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plombés à son empreinte

English translation: secured with their seal

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French term or phrase:plombés à son empreinte
English translation:secured with their seal
Entered by: B D Finch

13:24 Mar 23, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
French term or phrase: plombés à son empreinte
Ivorian power plant specs:

"Les Parties conviennent que les appareils de contrôle et de mesure de l’énergie sont fournis, posés, réglés, plombés à son empreinte, et périodiquement vérifiés … "
McCloosh
Local time: 16:16
secured with their seal
Explanation:
Traditionally, a seal on paper was made by dripping sealing wax and then pressing a stamp into the soft wax (sealed and stamped). However, a seal on an electrical installation is generally metal.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:16
Grading comment
Many thanks. Maybe the "son/their" aspect is significant in terms of clarity
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3sealed and stamped
kashew
4secured with their seal
B D Finch
Summary of reference entries provided
security tag/seal
Martin Cassell

  

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sealed and stamped


Explanation:
Various materials possible: http://www.hellopro.fr/plomb-2002464-fr-1-feuille.html

kashew
France
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Cassell
0 min
  -> Thanks
agree  chris collister: Yes, measuring kit generally has (at least) a cal sticker over the bits you can remove to show that the settings haven't been fiddled with.
27 mins
  -> Thanks, CC
agree  Didier Fourcot: The sealing (crimping plier has a distinctive shape that gets embossed in the lead (plomb) that seals the ends of a wire loop across a screw, see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compteur_électrique
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
secured with their seal


Explanation:
Traditionally, a seal on paper was made by dripping sealing wax and then pressing a stamp into the soft wax (sealed and stamped). However, a seal on an electrical installation is generally metal.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Many thanks. Maybe the "son/their" aspect is significant in terms of clarity
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Reference comments


9 mins
Reference: security tag/seal

Reference information:
compare use of "plombé" here: http://www.usinenouvelle.com/expo/plomb-a-tige-plastique-p11...

Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English
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