Abdelbaki Boukheit Feb 16, 2015:

pour effectuer

Daryo Feb 15, 2015:

in this case the meaning of "to proceed with" is clear [not many variations are possible anyway], and more context is not going to change the meaning.

Jennifer Levey Feb 14, 2015:

Incomprehensible without full context ... ... where 'full context' = (as an absolute minimum) 'complete sentence'.

Louis Gwiango Feb 14, 2015:

My suggestion is based on the stretch alone, which means the phrase "proceder a" is likely to have a different meaning depending o what precedes it. Therefore, I would have loved to have the whole sentence

Louis Gwiango Feb 14, 2015:

It sounds like it is simply a process to achieve, allow or make drilling possible.

Thomas T. Frost Feb 14, 2015:

Phrase incomplete? That doesn't look like a complete phrase. It's difficult to suggest the right translation for "to" without knowing what the entire phrase says.

florence metzger Feb 14, 2015:

procéder à