French term
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
activité professionnelle
It says that these are not:
les équipements (matériels, machines, organes de transformation de l'énergie) installés pour permettre exclusivement l'exercice d'une quelconque activité professionnelle.
I obviously understand "activité professionnelle"
My attempt: ......installed exclusively for any use by a tradesperson
| 4 +7 | commercial or business activity |
B D Finch
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| 4 +2 | any kind of professional activity |
Tony M
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| trade activity/tradesperson |
EvaVer (X)
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Oct 26, 2012 17:09: Susanna Garcia changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Rob Grayson, Nikki Scott-Despaigne, Susanna Garcia
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Proposed translations
commercial or business activity
| Thanks! I used "use"rather than "activity" as it better fitted the context |
any kind of professional activity
Of course, 'professional' in EN tends to have a more restrictive meaning than in FR (i.e. to certain specific 'professions') — but I think it's OK here: this is professional vs. private use, just as we might talk about a professional vs. amateur sportssperson (which doesn't imply they are an accountant!)
You might consider 'commercial (use)', since in EN that means 'for gain', and is hence less restrictive than in FR (where it tends often to mean any kind of shop-keeping activity).
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Note added at 28 mins (2012-10-26 13:56:12 GMT)
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You might be able to express it differently as 'any form of non-private use', for example.
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-10-26 14:41:01 GMT)
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I think BDF has got it right!
| Thanks TM, for reminding to be careful about wording of exclusions! Your comments are also apprciated. I used BDF's suggestion in the end |
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Valérie Lopez
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Thanks, Val!
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Jessie Nelson
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Thanks, Jessie! Though I think B's answer is better.
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