Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
groupe électrogène preneur
English translation:
tenant's (own) generating set
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Jan 18, 2013 14:08
11 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
groupe électrogène preneur
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Technical specifications for office building
Hello all,
This comes from technical specifications for a new office building. I'm aware that groupe électrogène = generator, but have no idea where "preneur" fits in! Many thanks for any help.
Menuiseries
– Portes étanches : porte d’accès à la zone
des locaux techniques ; porte d’accès au
local groupe électrogène preneur
This comes from technical specifications for a new office building. I'm aware that groupe électrogène = generator, but have no idea where "preneur" fits in! Many thanks for any help.
Menuiseries
– Portes étanches : porte d’accès à la zone
des locaux techniques ; porte d’accès au
local groupe électrogène preneur
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | tenant's (own) generating set |
Tony M
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| 4 +1 | Take-up electric power generator |
merlrennes
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| 4 +1 | standby generators |
kashew
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| 5 -1 | Standby AC Generator Set |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Change log
Jan 23, 2013 07:30: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
1 day 19 hrs
Selected
tenant's (own) generating set
In other words, the space is provided for it, but the landlord doesn't actually provide the generator itself.
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2013-01-20 10:01:09 GMT)
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In real estate, 'preneur' is very often the word used for a tenant (especially, I've noticed, in CH, though that might just be a co-incidence!)
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2013-01-20 10:02:12 GMT)
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And of course, 'lessee' or 'tenant' is one of the bog standard dictionary definitions of 'preneur', cf. R+C, for example.
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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2013-01-20 10:58:15 GMT)
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Well, you don't need to take my word for it, Anne — it's in plenty of dictionaries and on-line resources too.
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2013-01-20 10:01:09 GMT)
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In real estate, 'preneur' is very often the word used for a tenant (especially, I've noticed, in CH, though that might just be a co-incidence!)
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2013-01-20 10:02:12 GMT)
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And of course, 'lessee' or 'tenant' is one of the bog standard dictionary definitions of 'preneur', cf. R+C, for example.
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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2013-01-20 10:58:15 GMT)
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Well, you don't need to take my word for it, Anne — it's in plenty of dictionaries and on-line resources too.
Note from asker:
| Think you may be right as preneur appears later on definitely in this context |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Tony. After having completed the translation I realised you were right here."
+1
8 mins
Take-up electric power generator
This is an emergency generator that takes up the supply of electricity in case of power failure. Usuall a diesel or petrol powered unit
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
12 hrs
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| neutral |
Tony M
: I would be very wary of assuming 'preneur' means 'take-up' in this sense, unless you have concrete refs.?
1 day 19 hrs
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-1
9 hrs
Salih YILDIRIM
United States
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Related KudoZ points
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5
Standby AC Generator Set
Imho
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: How did you conclude that it's an "AC generator"?
27 mins
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| neutral |
Tony M
: May well be what its function is, but I don't believe that covers what 'preneur' means here. And as Kim says, adding 'AC' amounts to a risk of over-translation, since the source text doesn't make that explicit.
1 day 10 hrs
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