Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
profil en travers repéré et passant au droit
English translation:
transect cross-section
French term
Multilingual academic lawyer
Native in: English (Variant: Scottish) 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 3 more.
passant au droit
Context:
Composition du dossier technique
Les opérateurs s’engagent à présenter leurs projets sur base d’un dossier technique comprenant au minimum:
1. un plan de situation repris d’un extrait de la carte d’Etat Major au 1/10.000ème
2. un plan d’implantation à l’échelle 1/500ème ou 1/1000ème sur lequel apparaîtront la ou les chaussée(s), les voies d’accès au site proposé et tout l’équipement significatif de la voirie ou du terrain concerné.
3. un profil en travers au 1/200ème repéré et passant au droit de l’installation prévue
4. un photomontage reprenant des vues de la zone concédée avant et après construction
| 3 +1 | passing/passing over/through |
Louisa King
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Translator, Russian & French to English
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
passing/passing over/through
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-02-08 14:49:58 GMT)
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Ah, sorry Thomas - I can't add anything to my original comment - hopefully someone more techy than me can help out.
...in which the bodies pass through guide and/or calibrating rollers...
...any motorist passing an arbitrarily selected checkpoint....
| Thanks, I saw that too but was wondering whether someone with some technical knowledge could explain what exactly is meant. Do you have any idea? |
| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, of course! It's a transect showing the profile of the terrain at the point where this 'thing' is to be built; they don't specify in which angular direction the transect is to be taken, but one would assume it to be the one showing the greatest slope.
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Discussion
I don't think there's any need to post a fresh answer, and I'm not able to 'add' anything to Louisa's; you can simply select the answer, and then edit the source and target fields at the moment of making your glossary entry.