Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

appreteurs

English translation:

finishers

Added to glossary by Karel Kosman
Jul 14, 2011 08:57
13 yrs ago
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French term

appreteurs

French to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering production process - packaging and labelling
lors d'une sterilisation terminale, les appreteurs verfient a la sortie de l'autoclave que chaque cabaret est bien identifie.

Proposed translations

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finishers

Based on the dictionary definition: "a craftsman who carries out the final tasks in a manufacturing process."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/finisher

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2011-07-15 11:02:36 GMT)
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Here are some better references:

apprêteur, m. dresser, finisher.
"A French-English Dictionary for Chemists"
http://www.archive.org/stream/afrenchenglishd01pattgoog/afre...

finisher – apprêteur, apprêteuse
dresser – apprêteur, apprêteuse
Termium
http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2011-07-15 11:17:52 GMT)
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The French term appears to be borrowed from the world of textiles:

APPRÊTEUR, EUSE, subst.
A.− Subst. masc. et fém., TEXT. Ouvrier, (ouvrière) chargé(e) d'apprêter les étoffes :
1. Je voudrais vous montrer un apprêteur d'étoffes ou un fileur anglais à l'ouvrage : c'est un automate parfait, qui travaille tout le jour sans une minute de distraction...
Taine, Philos. de l'art, t. 1, 1865, p. 236.
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/appreteur

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Peer comment(s):

neutral Bashiqa : You don't need to be a craftsman to load an autoclave.
9 hrs
Some sort of skill might be involved to "[verifier] que chaque cabaret est bien identifie."
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24 mins

personnel

The people who put the baskets in and out of the autoclave.
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2 days 6 hrs

preppers

This is a guess, but these people are doing routine preparation tasks.
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