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sondage de reconnaissance

English translation: exploratory drilling

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French term or phrase:sondage de reconnaissance
English translation:exploratory drilling
Entered by: Lavinia Pirlog

22:08 Jun 11, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
French term or phrase: sondage de reconnaissance
La société s'engage à réaliser les travaux ci-après :
- Campagne d'echantillonnage à une maille de 50 x 50 mètres stream sédiment, sol et roche;
- Réalisation de puits et tranchées sur des cibles identifiées;
- Campagne de sondages de reconnaissance sur les cibles identifiées.
- Poursuite de la campagne de sondages à maille serrée, associés aux puits et tranchées;
Lavinia Pirlog
Romania
Local time: 01:56
exploratory drilling
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piazza d
France
Local time: 00:56
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1investigation borehole
Bourth (X)
5exploratory probing
Rosa Paredes
4borehole survey
kashew
3exploratory drilling
piazza d


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
investigation borehole


Explanation:
A hole drilled purely for the purpose of determining the rock strata, presence of water, etc. at depth.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 00:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 187
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Asker: Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: borehole investigation
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
exploratory drilling


Explanation:
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piazza d
France
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 2
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Asker: Thank you.

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
exploratory probing


Explanation:
1. Physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument.
2. Seek to uncover information about someone or something: "he began to probe into Donald's whereabouts"; "police are probing another murder". More »
Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary
http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/reconn...


Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 18:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  kashew: I don't think probing is used in this particular field of activity.
50 mins
neutral  B D Finch: An excessively high confidence level for an answer that is incorrect in this context.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
borehole survey


Explanation:
In and around the pits and trenches, boreholes (going deeper) seems inferred by sondage, but it could possibly be by another method (magnetic resonance sounding?). Maybe ask to make sure.

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Note added at 9 heures (2011-06-12 07:17:30 GMT)
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Or "further investigation" to be vague.

kashew
France
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Asker: Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: As you note, this could (also) be investigation by methods other than boreholes.
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