Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 28, 2004 17:39
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French term
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3 p /an
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La MEO identifiée pour soufflures s'élève à plus de 130 t par an sur les 2 presses. Les causes des soufflures sont diverses, et on estime la partie liée au graissage à 50%. L'objectif est de gagner 75% de cette MEO par cette action, soit 50 t. Le gain est donc de 3 p /an de presse, et la refusion de cette MEO, soit 3p*1,8 kE+50 t * 0,250 kE/t, soit 18 kE/an.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | 3 shifts per year on the presses |
Tom Bishop
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| 4 | 3 par an |
Graham macLachlan
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| 3 | (see comment) |
Oliver Walter
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| 2 | COMMENT |
Tony M
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Proposed translations
+1
5 hrs
Tom Bishop
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Technical and commercial translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
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3 shifts per year on the presses
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Note added at 5 hrs 55 mins (2004-04-28 23:34:58 GMT)
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or, expressed more succinctly:
3 press shifts per year
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Note added at 6 hrs 5 mins (2004-04-28 23:44:23 GMT)
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If they reduce production scrap by 50 tonnes per year, they will save 3 shifts (postes) per year on labour plus the cost of remelting the production scrap.
kE are kilo-euros or thousands of euros.
The sums are as follows:
3 shifts x 1800 euros/shift = 5400 euros
50 tonnes x 250 euros/tonne = 12500 euros
Total saving: 17900 euros
which, rounded, is the 18kE per year that they say they will save.
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Note added at 5 hrs 55 mins (2004-04-28 23:34:58 GMT)
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or, expressed more succinctly:
3 press shifts per year
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Note added at 6 hrs 5 mins (2004-04-28 23:44:23 GMT)
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If they reduce production scrap by 50 tonnes per year, they will save 3 shifts (postes) per year on labour plus the cost of remelting the production scrap.
kE are kilo-euros or thousands of euros.
The sums are as follows:
3 shifts x 1800 euros/shift = 5400 euros
50 tonnes x 250 euros/tonne = 12500 euros
Total saving: 17900 euros
which, rounded, is the 18kE per year that they say they will save.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Brilliant! I'd got round to the almost same idea, but hadn't figured out it was the LABOUR cost!
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Thanks Tony.
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Comment: "Thanks a lot!"
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3 par an
gain is threefold per year of press (press year)
annual gain is tripled per press
annual gain is tripled per press
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COMMENT
It certainly SEEMS to be a dimensionless numeric value, but I'm blessed if I can even guess at what the 'p' might be being used to stand for! 3 'somethings' per press/year. I'm just as mystifed as I was before...
Peer comment(s):
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Tom Bishop
: p = poste. 3 press shifts per year (and not per press per year as I also first thought).
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Thnaks, Tom! You've clearly hit the nail on the head there; excellent detective work!
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Oliver Walter
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(see comment)
The "equation" at the end of the extract, implies that p is equivalent to 3.055555 (since 3p*1.8 kE+50 t * 0.250 kE/t is 18 kE; therefore 3p*1.8 kE is 18 - 12.5, or 5.5).
Apart from that I've no idea. Ask the client.
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Note added at 4 hrs 40 mins (2004-04-28 22:19:36 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be 3p = 3.055555, so p = 1.0185185 (still not very helpful!)
Apart from that I've no idea. Ask the client.
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Note added at 4 hrs 40 mins (2004-04-28 22:19:36 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be 3p = 3.055555, so p = 1.0185185 (still not very helpful!)
Peer comment(s):
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Tom Bishop
: p is in fact 1800 euros, the cost of one press production shift.
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That seems to be right, so the 18 kE should, if stated accurately, be 17.9 kE.
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Discussion
But I have little to go on....