Regards des Vannes et des Ventousses

English translation: Inspection holes for valves and air valves

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French term or phrase:Regards des Vannes et des Ventousses
English translation:Inspection holes for valves and air valves
Entered by: Ibrahima Saidou CAMARA

04:11 Mar 18, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Potable Water supplying
French term or phrase: Regards des Vannes et des Ventousses
Projet d'adduction de l'eau potable dans les chefs lieux des préfectures
Ibrahima Saidou CAMARA
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 21:37
Inspection holes for valves and air valves
Explanation:
or inspection shafts/pits
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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 21:37
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3 +1Inspection holes for valves and air valves
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
4Enclosures for valves and air valves
Lori Cirefice


  

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Inspection holes for valves and air valves


Explanation:
or inspection shafts/pits

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 21:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Didier Fourcot: "ventouse" (not "ventousse" that does not exist) could also be an air inlet
1 hr
  -> Thanks! Obviously, a typo.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Enclosures for valves and air valves


Explanation:
regards = box, valve box, enclosure... I think enclosure works well here, it's pretty general

ventouses = air valves, perhaps air release valves but that might be too specific


    Reference: http://www.oldcastleprecast.com/plants/Enclosures/products/i...
    Reference: http://www.arivalves.com/library/recommendations/water-suppl...
Lori Cirefice
France
Local time: 20:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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