Sep 4, 2017 14:05
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French term
dalot de drainage
French to English
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Environment & Ecology
Can anyone translate dalot de drainage in English. Thank you
Un appel d’offres a été lancé pour la sélection d’une entreprise en charge de la construction du dalot de drainage des eaux de ruissellement afin de protéger le village de DIASS d’éventuelles inonda
tions.
Un appel d’offres a été lancé pour la sélection d’une entreprise en charge de la construction du dalot de drainage des eaux de ruissellement afin de protéger le village de DIASS d’éventuelles inonda
tions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | storm drain |
Gordon Matthews
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| 4 | drainage culvert |
Ben Gaia
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| 3 | a catchwater drain |
Ellen Kraus
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| 3 -2 | Scupper drain |
Messaoudi N.
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Proposed translations
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Gordon Matthews
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storm drain
Storm drains, at least in the UK, are drains/pipes separate from the sewage system which carry rain water/run-off.
"Culvert" would be an alternative translation.
"Culvert" would be an alternative translation.
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: Culvert is correct, "storm drain" definitely isn't. The former is a horizontal channel, the latter is vertical.//A "dalot" has a slab (possibly a road too) over the top of it, which makes it a culvert.
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I'm not entirely convinced about storm drains being only vertical, but I am persuaded that "culvert" would be a better translation in this case.
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Messaoudi N.
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Scupper drain
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Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: convincing explanation
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Tony M
: 'scupper' is almost exclusively used in marine terminology, I don't think it would apply in this context.
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B D Finch
: Only for maritime contexts, plus "scupper" is not generally used together with the word "drain".
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
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Austria
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a catchwater drain
a catchwater drain is a channel cut along the edge of high ground to catch surface water from it and divert it... (against inundations)
4 days
drainage culvert
A specific thing which covers all the above meanings more accurately: a drainage culvert is a swale or ditch reinforced with sides or a pipe that carries excess stormwater under a road or away from other buildings.
Reference comments
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polyglot45
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Reference:
https://pvtistes.net/.../22965d1403521981-lexique-du-btp-dictionnairedubtimentetdugni...
dalot m opening in e.g. dock or retaining wall for
drainage or escape of water, larger than a weephole
drainage or escape of water, larger than a weephole
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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writeaway
: oh yes, the look-it-up option
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Tony M
: Normally, yes, certainly... but without more context, I'm not entirely sure just how that would apply here? And if it is being 'constructed', it sounds like a bit more than just a 'hole'. / Sure, just brain-storming ;-)
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it is meant to be a starting point not an answer as such
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