Breakdown

English translation: breakdown

06:46 Jul 5, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: Breakdown
I'm working for a manufacturing company. We received information that there is an abnormality in the produce client already purchased as a result of test. The inspector asked us to submit breakdown of the product and after the inspector receive the breakdown, he will discuss with insurance company based on this breakdown. In this case, does usually "breakdown" mean prices of each component? or does it have another meaning?
ayako
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Explanation:
It is hard to tell from your context excatly what it is intended to mean here! The quality of this EN is not good, so it may or may not be ambiguous.

However, I would NOT expect it to mean a 'price breakdown' as you suggest.

WHO is this 'inspector'? Do they work for the customer, or for the supplier?

It might refer to a list of the component parts of this failed unit.

It might refer to an exploded drawing of it.

It might refer to an actual unit, dismantled into its component parts.

It might even (though I think it unlikely!) refer to something to do with the way the unit has failed (broken down) — for example, common or likely failure mechanisms, or actually 'to provide the failed part itself'!

Unless your wider document context makes it clearer later, this may be soemthing you will either have to ask the customer — or at least flag up in your work as something that would need clarification with the customer.
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breakdown
breakdown


Explanation:
It is hard to tell from your context excatly what it is intended to mean here! The quality of this EN is not good, so it may or may not be ambiguous.

However, I would NOT expect it to mean a 'price breakdown' as you suggest.

WHO is this 'inspector'? Do they work for the customer, or for the supplier?

It might refer to a list of the component parts of this failed unit.

It might refer to an exploded drawing of it.

It might refer to an actual unit, dismantled into its component parts.

It might even (though I think it unlikely!) refer to something to do with the way the unit has failed (broken down) — for example, common or likely failure mechanisms, or actually 'to provide the failed part itself'!

Unless your wider document context makes it clearer later, this may be soemthing you will either have to ask the customer — or at least flag up in your work as something that would need clarification with the customer.

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:06
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa: Like you say, it can be anything what you mentioned above. But I would go with you last suggestion although you think it's unlikely. Something along the line of "donner en panne", a car breakdown.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Yasutomo-san!

agree  Didier Fourcot: From the rest of the sentence (examination, discussion with insureance), I suspect they want the broken part, but this is rather a guess
2 hrs
  -> Merci, Didier !

agree  acetran
1 day 12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ace!
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