Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

eau marquée

English translation:

tracer-labelled water

Added to glossary by Transflux (X)
Nov 15, 2006 17:50
18 yrs ago
French term

eau marquée

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
This is from a Swiss building contract saying that the builder must pay for any work in the event of...

une nature de sous-sol extraordinaire pour la construction (gypse, tourbe, présence d'eau marquée...)
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 tracer-labelled water
4 marked/specific/distinct water

Discussion

MatthewLaSon Nov 16, 2006:
Are we talking about a special kind of basement in terms of construction?

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tracer-labelled water

According to www.granddictionnaire.com

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-11-15 17:58:17 GMT)
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c.f. http://www.ramsar.org/about/about_glossary2_f.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth (X) : Though I don't much like "labelled", that's what they say.
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Thanks Bourth
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marked/specific/distinct water

an extraordinary nature of sub soil for construction consisting of gypsum,peat, marked/specific water. This water is defined as water consisting of traces/specific marks natural or artificial, which we draw starting to observe its (waters) displacement or evaluate its time ie, since how long it was there.
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