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Bon fonctionnement du chantier

English translation: smooth running of a work site

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French term or phrase:Bon fonctionnement du chantier
English translation:smooth running of a work site
Entered by: Deriche (X)

11:04 Oct 13, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: Bon fonctionnement du chantier
matériel nécessaire au bon fonctionnement du chantier

Thanks you in advance for answering my questions
Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 15:01
smooth-running of building site
Explanation:
bon fonctionnement: smooth-running
chantier: building site.

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Note added at 2 hrs 1 min (2004-10-13 13:06:46 GMT)
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In the case of usine, I would rather use plant, as in this case it is a plant for chemicals.

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Note added at 7 hrs 44 mins (2004-10-13 18:49:26 GMT)
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Chantier in this case could simply be a depot.
Selected response from:

Deriche (X)
Local time: 14:01
Grading comment
Thank you very much and thank you too all - 3 answers were very close.
I had not provided additional context before you answered, but as you saw later it was clear that it meant the "smooth running of a work site"
chantier de l'intervention de nettoyage et démantèlement dans une usine
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3smooth-running of building site
Deriche (X)
4 +2effective operation of the worksite
Julie Roy
5 +1smooth running of the site
anar2004
5 +1equipment needed for effective site [demolition and] clean-up
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4 +1(equipment) necessary to keep the site running smoothly
CMJ_Trans (X)
5smooth running of the works
Bourth (X)
4material for an efficient workplace
Robert Frankling
2 +1for the work to be carried out/for the work to be done/for the job to be performed properly
writeaway
2material needed for a well-functioning workfloor
Steven Mertens


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
material needed for a well-functioning workfloor


Explanation:
just an idea

Steven

Steven Mertens
Local time: 15:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FlemishFlemish, Native in DutchDutch
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(equipment) necessary to keep the site running smoothly


Explanation:
the old thing about English using verbs more than nouns

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Note added at 2004-10-13 14:39:17 (GMT)
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equipment necessary FOR A SMOOTH OPERATION

given your explanation, I know think this would be a better solution.
It\'s all right for those who come along when the others have broken the back of the thing!

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Note added at 2004-10-14 06:08:36 (GMT)
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I NOW think !

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 15:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 425

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  suezen
22 mins
neutral  Tony M: Couldn't garee more --- except that, depending on the surrounding context, the verb 'keep' might not work...
35 mins
  -> true - but out of context the best one can offer is an educated guess
neutral  Bourth (X): Don't like "site" here - though the more I think about it, the more I think it COULD be said, however unnatural it sounds to MY ears.
1 hr
  -> well, it was the only "neutral" option I could think of without more context
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
effective operation of the worksite


Explanation:
material required for the effective operation of the worksite

Julie Roy
Canada
Local time: 09:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moya
38 mins
  -> merci moya :-)
agree  Michele Fauble
19 hrs
  -> Merci Michele :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
smooth running of the site


Explanation:
"matériel nécessaire au bon fonctionnement du chantier".

material needed for a smooth running of the site.

anar2004
Local time: 14:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monica Sandor: find this the best formulation - if site is not general enough to include this kind of factory, then "... of the shop floor" or "workplace"
44 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
smooth running of the works


Explanation:
Equipment required for the (decommissioning/decontamination) works to proceed smoothly/troublefree/without holdups/without difficulties.

In its primary sense a "chantier" is indeed a work site, but by extension it refers to the work (works) carried out on that site.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 377
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
for the work to be carried out/for the work to be done/for the job to be performed properly


Explanation:
the heck with the chantier-it's a team that arrive to clean up, non? :-)

writeaway
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 134

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ines26: that is the case here, for what I understood, "chantier" being the actual work and not the place
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
material for an efficient workplace


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs 35 mins (2004-10-13 13:40:37 GMT)
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The normal, complete phrase is \"SAFE AND EFFICIENT WORKPLACE\":

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Robert Frankling
Local time: 08:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 49
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
equipment needed for effective site [demolition and] clean-up


Explanation:
this is about demolition and clean up, is it not?

it's a "clean-up site".....and this is about EQUIPMENT

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Note added at 2 hrs 54 mins (2004-10-13 13:59:15 GMT)
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bon fonctionnement means EFFECTIVE SITE clean-up! not smooth running or anything along those lines!

check it OUT:

of natural processes to break down or capture contaminants – can be combined with
intensive monitoring to provide cost-effective site clean- up that meets ...
www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/NRMRLflyer.pdf - Similar pages

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... and will provide you with only the safest site clearing practices ...as well as
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WAG Minutes for 5 March 2004
... We will continue to consider this and suggestions made yesterday as to how
we can do an efficient and cost-effective site clean up. ...
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CLU-IN.ORG | Publications and Studio > Ground Water Currents
... Response/Technology Innovation Office are hosting this conference jointly in an
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Complete Profile
... Modular units of 10 tonnes/day are used in conjunction with remote process monitoring
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Note added at 2 hrs 55 mins (2004-10-13 14:00:32 GMT)
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FINAL: equipment for an effective site-clean [process].....

bon fonctionnement= the process of demolition and clean up

THAT IS THE IDEA



Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 441

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ines26: agree with this one too, and my prefered one for style...
3 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
smooth-running of building site


Explanation:
bon fonctionnement: smooth-running
chantier: building site.

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Note added at 2 hrs 1 min (2004-10-13 13:06:46 GMT)
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In the case of usine, I would rather use plant, as in this case it is a plant for chemicals.

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Note added at 7 hrs 44 mins (2004-10-13 18:49:26 GMT)
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Chantier in this case could simply be a depot.

Deriche (X)
Local time: 14:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Thank you very much and thank you too all - 3 answers were very close.
I had not provided additional context before you answered, but as you saw later it was clear that it meant the "smooth running of a work site"
chantier de l'intervention de nettoyage et démantèlement dans une usine

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enza Longo
9 mins
  -> Thanks Enzalo!
agree  Tony M: Without having the complete sentence, this one gets my vote
35 mins
  -> Thanks Dusty!
agree  Marie O.: Complètement d'accord!
39 mins
  -> Thanks Marie!
neutral  David Goward: "smooth running" should not be hyphenated, IMO, and a "chantier" is not necessarily a "*building* site"
44 mins
neutral  writeaway: if it's a building site. 100% confidence leaves no room for doubt but how can one be 100% sure?
50 mins
neutral  Bourth (X): As D.G. says, "chantier" here does not mean "site".
1 hr
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): do you think this is a building site?
1 day 1 hr
  -> It seems to me that it is a work site or depot for chemicals
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