Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Permanence Générale

English translation:

local office/unit

Added to glossary by Ashok Bagri
Oct 31, 2011 07:16
12 yrs ago
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French term

Permanence Générale

French to English Tech/Engineering Telecom(munications) Telecom tender for transport system
Permanence Générale des Bus
Ex-Permanence pour les réseaux Bus et Tramway, dont les activités ont été en partie intégrées dans le département de la PG, le reste (activités de régulation et de supervision) étant assuré par la Salle Centrale Temps Réel (SCTR) du département BUS.

Permanence Générale des Réseaux (ex-permanence générale pour les réseaux Métro-RER et pour l'information voyageur multimodale, maintenant intégrée dans le dans le département de la PG)

Proposed translations

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local office/unit

It has nothing to do with 24-hour operation - it means a local office (ie permanent presence) of an organisation.

Permanence nf [...]
(=local) office, duty office

It's the last definition in my dictionary reference.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-10-31 18:44:21 GMT)
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The department has been broken up, and its responsibilities divided between two other departments.
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1 hr

round-the-clock operation

or service
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : This doesn't make sense here - you can see from the context ("dont les activités...") that it's a department of the organisation.
4 hrs
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2 hrs

24 hour service

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