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passage pietonnier

English translation: pedestrian crossing or crosswalk

15:57 Jan 14, 2008
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / lease
French term or phrase: passage pietonnier
Nettoyage de toutes les surfaces publiques, tels que passages pietonniers, livraisons, toilettes publiques ...
The lease appears to refer to a single block in an airport. Earlier there was 'promenades pietonnieres', which I translated as 'pedestrian walkways'.
stephkg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:52
English translation:pedestrian crossing or crosswalk
Explanation:
I'm not sure how this would fit in your location, but this is what it normally means
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islander1974
Canada
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +6walkways
Jonathan MacKerron
4 +2pedestrian route
B D Finch
5 +1pedestrian way
BAYN
3 +1pedestrian area
MatthewLaSon
3pedestrian crossing or crosswalk
islander1974
3sidewalks
L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
3walking area
Laszlo Kocsis
3concourse / thoroughfare
ormiston


Discussion entries: 3





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pedestrian crossing or crosswalk


Explanation:
I'm not sure how this would fit in your location, but this is what it normally means

islander1974
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Yes, it is the usual meaning, but they are never cleaned separately from the rest of the street, so it just wouldn't make sense.
3 mins
neutral  Richard Benham: I got run over (at least my toes were run over) on one of these a few weeks ago. I was not pleased, especially since I already had a broken arm from slipping over on the pavement. The driver's excuse: "Mais vous étiez au milieu de la route !"
5 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sidewalks


Explanation:
depending on where they are, close to deliveries?

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 06:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +6
walkways


Explanation:
I prefer your suggestion

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
8 mins
agree  Victoria Porter-Burns:
21 mins
agree  Rachel Fell
24 mins
agree  Lany Chabot-Laroche
45 mins
agree  AllegroTrans
8 hrs
agree  Gacela20
1 day 9 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pedestrian route


Explanation:
e.g.
"Busy **pedestrian routes** and footbridges. Steep sections of footways and approaches to underpasses. Housing areas for predominately elderly residents. ..."
www.stockton.gov.uk/citizenservices/environment/CFYA/cfyafa...

"avoided. Setts or cobble-style units are unacceptable on **pedestrian. routes**, or on parking areas where people alight. page 1 of 3 ..."
www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0E798FAF-99A3-466C-894D-...

"Common areas and retained areas. Legislation ... Pedestrian routes are kept clean. **Pedestrian routes** are not excessively. polished. Page 1 of 2 ..."
www.wansbeck.gov.uk/uploads/General Work Environment - unev...

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-01-14 16:21:57 GMT)
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OK Jonathan 's point is taken, so here is an airport reference relating to the terminal building:

"Unique features of the terminal include a fabric tent roof and telescoping jet-way bridges for the passengers. The architect's (Gensler Associates) expansion design for a 'resort port', made use of tents to give a lightweight, sustainable, cable-supported tension structure; with a membrane made of Teflon-coated fibreglass. The tent centrepiece rises above the pavilion to enclose its main hall, and shades **pedestrian routes** from harsh sunlight. This type of structure also provides passengers with a cooler environment at the terminal in the constantly hot desert climate."
http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/palm/

B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 136

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  islander1974: Good idea. Why didn't I think of this?!
2 mins
  -> Thanks islander
agree  Etienne Muylle Wallace
5 mins
  -> Thanks etienne
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: but the examples you give are for a street/sidewalk context, not for an enclosed area like an airport
8 mins
  -> Right, but see my additional note.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
walking area


Explanation:
I think it refers to all the areas where you can walk

Laszlo Kocsis
Local time: 06:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
concourse / thoroughfare


Explanation:
my suggestions sound a bit 'busy' but could perhaps fit. I imagine the areas where there are the shops, cafés etc. here. Your walkway sounds fine in an airport context for those stretches to the terminal

ormiston
Local time: 06:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 93
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pedestrian way


Explanation:
Pedestrian way would encompass walkways, sidewalks and street crossings.


    Reference: http://www.walkinginfo.org/engineering/
    Reference: http://www.ksdot.org/burRail/bike/biking/KssidewalkStatutes....
BAYN
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
4 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pedestrian area


Explanation:
Hello,

Why not just call it a "pedestrian area", which is all-inclusive of all the above?

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-01-15 00:35:45 GMT)
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Typo: which is inclusive of all the above...lol

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 00:52
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  Jennifer White: Why not, indeed.
52 mins
  -> Thanks, Jennifer! "Passage pietonnier" is a very general term.
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