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Sample translations submitted: 2
French to English: Conjectural regulation of the water reservoir of the Goro-Nickel Project (New-Caledonia)
Source text - French Dans le cadre de l’étude du projet GORO NICKEL, il est prévu la réalisation d’un réservoir d’eau au verrou de la confluence des rivières en amont de la kwé. Ce réservoir est destiné à alimenter les différentes demandes en eau des activités minières du projet (eau de procédé, eau de lavage, eau de conditionnement, etc.), soit, 1800 m3/heures. Ce réservoir risque de perturber sérieusement l’environnement de la kwé, et surtout de pénaliser la faune et la flore de la rivière (notamment les poissons et leurs habitats), qui se verraient attribué «un débit environnemental» égal à 250 m3/heures (soit 4% environ du débit naturel originel). Cette valeur très minimisée, est a priori estimée par rapport à une année hydrologique centennale sèche. Il est préconisé de simuler différents scénarios d’années hydrologiques sèches et humides (simulation stochastique), pour optimiser le «débit environnemental» par lâchers du réservoir, en fonction des différentes situations hydrologiques simulées.
Translation - English Within the context of the study of the GORO-NICKEL project, a water reservoir is to be constructed at the confluence of rivers upstream from the Kwé bay. This reservoir has the aim of serving the different water requirements of the project's mining activities (cleaning water, conditioning water, water for the industrial process, etc.), which are 1800m3/hour. This reservoir seriously risks disturbing the environment of the Kwé bay, and in particular harming the flora and fauna of the river (notably the fish and their habitats). The river would see an attribution of "environmental flow rate" equal to 250m3/hour (that is about 4% of the original natural flow). This very small number is estimated in relation to a dry centenial hydrological year. Simulation of different scenarios of dry and humid hydrological years (conjectural simulation) is recommended to optimise the "environmental flow rate" by releases of the reservoir, in accordance with different simulated hydrological situations.
French to English: Determination of the Environmental Flow Rate
Source text - French Le débit environnemental serait la somme des lâchers du réservoir, plus les apports du bassin versant de la kwé principale : 7,3 km² (apports qu’on doit considérer corrélés aux apports au réservoir).
Ce débit pourrait être optimisé pour les « mois critiques » comme une valeur intermédiaire entre le débit moyen et le débit médian (débit satisfait une année sur deux). Il pourra être fixé par rapport au seuil minimum pour chaque mois en fonction des besoins des poissons et de leurs habitats, ou d’une manière probabiliste, à savoir le débit égal ou dépassé un certain nombre de jours par mois (le choix du nombre de jours dépend du niveau de sauvegarde recherché).
Translation - English The environmental flow rate would be the sum of releases of the reservoir, plus the supplies from the basin side of the Kwé: 7. 3 km2 (these supplies must be considered in correlation with the supplies belonging to the reservoir).
The flow rate could be optimised for the "critical months" as an intermediary value between the average flow rate and the median flow rate (i.e.., the flow rate that is satisfied one year out of two). It will be able to be fixed in relation to the minimum threshold for each month according to the needs of the fish and their habits, or in a probabilistic manner, that is to say, the flow rate equal to or in excess of a certain number of days per month (the choice of the number of days depends on the level of safeguard that is being is sought).
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Years of experience: 25. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 2009.
I am a professionally accredited translator working from French into my native English, based in Sydney, Australia, with years of experience in a variety of subject areas, including:
- theoretical (scholarly articles)
- legal (contracts)
- commercial
- artistic (film texts)
I have tertiary qualifications B.A. (Hons), D.E.A. (Diplôme d'études approfondies) in Philosophy from the Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg, and a Doctorate in German from New York University. I have also lived and studied in France for lengthy periods, with regular visits in between.
My research and technical skills are excellent: I am proficient in handling various kinds of files and have a good grasp of the general principles of editing and layout.
Sydney is around 8 hours ahead of many parts of Europe, and even further ahead of locations in the US. This can be an advantage for work that needs to be ready "overnight" or shortly after a weekend.
I'm happy to negotiate rates taking volume and technical difficulty into account and provide samples of work in particular areas.
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