caffuter

English translation: caffuter ou cafuter = mettre au rebut = scrap

15:35 Mar 15, 2008

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering

French term or phrase: caffuter

This is from a contract concerning the return of faulty spare parts (engineering sector) from a distributor to a manufacturer.

Les pièces retournées chez A devront être conservées en usine pour une durée de 3 mois après la communication à B du rapport d’analyse puis, sauf avis contraire de B, caffutées sur place.

I’m assuming it means destroyed or something similar, but I can’t find any dictionary or online refs for the French word. Any comments appreciated…

Philip Taylor KudoZ activity Questions: 536 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 256
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English translation:caffuter ou cafuter = mettre au rebut = scrap

Explanation:
tout sur Cafuter avec CafuterCafuter, terme rare, présent en Wallonie du Sud, signifie mettre au rebut dans l'industrie de la mécanique en ce qui concerne l'outillage. ...
www.zwiki.com/index.php/Cafuter - 6k

Clearly a Belgian term and I found it in no time at all via google....

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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 09:32

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I've gone with "scrap" in this context. Many thanks as always to everyone who answered or commented.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

caffuter ou cafuter = mettre au rebut = scrap

CMJ_Trans (X)

4 +1

to discard/to dispose of

Euqinimod (X)

4 +1

to destroy

Tony M

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12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

caffuter ou cafuter = mettre au rebut = scrap

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 09:32
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English
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Grading comment

I've gone with "scrap" in this context. Many thanks as always to everyone who answered or commented.

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to discard/to dispose of

Explanation:
In the GDT caffuter=mettre au rebut

Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 09:32
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to destroy

Explanation:
Fairly odd your search was fruitless as mine (searching on the uninflected form) threw up a smattering of results, all apparently confirming the same meaning, including this earlier KudoZ:

caffûtage - Verschrottung/Vernichtung ( translation glossary ...

Caffut, caffuter, caffutage. Destruction des vieilles cartes perforées (Argot des mécanographes, années 50-60 environ).

Sens ancien : Pièce de fonte ...
www.proz.com/kudoz/652734

and...

GERER LES APPAREILS DE MESURE

Caffuter ou déclasser l’appareil. Si l’appareil n’est pas réparable, il est caffuté (détruit) ou déclassé (ex manomètre étalon devient ...

www.figest.net/.../Procédures Organisation Service/ORG-ATE-...

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Well, it's a lot easier to search the ProZ site using Google, for example, and that way you catch all languages ;-)

Just imagine broadband on punched cards!!!

By the way, I think it is quite important that it actually does mean 'destroy', and not simply 'throw away'; jus as with sensitive data, so also for non-compliant parts... you wouldn't want them getting used by the customer, or sold to another one, now would you? ;-)

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:32
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 630

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Tony. I was searching Fr<>Eng only, must start doing so for all languages. I like the ref to "Argot des mécanographes, années 50-60 environ", which might explain why the term doesn't appear much on the internet.

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