les PFD'S, P&ID's,

English translation: PFDs, P&IDs

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French term or phrase:les PFD'S, P&ID's,
English translation:PFDs, P&IDs
Entered by: S K

18:19 Nov 6, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
French term or phrase: les PFD'S, P&ID's,
x mettra à la disposition de XX la documentation technique disponible pour l’exécution de ces prestations, notamment les PFD'S, P&ID's. Lost to what the equivalent of these abbreviations are in English?
S K
Ireland
Local time: 14:53
PFDs, P&IDs
Explanation:
Je pense que votre auteur utilise les acronymes anglais standards dans le domaine :

PFD = Process Flow Diagram
P&ID = Process and Instrumentation Diagram
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JCEC
Canada
Local time: 09:53
Grading comment
Thanks for your help-you're right about process flow and process and instrumentation diagram. Thanks a mil x
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4 +6PFDs, P&IDs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
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Explanation:
acrobat reader format = PDF = portable format document
P&ID's = process and instrumentation diagram ou pass and identification
il faudrait savoir lequel pour traduire le bon


DocteurPC
Canada
Local time: 09:53
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Thanks for working on the question.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  df49f (X): oui pour P&ID Process & Instrumentation Diag. (non pour "pass and etc.") mais non pour PDF qui n'est pas PDF mais PFD
49 mins
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
PFDs, P&IDs


Explanation:
Je pense que votre auteur utilise les acronymes anglais standards dans le domaine :

PFD = Process Flow Diagram
P&ID = Process and Instrumentation Diagram

JCEC
Canada
Local time: 09:53
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks for your help-you're right about process flow and process and instrumentation diagram. Thanks a mil x
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a mil x


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  df49f (X): oui, sigles utilisés tels quels en France - je crois qu'ils s'écrivent comme ceci au pluriel: PFDs , P&IDs
17 mins

agree  Karen Tkaczyk
1 hr

agree  Jérôme Faytre
1 hr

agree  Tomoz
10 hrs

agree  Sylvia Smith: except that P&ID is "PIPING" and instrument diagram, not "process"
12 hrs

agree  Sue Pasco (X): process or piping I think (300 ghits for process, 600 for piping!)
13 hrs
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