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permanence à la mer
fin de vie
Apr 9, 2013 06:54
11 yrs ago
French term

début de vie

French to English Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime
description of different elements in début de vie and in fin de vie for the ship to caculate the weight estimate of the ship
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 start of life

Discussion

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Apr 9, 2013:
Know the feeling. I'm the suspicious sort too. A number of years back I invested in French and English original language naval architecture books, you know, the first year intro course type tomes. They have come in handy over the years. It may be about time I updated them, come to think of it.
jessjess (asker) Apr 9, 2013:
Acutally I did but I wasn't sure it sounded right! I thought maybe there was a special term
Nikki Scott-Despaigne Apr 9, 2013:
@Jessjess Actally, I should have asked whether you had conducted Google searches, in context, with "start/end of life". Both seem to be used quite commonly in naval and shipping contexts when describing the life of a vessel. Nothing I can find suggests any special term.

PS: Thanks for the context.
jessjess (asker) Apr 9, 2013:
OOps sorry Nikki, I forgot to write my text with the extract.
This is all I have, I hope it helps, thank you for your help!
jessjess (asker) Apr 9, 2013:
Marges de calcul pour le devis de masse
Lège prévisionnel Début de vie
1858.640
5.874
42.670
-0.002
Navire armé Début de vie
2090.760
5.550
42.833
0.001
Navire armé Fin de vie
2183.760
5.633
42.833
0.001
Catharine Cellier-Smart Apr 9, 2013:
Could we have the full context please?
Nikki Scott-Despaigne Apr 9, 2013:
@Jessjess Please could you provide your terms in a fairly large extract of the original. Terms presented as "stand-alone" put us in no better a position than anyone looking in a dictionary. Targeting answers is difficult in such situations.

Proposed translations

+2
10 mins
Selected

start of life

http://www.bmtdsl.co.uk/bmt-services/hydrodynamics/

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Note added at 11 mins (2013-04-09 07:05:54 GMT)
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Trials Services
BMT Defence Services is able to prepare, conduct and analyse the results of progressive speed trials in order to obtain precise assessment of performance over the ship life and compare this with the predicted performance. This can be done for both new build vessels at the start of life or partway through the life of the vessel to check the performance and the effect of retro-fit propulsion devices or vessel treatments.

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Note added at 14 mins (2013-04-09 07:08:23 GMT)
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Ditto therefore for your other term.
Peer comment(s):
agree Irene Chalmers Preire
1 hr
agree GILLES MEUNIER
1 hr
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