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contrôle vs essai

English translation: Test and Inspection (T&I)

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French term or phrase:contrôle vs essai
English translation:Test and Inspection (T&I)
Entered by: Steve Melling

12:18 Nov 21, 2012
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Invitation to Tender
French term or phrase: contrôle vs essai
This must be incredibly obvious but I'm lost through fatigue.

It's from an ITT for a packing machine.

Some examples:

"La fourniture comprend les prestations suivantes détaillées dans la suite :

Des prestations générales
Des prestations d’études,
Des prestations de réalisation (avec fourniture des plans de détails et de coupe),
Des prestations de **contrôle, d’essais** et de réglages,
Des prestations de mise en production avec assistance client
Des prestations documentaires
Des prestations de formation du client à l’installation,
Des prestations diverses (nettoyage, …)"



"Le montage des fournitures du au titre du présent lot comprend :
- La mise en œuvre de personnel qualifié pour des opérations :
de montage,
de manipulation d’engins de levage,
de coordination,
**de contrôles,**
**d’essais,**
de réception."


7.4.4 **Essais et contrôles** sur site
L’entreprise fournisseur doit procéder à l’ensemble des **essais et contrôles** destinés à prouver que l’installation est parfaitement conforme aux spécifications du lot :
 Vérification de la présence effective de tous les composants prévus au lot et dans la documentation d’exécution (plans, schémas, notices, etc.),
 Essais de fonctionnement de chacun des ensembles et sous-ensembles constituant l’installation,
 Vérification du niveau sonore,
 Vérification de la conformité aux réglementations en vigueur,
 Mesure des performances de l’installation en charge.
L’ensemble de ces opérations d’essais et contrôles est exécuté par l’entreprise fournisseur du lot selon le programme et la procédure, établis par elle en phase d’études et de fabrication et validés par (COMPANY).
Steve Melling
France
Local time: 21:25
Test and Inspection (T&I)
Explanation:
The "controle" can vary from a simple visual inspection to a full-blown test of everything (dimensions, paint, etc). You could say that "test" is a subset of "inspection".
Selected response from:

chris collister
France
Local time: 21:25
Grading comment
Thank you greatly, Mr Collister.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Test and Inspection (T&I)


Explanation:
The "controle" can vary from a simple visual inspection to a full-blown test of everything (dimensions, paint, etc). You could say that "test" is a subset of "inspection".

chris collister
France
Local time: 21:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 250
Grading comment
Thank you greatly, Mr Collister.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Barbara
agree  Tony M: Then again, also the other way round: the MOT 'test' is a 'contrôle technique'; contrôle involves checking something, whereas test may be more absolute; you check against a spec., but you may test for an absolute value.
23 mins
  -> Merci, Tony - and a valid distinction
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: If you mean that "contrôle = inspection/checking" and "essai" = test/testing" then this is an agree; if not, then this is a neutral!
49 mins
  -> Thanks Nikki
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