Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Cadre de permanence
English translation:
Duty officer
Added to glossary by
Anne Micallef
Oct 14, 2011 08:55
12 yrs ago
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French term
Cadre de permanence
French to English
Other
Management
health & safety
From a corporate HSE manual - in a list of procedures so not much context, though the procedures immediately before & after this term are all to do with fire safety - management of automatic fire alarms, actions to be taken in the event of a fire, evacuation, etc.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | Duty officer |
claude-andrew
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| 4 +2 | senior officer on-duty |
laure claesen
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
claude-andrew
France
France
Native in English
Works in field
France
Bilingual scientist English French
Native in: English 
Works in: English to French, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
Duty officer
The Kudoz ref given quotes "duty officer" as the translation for "agent de service" but I think it's the sale thing - maybe a number you can call 24/24
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all who helped. I went for this one because I wasn't convinced about the "senior" in the other suggestion."
+2
1 hr
laure claesen
France
France
Native in French
France
translations which read like originals
Native in: French (Variant: Belgian)
Works in: English to French
senior officer on-duty
Your guess is correct.
Cadre is quite unusual for firefighters though.
Cadre is quite unusual for firefighters though.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
B D Finch
: This doesn't seem to be about firefighters. When I was the "on-duty senior" in my local government neighbourhood office, it meant I had initial responsibility for dealing with any emergency that day.
3 hrs
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| agree |
philgoddard
: No hyphen. And manager might be better than senior officer.
6 hrs
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| neutral |
AllegroTrans
: Not sure where you get (or imply) "senior"
13 hrs
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