Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
matériaux élaborés
English translation:
made ground/processed materials (see explanation)
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Apr 14, 2007 11:40
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French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons), Dip Trans IOL, MCIL London
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
matériaux élaborés
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
drinking water networks
The context below is taken from training course notes on maintaining a secondary drinking water supply network. My first thought was that the term in question meant 'sophisticated equipment', but then it would be 'matériels', wouldn't it? Or, read a different way, it could mean 'the geotechnics of soils and of ......... ' but what would these materials be? As this is in a list form, there is no further context, so it is a bit of guesswork! Any ideas?
• Fonctionnement, pose et entretien des différents appareils de robinetterie
• Généralités sur les chaussées.
• Géotechnique des sols et des ***matériaux élaborés***.
• Informations sur les remblais liquides.
• Fonctionnement, pose et entretien des différents appareils de robinetterie
• Généralités sur les chaussées.
• Géotechnique des sols et des ***matériaux élaborés***.
• Informations sur les remblais liquides.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | made ground |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | fabricated materials |
Jim Tucker (X)
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| 2 | manufactured materials |
Celine Courcy (X)
|
Proposed translations
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made ground
Since geotechnics applies to this, it has to be ground of some sort. The most obvious answer, to my mind, is that they are contrasting "sol" (natural ground") and "matériaux élaborés", i.e. natural soil which has been disturbed by the intervention of man, or "made ground", i.e. natural soil we have placed somewhere as fill or embankments, etc., but possibly, more likely(ly), landfill and all the rubbishy stuff we have been disposing of for centuries if not millennia.
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Note added at 29 mins (2007-04-14 12:10:21 GMT)
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Made ground. Ground built up by the deliberate tipping of soil, building. rubble and other debris. ...
www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/radioactivity/dpag/3rd_report/glossary....
made ground. Ground produced by infilling with material from outside the site or ...
www.safegrounds.com/c_glossary.htm
Made ground. Material artificially in place comprising a wide range of ...
www.contaminated-land.org/pdf/website_glossary.pdf
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Note added at 33 mins (2007-04-14 12:13:56 GMT)
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ON SECOND THOUGHTS, looking at the line above and seeing "chaussées", it is more likely to be referring to the "processed materials" (crushed gravel, cement-stabilized soil, bitumen-coated materials, etc.) used to make the road, as opposed to the underlying "sols".
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Note added at 36 mins (2007-04-14 12:16:23 GMT)
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PROCESSED MATERIALS are prepared by crushing and screening rock, gravel, or slag. A properly graded crushed-rock base produced from sound, durable rock ...
tpub.com/content/engineering/14071/css/14071_80.htm
Gravel Sharp Sand Dead Sand Quarry Rock Granite Rock Rough Loam Sandy Loam Clay Fill Rock Boulders. PROCESSED MATERIALS. ½”-3/8” Crushed Rock ...
www.georgechall.com/materials.html
Crushed stone or gravel. - Blends of natural or PROCESSED MATERIALS . Subgrade materials. used for blending should meet the requirements for liquid limit ...
www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-manuals/em1110-3-141/c-...
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Note added at 29 mins (2007-04-14 12:10:21 GMT)
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Made ground. Ground built up by the deliberate tipping of soil, building. rubble and other debris. ...
www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/radioactivity/dpag/3rd_report/glossary....
made ground. Ground produced by infilling with material from outside the site or ...
www.safegrounds.com/c_glossary.htm
Made ground. Material artificially in place comprising a wide range of ...
www.contaminated-land.org/pdf/website_glossary.pdf
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Note added at 33 mins (2007-04-14 12:13:56 GMT)
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ON SECOND THOUGHTS, looking at the line above and seeing "chaussées", it is more likely to be referring to the "processed materials" (crushed gravel, cement-stabilized soil, bitumen-coated materials, etc.) used to make the road, as opposed to the underlying "sols".
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Note added at 36 mins (2007-04-14 12:16:23 GMT)
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PROCESSED MATERIALS are prepared by crushing and screening rock, gravel, or slag. A properly graded crushed-rock base produced from sound, durable rock ...
tpub.com/content/engineering/14071/css/14071_80.htm
Gravel Sharp Sand Dead Sand Quarry Rock Granite Rock Rough Loam Sandy Loam Clay Fill Rock Boulders. PROCESSED MATERIALS. ½”-3/8” Crushed Rock ...
www.georgechall.com/materials.html
Crushed stone or gravel. - Blends of natural or PROCESSED MATERIALS . Subgrade materials. used for blending should meet the requirements for liquid limit ...
www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-manuals/em1110-3-141/c-...
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Comment: "Graded on peer agreement and the fact that this answer goes into the question in the most depth...right into the ground in fact... Other answers very helpful too in deciding the best term to use, but 'processed materials' did seem to be the best option here...."
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fabricated materials
no explanation, just a quote:
This section is responsible for the management and design of geotechnical and pavement structures as well as the testing and inspection of constructed and fabricated materials used in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.
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Note added at 15 mins (2007-04-14 11:55:58 GMT)
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materials that are "worked out" (é+laborés) of others in a factory
This section is responsible for the management and design of geotechnical and pavement structures as well as the testing and inspection of constructed and fabricated materials used in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.
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Note added at 15 mins (2007-04-14 11:55:58 GMT)
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materials that are "worked out" (é+laborés) of others in a factory
34 mins
manufactured materials
Assuming the said "matériaux élaborés" were produced/changed by hand or by a machine rather than being naturally processed.
Am not 100% sure but if they were the result of a process not involving human intervention then I don't think the term manufactured can be used.
Am not 100% sure but if they were the result of a process not involving human intervention then I don't think the term manufactured can be used.
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