Apr 2, 2009 18:27
15 yrs ago
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French term

arrêts de maintenance

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
I am translating an audit report and I am struggling with this phrase which appears in the section regarding machinery:

Disponibilité du parc machine (intègre-t-on les arrêts de maintenance)

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Proposed translations

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3 mins
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downtime for maintenance

I'm more familiar with this from an IT standpoint, but I believe the same phrasing would work for machinery.
Peer comment(s):

agree Anne Girardeau : That's what came to me too!
1 hr
agree Bashiqa : Downtime in preference to shutdown. Shutdown would indicate factory closure for holidays for example.
3 hrs
agree Kevin Harper : (B Eng specialising in manufacturing technologies)
12 hrs
agree Christopher Newell : yes, downtime is much better than shutdown
19 hrs
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+6
10 mins

shutdown for maintenance

or maintenance shutdown

Surviving the Maintenance Shutdown Although historically applied to engineering ... and turn your maintenance effort into planning and scheduling machine. ...
www.newstandardinstitute.com/catalog_articles.cfm

shutdown work, maintenance programmes in order to meet statutory and ... to be taken to minimise equipment and machinery failure ¥ Implement shutdown, ...
jobs.trovit.co.uk/jobs/shutdown-work

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-04-02 18:42:21 GMT)
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Manning Of Maintenance Shutdowns Of Large Chemical Plants. James Emerson, Teesside Chemical initiative. BACKGROUND. Maintenance manpower greater than ...
www.teesvalley-jsu.gov.uk/old/dicidauk/conferences/Conf9924...
Peer comment(s):

agree Anne-Marie Grant (X)
2 mins
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agree Louise Souter (X)
8 mins
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agree Claire Cox
11 mins
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agree Karen Stokes
19 mins
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agree Jenn Mercer : "maintenance shutdown" is more reflective of English word order.
42 mins
yes, you're right. Thanks.
agree kashew : Jenn is right!
1 hr
yes, thanks.
neutral Kevin Harper : I wouldn't say this was wrong, but it was the other two that sprang to my mind.
12 hrs
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12 hrs

maintenance stoppages

or "downtime for maintenance" as Jennifer said. I have a B. Eng. specialising in manufacturing technology (although didn't go any further than the university on the engineering side!).
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