Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

plot de support

English translation:

mount

Added to glossary by Kari Foster
May 29, 2006 04:44
18 yrs ago
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French term

plots de support

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering ouvrage
Sont à prévoir, notament et sans que cette liste soit limitative :
1. massifs
Les 5 massifs destinés à recevoir les turbo-pompes
Le massif destiné à recevoir le turbo-générateur
Le massif de la torche
Etc.
2. plots
Les plots de support des aéroréfrigérants
Les plots de support des lampadaires
Les plots de support des cameras
Etc.
3. longrines
Les longrines de liaison entre plots de support des aéroréfrigérants
Etc.
4. sleepers, supports de vannes et d’équipements
Les sleepers
Les supports de pig trap
Le support de JIB crane
Le support de treuil
Le support de point fixe
Les supports de vannes aériennes
Les support destinés à recevoir le haubannage de la torche
Les supports des filtres
Etc.
5. dallages
Dallages des zones de turbo-compresseurs
Dallage de la zone des filtres
Dallage de la zone lanceur
Dallage du metering
Etc.

6. cuves enterrées
Le réservoir eau incendie
La cuve destinée à recevoir le réservoir de réception des égouttures
La cuve destinée à recevoir le réservoir des condensats
Etc.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 mounts
3 sockets
3 blocks

Proposed translations

+1
2 hrs
Selected

mounts

As you know, 'plot' has several possible translations; in one glossary, I have: stud, pad, mount, tag, pin, and turret pin. (These are mostly within phrases such as "plot de fixation" etc.) If you had just had "camera" and "lampadaire", I might have wondered if they were meant to swivel, and then maybe 'turret pin' would have been appropriate. But not for 'aerorefrigerant'. So, personally, I would stick to the more general "mount" which I think makes sense.
Peer comment(s):

agree David Goward
18 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Kari. I liked your explanation - it confirmed what I had been thinking. "
10 mins

sockets

maybe, baby...
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1 day 2 hrs

blocks

Support blocks, foundation blocks (as opposed to pedestals or foundation slabs), i.e. the lump of concrete, often inverted conical, poured into a hole in the ground around a signpost, etc., though it can undoubtedly be something precast with a hole, etc.
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