Oct 8, 2018 17:25
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French term

paliers de desserte des ascenseurs

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Lifts/Elevators
This is in a lease contract and appears in the sentence:

Il s'oblige à s’abstenir d’encombrer les paliers de desserte des ascenseurs

is clearly asking the Lessee to refrain from blocking something to do with the lifts/elevators, but I can't find a term I'm 100% confident with to translate "paliers de desserte". I thought it might be "lift/elevator servicing levels" but I can't find much evidence for that online. All help is appreciated!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 lift landing

Discussion

Daryo Oct 9, 2018:
"paliers de desserte" = flat surface in front of lift doors serving as access to the lift - literally "servicing the lift" by providing access to it.

Proposed translations

+6
11 mins
Selected

lift landing

should be obvious

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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-10-08 19:55:27 GMT)
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Rubbish or goods must not block the lift landing area.
This might fit the bill.
Note from asker:
What about "desserte". It doesn't imply any element of servicing? I'm (clearly) not a technical translator! The odd term pops up in a contract every so often though.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yolanda Broad
7 mins
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agree Eliza Hall : If US, then "elevator landings." But yes, palier is landing and "de desserte" just means the landings serving the elevators, i.e., the ones you stand on while waiting for the elevator.
1 hr
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agree Tony M : desservir = serving (think service road / bus service — and of course, a serving trolley)
6 hrs
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agree Daryo
6 hrs
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agree El Mehdi Hakkou
15 hrs
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agree Aberstrad
2 days 14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you to everyone who answered and to Daryo, Eliza and Tony in particular for clearing up my doubts!"
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