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BP Est / Ouest

English translation: Eastern/Western Paris Bassin

08:45 Jun 30, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography / geology
French term or phrase: BP Est / Ouest
Hi. I am doing a translation about melanoma and surveys which were carried out across France (EDIFICE Melanome). Under "Région UDA", there is a list of the different regions of France, as follows:

"Région parisienne, Nord, Est, BP Est, BP Ouest, Ouest, Sud Ouest, Sud Est, Méditerranée."

Geography is clearly not my strong point! Can anyone tell me what BP Est and BP Ouest mean?

Thanks so much. :)
Claudia Vale
United Kingdom
English translation:Eastern/Western Paris Bassin
Explanation:
Il s'agit de régions, voir carte ici:

http://www.uda.fr/chiffres-et-documents/regions-uda/
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Anca Florescu-Mitchell
France
Local time: 01:04
Grading comment
Many thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7Eastern/Western Paris Bassin
Anca Florescu-Mitchell
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne

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Eastern/Western Paris Bassin


Explanation:
Il s'agit de régions, voir carte ici:

http://www.uda.fr/chiffres-et-documents/regions-uda/

Anca Florescu-Mitchell
France
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: I see, yes. Thanks very much, Anca!

Asker: I spent ages researching this on the internet last night with no luck! I thought the answer would be clearer in the morning so when I still couldn't find it I tried Proz. Always a last resort but very handy. :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Drmanu49
3 mins
  -> Merci, Manu!// Ce n'est sûrement pas boulevard périphérique (première chose qui vient à l'esprit)!
agree  writeaway: geography isn't my thing either but that's why the www is so handy. one simply has to look there. often takes less time than posting a Kudoz question but Paris Basin in English. one s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Basin_(geology)
7 mins
  -> Geography is a great unknown for me - so I check carefully!// And thanks!
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
1 hr
  -> Merci, Nikki!
agree  Neeraj Jain: In geographical terms: BP stands for Boundary Post or Plate.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nicky!
agree  Bertrand Leduc
3 hrs
  -> Merci, Bertrand!
agree  Dr Lofthouse
3 hrs
  -> Thank you :).
agree  B D Finch: Basin!
4 hrs
  -> True! Thanks :).
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Source

Reference information:
Perhaps not the most obvious source to cross-reference in the cotnext of geology, but a boolean search with "BP" and "Région UDA" produced helpful indicators in less than a second, even with the CAF!

http://www.caf.fr/sites/default/files/cnaf/Documents/Dser/do...

Page 222

"Au niveau du découpage régional en neuf grandes régions dites Uda, les écarts de perceptions
sont sensibles
La satisfaction est maximale dans la région Centre-est, c’est-à-dire correspondant aux régions Rhône-
Alpes et Auvergne, avec 84 % d’usagers satisfaits de leurs services publics locaux. Cette satisfaction
est aussi très forte dans les régions Sud-Ouest (Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées et Limousin) et Ouest (Pays
de la Loire, Bretagne et Poitou-Charentes) avec respectivement 83 % et 82 % de satisfaction.
A l’inverse, la satisfaction est la plus faible dans les régions Uda « Bp Ouest » (Centre et Haute et
Basse Normandie) et Méditerranée avec seulement 69 % de satisfaits. Comme toujours sur les
enquêtes de ce type, les habitants de la région Idf se montrent assez « difficiles » avec 75 % de
satisfaction.
En termes d’évolution perçue, notre découpage régional nous montre aussi d’importants clivages : l’Idf
est avec la région Uda « Bp Est » (regroupement de Champagne-Ardenne, Picardie et Bourgogne) la
région la plus critique avec respectivement 39 % et 43 % d’usagers estimant que les services publics
locaux de leur région se sont dégradés depuis ces dernières années."

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks for that!


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Anca Florescu-Mitchell
34 mins
agree  writeaway: research skills are a vital part of being a translator. Asking on Kudoz is no substitute, not in real life anyway......
44 mins
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