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kick board

French translation: plinthe

00:33 May 23, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: kick board
The excavation protections must comply with the specifications of Decree n° 65-48 of 8 January 1965 modified by Decree n° 95 – 608 of 6 may 1995, itself modified by Decree n° 2008-244 of 7 march 2008. When necessary, they should especially be:
• adapted to the nature of the terrain, to the depth and width of the trench and to applied efforts on the surface,
• installed at the same rhythm than the progression of the excavation works
• provided with kick boards at least 0.15 m above ground level.
xabi
Guadeloupe
Local time: 00:28
French translation:plinthe
Explanation:
kick board is similar to toe board, kick-plate, kick flat (and various other things). Basically, it serves to stop anything falling from ground level down into the trench.

toe board [protective safety device on scaffolding etc.] > plinthe ... - [ Traducir esta página ]27 Aug 2006 ... (KudoZ) English to French translation of Toe Board: plinthe ... as it's not a kick-plate here, but it seems that 'garde-pieds' is indeed ...
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kick flat > plinthes - [ Traducir esta página ]17 Dec 2009 ... (KudoZ) English to French translation of kick flat: plinthes [Mechanics / Mech Engineering (Tech/Engineering)].
www.proz.com/...french/.../3611804-kick_flat.html - En caché - Similares

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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 00:28
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3plinthe
Jennifer Levey
2balise de chantier cloture barriere
lancefredrick


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
plinthe


Explanation:
kick board is similar to toe board, kick-plate, kick flat (and various other things). Basically, it serves to stop anything falling from ground level down into the trench.

toe board [protective safety device on scaffolding etc.] > plinthe ... - [ Traducir esta página ]27 Aug 2006 ... (KudoZ) English to French translation of Toe Board: plinthe ... as it's not a kick-plate here, but it seems that 'garde-pieds' is indeed ...
www.proz.com › ... › Construction / Civil Engineering - En caché

kick flat > plinthes - [ Traducir esta página ]17 Dec 2009 ... (KudoZ) English to French translation of kick flat: plinthes [Mechanics / Mech Engineering (Tech/Engineering)].
www.proz.com/...french/.../3611804-kick_flat.html - En caché - Similares



Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 00:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 69
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agree  FX Fraipont (X): "s'assurer que le prolongement de l'étançonnement est muni d'une plinthe de 300 mm de largeur" - http://www.asp-construction.org/utilisateur/.../guide_tranch...
5 hrs
agree  kashew: I'm sure I've also seen garde pieds.
6 hrs
agree  Didier Fourcot: Même terme que pour les échafaudages (garde-pied convient dans ce cas), mais le rôle est différent
7 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
balise de chantier cloture barriere


Explanation:
le but est de signaler la présence de travaux ( même si la hauteur 0.15m me parait très insuffisante )

lancefredrick
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 10
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