Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

total machine complement

French translation:

effectif total des machines

Added to glossary by Marion Feildel (X)
Nov 21, 2012 10:15
11 yrs ago
English term

total machine compliment

English to French Law/Patents Law: Contract(s)
après l'énumération des machines qui doivent être expédiées à un client j'ai cette phrase:

Total Machine Compliment after February 2008 Shipment: six

je ne vois pas du tout ce que ce "compliment" veut dire... et vous? Merci
Proposed translations (French)
2 +2 effectif total des machines
3 -1 fournies à titre gracieux (gratuitement)
Change log

Nov 27, 2012 09:35: Marion Feildel (X) Created KOG entry

Discussion

Tony M Nov 21, 2012:
Common spelling mistake! It should of course be 'complement'!

Proposed translations

+2
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effectif total des machines

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-11-21 10:31:32 GMT)
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Assuming it is COMPLEMENT and not compliment.
Example sentence:

En 1935, le rachat auprès de l'AL de trente-neuf autres machines porta l'effectif total à 199 G8.1 à l'Est. Elles étaient réparties dans de nombreux dépôts

Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER
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merci Gilles !
agree Tony M
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thanks a lot, Tony!
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-1
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fournies à titre gracieux (gratuitement)

peut-être
Peer comment(s):

disagree Tony M : If it were intended to mean that, it wouldn't be expressed this way in EN in the first place; I'm afriad it's just a very common spelling error :-(
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