Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
déclassé
English translation:
off-specification
Added to glossary by
Mary Lalevee
Mar 5, 2004 08:22
20 yrs ago
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French term
déclassé
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Agriculture
chemicals
This is ina report on the explosion at a fertilzer plant in Toulouse in 2001.
"L’explosion s’est produite dans une zone de stockage de l’usine où étaient entreposés des granulés de « nitrate d’ammonium » déclassés et a détruit une partie du site. Cette explosion a entraîné la mort de 30 personnes, de nombreux blessés et des dommages matériels importants dans une partie de la ville de Toulouse."
A previous translator has translated "déclassés" as "off-specification. Is this correct?
"L’explosion s’est produite dans une zone de stockage de l’usine où étaient entreposés des granulés de « nitrate d’ammonium » déclassés et a détruit une partie du site. Cette explosion a entraîné la mort de 30 personnes, de nombreux blessés et des dommages matériels importants dans une partie de la ville de Toulouse."
A previous translator has translated "déclassés" as "off-specification. Is this correct?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | OK |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 +3 | out of specified criteria |
robpieck
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| 4 | downgraded |
Josephine Billet
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| 4 | declassified |
Tom Bishop
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Proposed translations
1 hr
Selected
OK
for "off-specification".
Lorsque survint l’accident fatal, il ne contenait qu’un peu plus de 300 tonnes d’ammonitrates déclassés pour cause de granulométrie (grains trop petits ou trop gros).
[http://depris.cephes.free.fr/azfan1.htm]
Les produits étaient « déclassés » à cause d'anomalies dans la granulométrie mais aussi dans la composition des produits
[http://www.ac-toulouse.fr/histgeo/monog/azf/azf.htm]
le NA stocké dans le bâtiment 221 n’est ni « propre à la livraison » il est déclassé en raison de la taille de ses granulats ni comparable à celui du bâtiment 335 B
[http://www.valeursactuelles.com/magazine/enquetes/visuarticl...]
including shed 221, in which it unequivocally authorised the storage of up to 500 tonnes of out-of-specification [sic] product or « fines ».
[http://www.atofina.com/groupe/gb/doss/detail.cfm?ID=984&arch...]
The explosion occurred in warehouse 221, a building currently used to store off-specification ammonium nitrate crystals
[http://www.saunalahti.fi/ility/AZF.htm]
The building concerned held between 300 and 400 tonnes of different
compositions of ammonium nitrate, including downgraded or off-specification material
[www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd-nihhs.pdf]
because a product was too badly made to be sellable (off specification products)
OFF SPECIFICATION
Oil product or gas that does not meet specification. Refers either to contract specification or those benchmark specifications generally used in the physical market (The Energy & Power Risk Management Glossary)
[http://www.riskwaters.com/guides/engloss/eprmgloso.htm]
Off-specification stock Stock which is produced by errors in processing, leading frequently to customer dissatisfaction.
[http://www.swbic.org/education/env-engr/tools/glossary.html]
Lorsque survint l’accident fatal, il ne contenait qu’un peu plus de 300 tonnes d’ammonitrates déclassés pour cause de granulométrie (grains trop petits ou trop gros).
[http://depris.cephes.free.fr/azfan1.htm]
Les produits étaient « déclassés » à cause d'anomalies dans la granulométrie mais aussi dans la composition des produits
[http://www.ac-toulouse.fr/histgeo/monog/azf/azf.htm]
le NA stocké dans le bâtiment 221 n’est ni « propre à la livraison » il est déclassé en raison de la taille de ses granulats ni comparable à celui du bâtiment 335 B
[http://www.valeursactuelles.com/magazine/enquetes/visuarticl...]
including shed 221, in which it unequivocally authorised the storage of up to 500 tonnes of out-of-specification [sic] product or « fines ».
[http://www.atofina.com/groupe/gb/doss/detail.cfm?ID=984&arch...]
The explosion occurred in warehouse 221, a building currently used to store off-specification ammonium nitrate crystals
[http://www.saunalahti.fi/ility/AZF.htm]
The building concerned held between 300 and 400 tonnes of different
compositions of ammonium nitrate, including downgraded or off-specification material
[www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd-nihhs.pdf]
because a product was too badly made to be sellable (off specification products)
OFF SPECIFICATION
Oil product or gas that does not meet specification. Refers either to contract specification or those benchmark specifications generally used in the physical market (The Energy & Power Risk Management Glossary)
[http://www.riskwaters.com/guides/engloss/eprmgloso.htm]
Off-specification stock Stock which is produced by errors in processing, leading frequently to customer dissatisfaction.
[http://www.swbic.org/education/env-engr/tools/glossary.html]
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Alex - and everyone who answered.
Mary"
+3
9 mins
French term (edited):
d�class�
out of specified criteria
d'accord avec off-specification. En général il s'agit d'une mauvaise granulométrie. Cela a provoque par ex. une explosion identique à Tessenderlo (Belgique ) au cours de la guerre (1942 ?)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bourth (X)
: See refs below
1 hr
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
5 hrs
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| agree |
Hacene
6 hrs
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15 mins
French term (edited):
d�class�
downgraded
or possible "out of date"? I have found the full report on the accident via an Ask Jeeves search [downgraded ammonium nitrate], this is the term they use here. I suppose they mean that the chemical is not of high enough quality for use in the manufacture of the fertilser and is awaiting recycling or something. Of course this report is almost certainly translated from the french but seems good to me!
Reference:
16 mins
Tom Bishop
Native in English
Technical and commercial translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
French term (edited):
d�class�
declassified
I'm always a bit wary of this one, wondering whether it's a faux ami, but it's the term that was used when I worked in the steel industry for material that was declassified due to being off-specification.
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