Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cessions en bacs successives
English translation:
consecutive deliveries to tanks
Added to glossary by
Michelle Grace
Mar 24, 2008 10:49
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cessions en bacs successives
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Petroleum Eng/Sci
In a Product Specifications Sheet for fuel, addressed to an oil supplier.
The sentence is "Entre deux cessions en bacs successives, la Viscosité à 50°C du produit livré ne devra pas varier de plus de 15%".
I have a couple of ideas, like 'tank to tank transfer", but I'm wondering if anyone out there has any other suggestions.
Thank you very much.
The sentence is "Entre deux cessions en bacs successives, la Viscosité à 50°C du produit livré ne devra pas varier de plus de 15%".
I have a couple of ideas, like 'tank to tank transfer", but I'm wondering if anyone out there has any other suggestions.
Thank you very much.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | consecutive deliveries to tanks |
David Sirett
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| 4 | transfers between consecutive tanks |
Joseph Duncan
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| 2 | (holding) periods in successive tanks |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
21 hrs
Selected
consecutive deliveries to tanks
Seems to be an uncommon term. The ref below suggests it concerns deliveries where transfer of ownership is on arrival of the product in the receiving storage tank.
Note that "successives" agrees with "cessions", not "bacs".
Note that "successives" agrees with "cessions", not "bacs".
Reference:
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1 hr
(holding) periods in successive tanks
Typo for "sessions"?
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-24 11:52:09 GMT)
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Unless these tanks are part of some processing chain, and while other properties are supposed to change substantially, viscosity is not.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-24 11:52:09 GMT)
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Unless these tanks are part of some processing chain, and while other properties are supposed to change substantially, viscosity is not.
2 hrs
transfers between consecutive tanks
You need the idea that the tanks have nothing between them (such as a reactor or whatnot), so I feel that consecutive adds meaning as a descriptor.
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