downgrade

English to French Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping

Motorized hand and hand/rider trucks shall be operated on all grades with the load-engaging means downgrade.

Proposed translations (French)

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Benoit Cros (asker) Feb 10, 2021: Merci Tony! Makes perfect sense here!
Tony M Feb 10, 2021: @ Asker No, 'downgrade' is perfectly correct here! It doesn't mean 'déclassé' etc. — the sense here is the technical use of 'grade' used in construction, earthmoving, etc. where 'grade' = 'ground surface' (cf. use in railways, and also cf. gradient) So a 'downgrade' means simply a 'downwards slope' or 'in a downhill direction' — relevant of course for moving plant etc. — so the 'load engaging means' must be pointing downwards.
Benoit Cros (asker) Feb 10, 2021: sans d il n'y a effectivement pas de 'd' dans le texte d'origine.
polyglot45 Feb 10, 2021: il ne manquerait pas un 'd' à la fin ? downgraded = rétrogradé

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MassimoA

Italy

Works in field

en déclassement

"downgrade" signifie réduire quelque chose à un rang inférieur.

Peer comment(s):

disagree	Tony M : Only in layman's language; as I have already explained in the Discussion, this is a technical usage with a very specific other meaning. 14 mins
disagree	Giovancy Hubbard : According to the discussion I would rather use words like "en pente", "inclinaison" 5 days