Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

kental

English translation:

indicator

Added to glossary by MoiraB
Oct 2, 2006 08:27
17 yrs ago
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Dutch term

kental

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation odorisatie van gas
The sentence is as follows:

De kentallen voor de bedrijfszekerheid zijn als volgt:
het aantal keren van het odorisatiesysteem gedurende minder than 4 uur niet odoriseert, moet kleiner zijn dan 1,1 keer per jaar.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 indicators

Discussion

Marijke Mayer (asker) Oct 2, 2006:
Yes, Kenneth, it is one of those poorly written technical documents. Hopefully, it will be over with today.
Ken Cox Oct 2, 2006:
If this is indicative of the quality of the text, lots of luck! It reads like a more or less hapless translation.

Proposed translations

+2
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indicators

or key figures. I'm wondering if it's a typo for kengetal?

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-10-02 08:42:59 GMT)
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though since only one is mentioned, indicator would be preferable.

IAEA-CN-82/62 SAFETY ASSESSMENT, SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
materials, number of safety significant events, industrial safety indicator etc. The Paks NPP also reports a set of ten indicators to WANO Performance ...
www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/pub1120/CD/PDF/Issue5/CN-82-62.pdf

Expert Mission To Review The Results of Safety Upgrading
Industrial safety indicator has varied. below international average, in accordance to the WANO performance indicators. Although several initiatives were ...
www.bnsa.bas.bg/documents/reports/en/SRM_report.pdf

Welcome ::::ECOPETROL::::The company posted a significant improvement in its industrial safety indicators. The accident rate involving loss of time was 3.5 (number of accidents per ...
www.ecopetrol.com.co/english/contenido.aspx?catID=248&conID...

Peer comment(s):

agree Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
4 mins
agree Katrien De Clercq
6 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Moira! I knew it was right as soon as you mentioned it. It could hardly be anything else. As to the word 'kental', even though I could not find it in any of my disctionaries, I did find it in a lot of Google hits so it is not a typo."
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