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consignation de l\'installation

English translation: sealing off of the area

17:35 May 20, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Management / Health and safety procedure
French term or phrase: consignation de l\'installation
cherche traduction en anglais de cette expression.

Contexte: procédure de sécurité et instructions à suivre dans le cadre d'un accident du travail pour un site industriel.

'consignation de l'installation'.
'l'installation doit être consignée tant que les circonstances de l'accident n'ont pas été précisées' - je comprends bien que cela veut dire que rien ne doit être modifié ni touché, mais y-at-il une expression en anglais qui soit le plus proche possible du texte source ?
RocMer
Local time: 07:55
English translation:sealing off of the area
Explanation:
Sealing off of an area etc. means to isolate it so that no one accesses it or touches anything in/on it.

l'installation doit être consignée - the area must be sealed off

I guess area here could be anything from a piece of equipment to a physical area of the site where an accident happened?

Choice of term may well be determined by whether you are looking for UK (as here) or US English.
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Graeme Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:55
Grading comment
merci pour votre aide et pour le sens. Le client avait précédemment utilisé l'expression 'consignment of the facilities' que je dois donc finalement garder....! merci pour votre aide.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2lockout
Didier Fourcot
4sealing off of the area
Graeme Jones


Discussion entries: 4





  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lockout


Explanation:
Vocabulaire standard de sécurité


    Reference: http://www.brady.fr/fr-fr/information-associ%C3%A9e/syst%C3%...
Didier Fourcot
Local time: 07:55
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula
5 mins
agree  Tony M: Yes, standard term, familiar to anyone with relevant technical knowledge; already in the glossary several times. The comments by MortonJones and Safetex below are dangerously INCORRECT!
1 hr
agree  Anne Bohy
2 hrs
neutral  Graeme Jones: Is it not lockdown you mean? White House reported as being in lockdown this a.m.
15 hrs
disagree  SafeTex: I was about to say "lockdown" too or "sealed off" but "lockout" is for industrial action
1 day 17 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sealing off of the area


Explanation:
Sealing off of an area etc. means to isolate it so that no one accesses it or touches anything in/on it.

l'installation doit être consignée - the area must be sealed off

I guess area here could be anything from a piece of equipment to a physical area of the site where an accident happened?

Choice of term may well be determined by whether you are looking for UK (as here) or US English.

Graeme Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
merci pour votre aide et pour le sens. Le client avait précédemment utilisé l'expression 'consignment of the facilities' que je dois donc finalement garder....! merci pour votre aide.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Although 'consignation' may at times involve such physical barriers, this is not the meaning of the term per se, and in many contexts this would be misleading. This would be incorrect in Asker's context.
26 mins
agree  Delina Alwanger
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Delina!
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