Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
empreintes
English translation:
(excavator/digger/teeth/track-) marks
Added to glossary by
Giorgio Tenedios (X)
May 12, 2012 08:37
12 yrs ago
French term
empreintes
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Geology
sondages
Empreintes des sondages à la pelle mécanique à traiter.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | (excavator/digger/teeth/track-) marks |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 4 +1 | traces |
cchat
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| 4 +1 | cavities / impressions |
Rowena Fuller (X)
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| 5 | fingerprints |
kashew
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| 4 | balling |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
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5 hrs
Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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(excavator/digger/teeth/track-) marks
imo this is more likely as the digger/excavator leaves both teeth and track marks
http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=May...
student.brighton.ac.uk/mod_docs/Sci_eng/.../BE108_09-10.doc
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c) give plenty of under floor ventilation when a suspended ground floor is to be used; ... c) stored in flat beds and regularly aerated by a mechanical cultivator; ... for a deep trench foundation has teeth marks left by the bucket of the digger.
archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/.../northpen3-23582_1.pdf
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2.2 TST Survey . .... Land Adjacent to the Carville Hotel, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear ..... excavation as mechanical excavator teeth marks are clearly visible (see ...
or "EXCAVATOR TRACK MARKS"
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/6094/property-devel...
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/6094/property-devel...
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glad to have helped
http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=May...
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c) give plenty of under floor ventilation when a suspended ground floor is to be used; ... c) stored in flat beds and regularly aerated by a mechanical cultivator; ... for a deep trench foundation has teeth marks left by the bucket of the digger.
archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/.../northpen3-23582_1.pdf
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2.2 TST Survey . .... Land Adjacent to the Carville Hotel, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear ..... excavation as mechanical excavator teeth marks are clearly visible (see ...
or "EXCAVATOR TRACK MARKS"
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/6094/property-devel...
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/6094/property-devel...
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glad to have helped
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+1
20 mins
traces
I don't think pelles mécaniques leave fingerprints;-)
+1
1 hr
cavities / impressions
after all we are talking about the hollow left in the ground after the work of a mechanical shovel...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
nweatherdon
: I believe so, but it's not exactly my field, so I'd probably be inclined to make use of a thesurus and try to find other geological texts using that. Cavity speaks more of holes to me, so I think something like "impressions" could be better. my 2c
14 mins
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11 mins
fingerprints
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Note added at 1 heure (2012-05-12 10:08:20 GMT)
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Maybe I should have put it in quotes: The "fingerprints" obtained from the (mechanical shovel) excavations.
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Note added at 1 heure (2012-05-12 10:08:20 GMT)
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Maybe I should have put it in quotes: The "fingerprints" obtained from the (mechanical shovel) excavations.
6 hrs
balling
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:kJwVHrWGfNgJ:www....
www.proz.com › ... › English to French › Business/Commerce (general)
8 Jan 2008 – (KudoZ) English to French translation of excavator front shovel: godet en butte de pelle mécanique / pelle en butte [Construction ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19133297/Dictionary-of-Civil-Engin...
look under “ballmark”
Demolition - Approved Code of Practice for (ARCHIVED)
www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/archive/demolition.pdf
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Front-end loaders, backhoes, excavators and bulldozers 40. 7.3 ..... Balling: Mechanical demolition by the controlled swinging or dropping of a demolition ball ...
www.proz.com › ... › English to French › Business/Commerce (general)
8 Jan 2008 – (KudoZ) English to French translation of excavator front shovel: godet en butte de pelle mécanique / pelle en butte [Construction ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19133297/Dictionary-of-Civil-Engin...
look under “ballmark”
Demolition - Approved Code of Practice for (ARCHIVED)
www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/archive/demolition.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Front-end loaders, backhoes, excavators and bulldozers 40. 7.3 ..... Balling: Mechanical demolition by the controlled swinging or dropping of a demolition ball ...
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