is the case when there is a failure in the system but not one serious enough to prevent "normal" operations.
They have a man aboard just in case

xxxCMJ_Trans
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2 hrs confidence:

accompagnement d’un train Please see suggestion below

Explanation:
I think the penny may have just dropped here......
What i believe this passage is saying is that if there is some fault that does not require the suspension of traffic, a train will proceed under automatic conditions, but with a qualified staff member riding in the driving compartment, to carry out a visual inspection of the affected section of line. This would explain what is meant by 'reconnaissance' in this context.
I'm sure you will find an effective way of paraphrasing this more succinctly :-)

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Please amend part of the first sentence to read: \'if there is a report of some fault that does not require the suspension of traffic\'

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