durée de vie

English translation: life span

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French term or phrase:durée de vie
English translation:life span
Entered by: Eleonor

17:24 Apr 2, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical
French term or phrase: durée de vie
In the context below, should this just be "life"?

Les propriétés de XXX utilisé pour la fabrication des YYY sont constantes dans le temps, les facteurs limitant de la durée de vie était donc le maintien des qualités intrinsèques du ZZZ
Kajuco
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:01
life span
Explanation:
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The life span of something /la duree de vie d\'un objet
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Eleonor
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6drug shelf-life
ntouzet (X)
4 +2life span
Eleonor
4 +1Shelf Life
Thomaso
5useful lifetime
Caroline Mackay-Sim (X)
4service duration, life duration
Francis MARC
3Durability
Pascale Dahan


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
service duration, life duration


Explanation:
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... devices suitable to functional losses and to the service duration of each device. ... Including
the case of death during the first medical treatment), his/her ...
www.vubhld.netnam.vn/english/law/52.htm - 66k

Francis MARC
Lithuania
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
drug shelf-life


Explanation:
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Abstract: The shelf-life of a drug product is the time that the average drug characteristic (e.g., potency) remains within an approved specification after manufacture. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires indication for every drug product of a shelf-life on the immediate container label.

http://www.stat.sinica.edu.tw/statistica/j11n3/j11n39/j11n39...

ntouzet (X)
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Havona: Yes, indeed. Service life is for machines, equipment etc.
13 mins
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agree  Martine Ascensio
15 mins
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agree  cjohnstone
18 mins
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agree  Anne Pietrasik: Yes of course
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agree  Sarah Walls
6 hrs
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agree  Gillian Hargreaves (X)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Shelf Life


Explanation:
possibly "life span"

depends on context

Thomaso
Ireland
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Lee: indeed, without hyphen (or capitals)
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
life span


Explanation:
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The life span of something /la duree de vie d\'un objet

Eleonor
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agree  Michael Bastin
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agree  danyce
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
useful lifetime


Explanation:
Je crois que c'est le mieux dans ce cas.

Caroline Mackay-Sim (X)
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Durability


Explanation:
Perhaps.

A suggestion.

Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
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