permanence à la mer

English translation: sea watch

05:00 Apr 9, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
French term or phrase: permanence à la mer
Spécificités de ce navire:

Des missions opérationnelles complexes et variées
des performances transverses (dont en particulier le facteur humain)
la permanence à la mer

any suggestions? I do not have more context, it is just a description of a military ship.
jessjess
Local time: 10:54
English translation:sea watch
Explanation:
It means that there is a continuous presence at sea, maintaining a watch, in international waters for example, as part of a nation's dissuasive forces.

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-09 06:37:07 GMT)
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http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/magazine/la-dissuasion/40-...
Visites présidentielles
Continuité de la volonté politique, permanence à la mer. De 1965 à 2012, des nuances, des évolutions, mais une volonté toujours affirmée et déclinée marquée par la visite des présidents de la République (PR).



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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-09 06:38:35 GMT)
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/SEN/Committee/372/defe/pdf/16i...

Before we get into senators’ questions, I want to clarify that,
amongst many other proposals, you were proposing that Canada
should lead or propose the establishment of an international
agency to provide a port and sea watch that presumably other
countries would subscribe to by treaty or protocol and that the
information would come to Canada for collection and then be
available to all subscribing members without analysis. I

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-09 06:44:25 GMT)
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You may also consider "maintaining a watch at sea", or something similar.

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Local time: 10:54
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sea watch


Explanation:
It means that there is a continuous presence at sea, maintaining a watch, in international waters for example, as part of a nation's dissuasive forces.

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-09 06:37:07 GMT)
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http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/magazine/la-dissuasion/40-...
Visites présidentielles
Continuité de la volonté politique, permanence à la mer. De 1965 à 2012, des nuances, des évolutions, mais une volonté toujours affirmée et déclinée marquée par la visite des présidents de la République (PR).



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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-09 06:38:35 GMT)
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/SEN/Committee/372/defe/pdf/16i...

Before we get into senators’ questions, I want to clarify that,
amongst many other proposals, you were proposing that Canada
should lead or propose the establishment of an international
agency to provide a port and sea watch that presumably other
countries would subscribe to by treaty or protocol and that the
information would come to Canada for collection and then be
available to all subscribing members without analysis. I

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-09 06:44:25 GMT)
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You may also consider "maintaining a watch at sea", or something similar.



Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 10:54
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Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Miranda Joubioux (X)
27 mins

agree  GILOU
2 hrs

agree  Clive Phillips: Yes, maintaining a continuous presence at sea.
3 hrs

neutral  philgoddard: I think Clive is on the right lines, but I don't think your translation conveys a clear meaning in the context.
6 hrs
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