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opération tiroir

English translation: decanting

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French term or phrase:opération tiroir
English translation:decanting
Entered by: B D Finch

07:17 Sep 23, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / urban planning
French term or phrase: opération tiroir
Transfert provisoire dans un logement de transit en attendant le remplacement d'immeubles détruits, afin de rénover l'habitat populaire sans déplacer les populations. Très pratiqué en France dans les années 1960-70
stephanej
Local time: 22:12
decanting
Explanation:
This is the term used in the housing profession, e.g.

"Decanting tenants due to major repairs works, improvements or redevelopment means temporarily moving you while major works take place on your home."
http://www.waverley.gov.uk/tenants/decant.asp

"Decanting Tenants: A Good Practice Guide Tony Bird and Russell Campbell Member price**: £16.00 Non-member price: £20.00 This Guide gives practical advice to ..."
www.cih.org/publications/pub315.htm

"the good practice set out in “Decanting Tenants (CIH/Housing Corporation 2000). The Council will seek broad opinion in the early strategic stages, ..."
www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/athome/deeparkrehousingpolicy....

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 23:12
Grading comment
Thanks so much for all your suggestions, Barbara. Though "decanting" is probably the most adequate general translation, "phased community rehousing" hits the spot where my specific needs are concerned. Brilliant.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3resettlement
algtranslator
3 +3temporary relocation
suezen
5 +1decanting
B D Finch
4post-grading comment
Bourth (X)
3temporary resettlement/resettlement servicing
a05


Discussion entries: 4





  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
temporary resettlement/resettlement servicing


Explanation:
similar practice in Algeria


    Reference: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/I...
    Reference: http://www.dpi.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/invest/html/Laws-Policie...
a05
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
resettlement


Explanation:
I found "resettlement" in the following link...
PDF] Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Low Income Housing ...Format de fichier: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Version HTML
This resettlement (operation tiroir) wil be. done in phases described in the resettlement proposal. In addition, at the request of the World ...
www-wds.worldbank.org/.../WDSP/IB/2000/02/24/000009265_3980702115619/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf


algtranslator
United States
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
4 mins
agree  Julie Barber: I agree based on your links, although for some reason I find that 'resettlement' has odd connotations and it doesn't make it sound like you're going back. They did this a lot at the time to clear the 'slums' in the UK (only to produce new ones of course)
8 mins
neutral  a05: juliebarba: Doesn't "temporary" make it clear that they come back?
20 mins
agree  Assimina Vavoula
5 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
temporary relocation


Explanation:
Temporary Relocation ... Temporary Service Relocations Maps ...
www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/temporaryrelocation - 54k
Temporary relocation should not extend beyond one year before the person is returned to his or her previous unit or location. Any residential tenant who has ...
www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/training/web/relo... - 35k
Temporary Relocation. All campus offices, auxiliaries, and organizations housed in the CUB have been closed or relocated to other points across campus. ...
www.cub.wsu.edu/temporary.aspx - 7k

suezen
Local time: 23:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 145

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Barber: I know that the other answers aren't wrong, but I do prefer relocation to resettlement; see other posts
1 min
  -> thanks Julie
agree  Terry Richards
37 mins
  -> thanks Terry
agree  Assimina Vavoula
5 hrs
  -> thanks npapad
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
decanting


Explanation:
This is the term used in the housing profession, e.g.

"Decanting tenants due to major repairs works, improvements or redevelopment means temporarily moving you while major works take place on your home."
http://www.waverley.gov.uk/tenants/decant.asp

"Decanting Tenants: A Good Practice Guide Tony Bird and Russell Campbell Member price**: £16.00 Non-member price: £20.00 This Guide gives practical advice to ..."
www.cih.org/publications/pub315.htm

"the good practice set out in “Decanting Tenants (CIH/Housing Corporation 2000). The Council will seek broad opinion in the early strategic stages, ..."
www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/athome/deeparkrehousingpolicy....




    Reference: http://www.waverley.gov.uk/tenants/decant.asp
    Reference: http://www.cih.org/publications/pub315.htm
B D Finch
France
Local time: 23:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 78
Grading comment
Thanks so much for all your suggestions, Barbara. Though "decanting" is probably the most adequate general translation, "phased community rehousing" hits the spot where my specific needs are concerned. Brilliant.
Notes to answerer
Asker: In this particular instance, the inhabitants stay in their current lodgings while the new building is erected. Once the latter is completed, they are rehoused there and their old lodgings are destroyed.

Asker: Yep. Got me there: clear case of self-contradiction. Still, this is the case in point here, which I suppose makes it slightly different from "resettlement", since the inhabitants do stay in place while their new lodgings are being built. I think "resettlement" translates as "réinstallation" and "relocation" as "relogement".


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): What I would say too, but for Asker's mystifying comment above.
1 hr
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9 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
post-grading comment


Explanation:
I've just encountered the expression "opération tiroir" in a translation of my own where it refers to the renovation of 48 apartments in a building. It is a "multiphase operation" in which 6 of the apartments are completed in each phase, before moving onto the next, so that no more than 6 apartments need be vacated at any time.

Bourth (X)
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