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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

plombés à son empreinte

English translation:

secured with their seal

Added to glossary by B D Finch
Mar 23, 2011 13:24
13 yrs ago
French term

plombés à son empreinte

French to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
Ivorian power plant specs:

"Les Parties conviennent que les appareils de contrôle et de mesure de l’énergie sont fournis, posés, réglés, plombés à son empreinte, et périodiquement vérifiés … "
Proposed translations (English)
4 secured with their seal
4 +3 sealed and stamped
References
security tag/seal
Change log

Mar 29, 2011 13:26: B D Finch Created KOG entry

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secured with their seal

Traditionally, a seal on paper was made by dripping sealing wax and then pressing a stamp into the soft wax (sealed and stamped). However, a seal on an electrical installation is generally metal.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks. Maybe the "son/their" aspect is significant in terms of clarity "
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sealed and stamped

Peer comment(s):
agree Martin Cassell
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agree chris collister : Yes, measuring kit generally has (at least) a cal sticker over the bits you can remove to show that the settings haven't been fiddled with.
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Thanks, CC
agree Didier Fourcot : The sealing (crimping plier has a distinctive shape that gets embossed in the lead (plomb) that seals the ends of a wire loop across a screw, see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compteur_électrique
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security tag/seal

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