Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
matières contrôlées
English translation:
materials subject to inspection
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Dawn Montague
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French term
matières contrôlées
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In a document discussing a project aimed at marketing granite blocks in the US by a European company:
Après quelques mois, et en function des resultants obtenus, XXX pourrait vendre certains de ces blocs (notamment pour matière contrôlées) aux Italiens pour la transformation et faire via la société américaine la vente des produits finis.
Après quelques mois, et en function des resultants obtenus, XXX pourrait vendre certains de ces blocs (notamment pour matière contrôlées) aux Italiens pour la transformation et faire via la société américaine la vente des produits finis.
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materials subject to inspection
is how i would translate it...
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materials with controlled specifications
Actually, this is used with more technical products (some of them patented), which are checked against an index.
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especially as a basis product (or material)
matière contrôlées = controlled matter
I think they're saying here that it can especially be sold in this form to the Italiens, who will transform it and use the Americans to sell the end-product...
I think they're saying here that it can especially be sold in this form to the Italiens, who will transform it and use the Americans to sell the end-product...
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regulated
Regulated/controlled (raw) material
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verified OR checked material
I think the sense here may be that there are some products that are being specifically checked (controlled) for specification, quality etc., and it is these that are singled out by the words in brackets. This should be clear from the your reading of what is supposed to happen in the "quelques mois.."
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