Jun 27, 2007 08:18
17 yrs ago
French term
retenue
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Petroleum Eng/Sci
excluded risks in insurance policy
I am not sure of the technical term for this:
Risques exclus:
"retenue, affaissement de terrain et/ou érosion du sol sauf en cas de tremblement de terreou inondation."
Risques exclus:
"retenue, affaissement de terrain et/ou érosion du sol sauf en cas de tremblement de terreou inondation."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | retention |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | impoundment/reservoir |
Francis MARC
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| 3 | hold up |
Lidija Lazic
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Proposed translations
51 mins
Selected
retention
Not a lot to go on, but assume this means "retenue de terrain" and I can only imagine this refers to the soil that might build up behind a building in the event of landslide. It might or might not cause structural damage, but could certainly break windows and damage interiors.
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Comment: "Thanks very much Alex"
7 mins
impoundment/reservoir
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12 mins
Lidija Lazic
Native in French
Native in: French 
, Serbian
Works in: English to French, English to Serbian, Serbian to French, and 1 more.
hold up
selon le GDT
retenue: arrêt ou retard momentané de l'écoulement d'une matière dans une distillation en régime de travail.
retenue: arrêt ou retard momentané de l'écoulement d'une matière dans une distillation en régime de travail.
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