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Vidange sur grilles

English translation: drive-over dump grate/grey-water waste grate

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French term or phrase:vidange sur grilles
English translation:drive-over dump grate/grey-water waste grate
Entered by: Tony M

18:34 May 4, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / camper-car waste disposal
French term or phrase: Vidange sur grilles
Les aires de service
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Aire communale : rue Georges Ancey ...
Parking payant par monnayeur, gratuit hors-saison/Nombre total de places : 70/50 m2 par emplacement/Vidange sur grilles/Distribution d’eau par robinet (tuyau non fourni)/

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Vidange is waste disposal, but I'm racking my brains for "sur grilles" as I'm not a camper (of any sort) these days.

I'd be most grateful for any suggestions - many thanks!
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:19
drive-over dump grate
Explanation:
Found on a website about European Motorhome Travel.
Selected response from:

David Moore
Grading comment
thanks to everybody, but especially David who first put me on the piste, as, until then, I had no idea what was this was about! I should have mentioned that this is for UK readers, but have taken this into account for grading purposes
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3drive-over dump grate
David Moore
4garbage or waste disposal grill
Ellen Kraus
3Waste disposal via gratings
B D Finch
Summary of reference entries provided
drive-over discharge point
Tony M

Discussion entries: 2





  

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
drive-over dump grate


Explanation:
Found on a website about European Motorhome Travel.

Example sentence(s):
  • The open door on the left leads to the toilet and shower and the drive-over dump grate for grey water is visible at the bottom left of the picture.

    Reference: http://www.castle-european.com/eurotravelFA.html
David Moore
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks to everybody, but especially David who first put me on the piste, as, until then, I had no idea what was this was about! I should have mentioned that this is for UK readers, but have taken this into account for grading purposes
Notes to answerer
Asker: many thanks David, and for the super link - great research! It certainly looks as if "grate" could be the word I'm looking for


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: It only gets five Google hits, but it's very clear and concise.
32 mins
agree  Chris Hall
2 hrs
agree  Tony M
42 days
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
garbage or waste disposal grill


Explanation:
9 Mar 2006 ... Turn on the garbage disposal mounted in the bottom of the grill and clean out all the gunk. Nice clean grill. (Waste water is collected in a ...
bbq.about.com/.../something-new-garbage-disposal-grill.htm

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 08:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3
Notes to answerer
Asker: many thanks Ellen for your help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I think you might be confusing grill and grille.
20 mins
neutral  Tony M: And it's certainly not about 'garbage' (this is specifically about toilet waste)
37 mins
neutral  B D Finch: Sounds a bit like combined toilet and catering facilities!
13 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Waste disposal via gratings


Explanation:
"This is a lovely family run site rather than one of the larger 'commercial' sites. ... and for grey water waste disposal, the gulley top is situated about 30cms ... waste tank up and balance it precariously over the grating while emptying. ... Submit a review of any campsite, and have a chance to win a set of 10 ..."
www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=5576 -

Note that if you are translating into US English, I'd support David Moore's suggestion as it is nice and snappy. However, for the UK a grate is more likely to be part of a fireplace and a grating is more likely to be associated with flow of air or liquids.


B D Finch
France
Local time: 08:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Notes to answerer
Asker: many thanks Barbara! I have to admit that both Tony's and David's suggestions had led me to this possibility, albeit indirectly

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Reference comments


42 days
Reference: drive-over discharge point

Reference information:
See this related KudoZ: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/3894364

and from it, the ref. kindly provided by Polyglot:


    Reference: http://www.lanesidecaravanpark.co.uk
Tony M
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 119
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