Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à blanc, à vide et en charge
English translation:
without agitators, empty and loaded
Added to glossary by
Catherine Earle
May 4, 2012 14:34
12 yrs ago
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French term
United States
The right words, on time
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
à blanc, à vide et en charge
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
This is a contract for the installation of agitators at consrtuction sites in Moracco. It is being translated into English for a US contractor. The supplier is being held responsible for all testing of equipment. I think the phrase indicates that no other party will in any way infringe on the supplier's ability to conduct equipment testing at the site. I want to use something like "free and unencumbered"." Is that right?
Here's the sentence: "Le FOURNISSEUR seul est responsable pour les prestations de fourniture et de supervision pour les tests **a blanc, a vide et en charge.**
Here's the sentence: "Le FOURNISSEUR seul est responsable pour les prestations de fourniture et de supervision pour les tests **a blanc, a vide et en charge.**
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | without agitators, empty and loaded |
Terry Richards
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| 5 | Random sampling and testing |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Change log
May 4, 2012 15:51: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Tech/Engineering"
May 5, 2012 02:40: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "a blanc, a vide et en charge" to "à blanc, à vide et en charge"
Proposed translations
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Terry Richards
France
France
Native in English
France
30 years in IT, Engineering degree.
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, English
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French term (edited):
a blanc, a vide et en charge
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without agitators, empty and loaded
Three different types of test of increasing severity. I'm completely sure about the last two but less certain about the first.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
philgoddard
: Perhaps "dry run" for the first one.
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| agree |
Ryan_Fr2Eng (X)
: I agree with Phil. For example, a blank test can be a dry run using water to test for leaks, as opposed what is used in production. But since we don't what the blank is, "dry run" fits the bill.
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Salih YILDIRIM
United States
United States
Works in field
United States
Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul )
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Random sampling and testing
Narrating responsibilities of the Supplier.
Discussion
http://help.berberber.com/forum6/35649-du-francais-vers-lang...
www.ehow.com I guess an agitator would be equipment that keeps cement stirred, for example.
à blanc is used for a blank bullet for instance