Sep 5, 2006 09:44
17 yrs ago
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French term
Joanna
visites contradictoires
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Construction / Civil Engineering
It's in an agreement for the appointment of an investor's representative in a construction project. The entire sentence reads as follows: "Organisation des visites de fin de phase, par exemple, reception des etats de surface pour les sols, bon a peindre pour les parois et autres visites contradictoires." I presume it refers to site inspections where both parties (i.e. client and contractor) check the works performed, or the state of the premises in general, for the purposes of signing a delivery-acceptance protocol.
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visits where Opposing viewpoints are expressed??
I know this is rather long-winded.
I did find "discussions contradictoires" on a French University site, which involves students deliberately discussing opposing viewpoints
in order to express ideas freely etc.
I did find "discussions contradictoires" on a French University site, which involves students deliberately discussing opposing viewpoints
in order to express ideas freely etc.
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Comment: "thank you very much; i think in my context it didn't refer to discussing but rather to judging but it is certainly a good translation in general."
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Reassessment visits?
Hello,
This explanation may help too:
Ce diagnostic sera soumis à des visites contradictoires organisées régulièrement par les services de la
région qui permettront de faire évoluer s’il y a lieu et dans les limites des possibilités budgétaires, les
moyens alloués (iI convient d’entendre par visites contradictoires les visites effectuées par les services
techniques de la région ou leur commanditaires qui prendront connaissance à leur tour des différents
éléments du diagnostic initial).
This explanation may help too:
Ce diagnostic sera soumis à des visites contradictoires organisées régulièrement par les services de la
région qui permettront de faire évoluer s’il y a lieu et dans les limites des possibilités budgétaires, les
moyens alloués (iI convient d’entendre par visites contradictoires les visites effectuées par les services
techniques de la région ou leur commanditaires qui prendront connaissance à leur tour des différents
éléments du diagnostic initial).
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Carla Selyer
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contestable inspections
From what I found, I think they may be referring to matters that could be contestable/debatable.
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| Thank you, i don't know if you received my previous comments - they don't appear on my screen as in the case of other replies. Anyway, thanks for your help. |
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inspections in the presence of both/all parties concerned
You're spot-on in my view.
"contradictoire" in this case means that the supplier, customer and any third parties are present during the inspection.
"contradictoire" in this case means that the supplier, customer and any third parties are present during the inspection.
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| Thank you very much. I'm afraid i've sent my comments to you and "thank yous" many times but they don't appear on my screen, as in the other cases. Sorry, if you've received them all. |
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Charlie Bavington
: or perhaps just "joint visits", unless you're being paid by target word of course :-) //Whoops - "joint inspections" is what I meant to say, honest!
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Thanks Charlie. I'd prefer "joint inspections" myself though.//Of course you did ;-)
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writeaway
: and with Charlie.plenty examples of this in the glossary/see what you mean-like this one http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1531494 and http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1531586
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Thanks writeaway. I get the impression that the poster has sent a number of queries in today under different names. All are in the archives.
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