bac

English translation: vat

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French term or phrase:	bac
English translation:	vat
Entered by:	Didier LONGUEVILLE

00:13 Sep 12, 2001

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering

French term or phrase: bac

I have very little context, so I don't know what kind of machine they are talking about here. There seems to have been some kind of accident with this machine, so the company is trying to prove they provided adequate safety warnings. "Nous joignons des photos montrant les différents endroits où sont situés les avertissements- face latérale droite de la cabine, à côté du pupitre de commande: défense d'entrer dans le bac." I really have no idea what they mean here. The GDT give "pan" in the Génie Mécanique section for "bac". Any ideas?

Alexandra Hague KudoZ activity Questions: 156 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 267
Local time: 20:12

vat

Explanation:
Could be a "vat", kind of big opened "tank" or "tub", in which parts are immersed, conveyed, etc. The process may be conducted from the "cabine"

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Didier LONGUEVILLE
Local time: 20:12

Grading comment

I'm pretty sure it's vat. I don't know what kind, but I think it is a vat????? I have no context for this translation, and it's making my life difficult!
Thanks to everyone for all their help. Thanks a lot!
Alix
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

operator's compartment

Marianne (X)

container

Sébastien Razer

1 +1

ferry

Marta Argat

vat

Didier LONGUEVILLE

Answers

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ferry

Explanation:
where did the accident happened? bac is also a ferry - so I can only guess that police prohibits to enter the place - the ferry
also tank, wat, container, TRUCK (what about truck?)

Marta Argat
Local time: 21:12
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

40 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

operator's compartment

Explanation:
is probably what you need in this case. It seems to be a cabine in a forklift, truck or similar.
Best of luck/Marianne

own experience

Marianne (X)
Belgium
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Swedish

1 hr confidence:

vat

Explanation:
Could be a "vat", kind of big opened "tank" or "tub", in which parts are immersed, conveyed, etc. The process may be conducted from the "cabine"

Didier LONGUEVILLE
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 58

Grading comment

4 hrs confidence:

container

Explanation:
I am not sure about vat??????
I think you would be safer using a more general term if you cannot obtain more contextual information. A bac is a container general of large surface and quite shallow. In the context of food industry it can be a tank. In whichever context, "container" will be adequate.

Sébastien Razer
Local time: 20:12

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