finish to finish

French translation: cotes finies

07:15 Jul 21, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: finish to finish
All dimensions are in imperial and metric, and measured from finish to finish excluding construction tolerances.

I may get the breakdown of this sentence wrong, but I am unsure about "finish to finish".

Thank you,

Cécile
Cécile Gaultier
French translation:cotes finies
Explanation:
https://sti2d.ecolelamache.org/documents/Cours Dessins d...
Les cotations d’un plan d’architecture sont les cotes finies, c’est-à-dire avec enduit,
revêtement de sol,

https://architettura-senzaostacoli.ch/wp-content/uploads//20...
page cotes finies

and measured from finish to finish
sont des cotes finies

Je traduis d'habitude "dimensions" par "cotations", mais c'est une autre question

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Note added at 2 days 9 hrs (2020-07-23 17:13:47 GMT)
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Pour le 2e lien, c'est à la 2e page dessous les plans
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Cyril Tollari
France
Local time: 06:14
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Merci beaucoup
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1cotes finies
Cyril Tollari
5 -2d'un bout à l'autre, de bout en bout, du début à la fin
Ismaël Kouddane
3Mesures strictes et précises/impératives
Philippe ROUSSEAU
2hors-tout
Sylvie LE BRAS


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
d'un bout à l'autre, de bout en bout, du début à la fin


Explanation:
...j'ai pas plus d'explications

Ismaël Kouddane
Morocco
Local time: 05:14
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: That's not what this specific expression means here. Your suggestion might translate 'from start to finish', but here, the word 'finish' has a more specific technical meaning.
6 mins

disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: you've misunderstood what "finish" means here
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Mesures strictes et précises/impératives


Explanation:
"

Philippe ROUSSEAU
France
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hors-tout


Explanation:
C'est ce qui me vient à l'esprit, mais je ne sais pas si ça convient pour votre cas.

Sylvie LE BRAS
France
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cotes finies


Explanation:
https://sti2d.ecolelamache.org/documents/Cours Dessins d...
Les cotations d’un plan d’architecture sont les cotes finies, c’est-à-dire avec enduit,
revêtement de sol,

https://architettura-senzaostacoli.ch/wp-content/uploads//20...
page cotes finies

and measured from finish to finish
sont des cotes finies

Je traduis d'habitude "dimensions" par "cotations", mais c'est une autre question

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Note added at 2 days 9 hrs (2020-07-23 17:13:47 GMT)
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Pour le 2e lien, c'est à la 2e page dessous les plans

Cyril Tollari
France
Local time: 06:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 66
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
7 mins
  -> Thank you Tony
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