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quadrillage du site

English translation: laying out the site grid

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French term or phrase:quadrillage du site
English translation:laying out the site grid
Entered by: Joshua Wolfe

17:55 Jun 13, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology / disaster scene delineation
French term or phrase: quadrillage du site
This is for a government post-disaster planning document. Canadian French.

Here is the complete sentence:
"Les techniciens en scène de crime du corps de police responsable de l’événement procèdent au quadrillage du site et effectuent les relevés topographiques, les photographies, les vidéos et le plan du site."

I understand that this means to mark out the site with a grid so as to be able to measure distances from different human remains, etc.

But since I am no fan of police procedurals, I am not sure of the usual terminology used in English.
"Mark the site with a grid" ? There must be a shorter way to phrase this?
Joshua Wolfe
Local time: 14:48
laying out the site grid
Explanation:
www.archaeologygroup.org.uk/home/sabden.../laying-out-the-bloomery-sit...
Friends of Pendle Heritage Archaeology Group. ... 21 Sunday 9th May - Closing Down the Site · 22 Saturday ... 30 Saturday 24th April - Laying out the site grid ...

research.history.org/Archaeological_Research/MHPage/Clearing.htm
Archaeology at MH ... African American Archaeology at Colonial Williamsburg · Artifact Studies ... Kevin Bartoy (in green hat) and students laying out the site grid ...

www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/.../snape-fieldwalking-with-touch...
"Access Cambridge Archaeology (ACA) have been invited by Touching the ... evidence for prehistoric, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon use of the site. ... It was very windy in the morning when laying out the grid but remained ..."



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Note added at 21 hrs (2014-06-14 15:24:08 GMT)
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The following is from "Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation":
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1439853029
Ross M. Gardner - 2011 - ‎Law
"The entire grid must be laid out, as in archeology techniques, or a rigid grid is overlaid onto the site."
Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:48
Grading comment
Thank-you for providing verb+ noun
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2the site grid
JaneD
4 +3laying out the site grid
B D Finch
4 +1site gridding
Anca Florescu-Mitchell
Summary of reference entries provided
mapping a crime scene...
Yvonne Gallagher

  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"quadrillage du site"
the site grid


Explanation:
I don't think there is a better way of saying it, actually - I'd use "The crime scene technicians [...] establish the site grid".

JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 20:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: nothing wrong with "...establish the site grid"
5 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Miranda Joubioux (X): Anyone who has read a little of Kathy reichs would know this one.
2 days 13 hrs
  -> Thanks Miranda. You're right, of course, but I didn't think of that because the Kathy Reichs books I've got are in French!
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"quadrillage du site"
site gridding


Explanation:
http://rla.unc.edu/lessons/lesson/L201/L201.htm

and many others :).

Anca Florescu-Mitchell
France
Local time: 20:48
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: That does seem to be an American term; it only gets four UK hits. I checked because it sounded too ugly to be right, but it is.
2 hrs
  -> I know! Thanks, B.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
laying out the site grid


Explanation:
www.archaeologygroup.org.uk/home/sabden.../laying-out-the-bloomery-sit...
Friends of Pendle Heritage Archaeology Group. ... 21 Sunday 9th May - Closing Down the Site · 22 Saturday ... 30 Saturday 24th April - Laying out the site grid ...

research.history.org/Archaeological_Research/MHPage/Clearing.htm
Archaeology at MH ... African American Archaeology at Colonial Williamsburg · Artifact Studies ... Kevin Bartoy (in green hat) and students laying out the site grid ...

www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/.../snape-fieldwalking-with-touch...
"Access Cambridge Archaeology (ACA) have been invited by Touching the ... evidence for prehistoric, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon use of the site. ... It was very windy in the morning when laying out the grid but remained ..."



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Note added at 21 hrs (2014-06-14 15:24:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The following is from "Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation":
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1439853029
Ross M. Gardner - 2011 - ‎Law
"The entire grid must be laid out, as in archeology techniques, or a rigid grid is overlaid onto the site."

B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
Thank-you for providing verb+ noun

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anca Florescu-Mitchell
16 mins
  -> Thanks Anca
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: your links all about archaeology...
2 hrs
  -> I believe that's the field where the method was devised.
agree  Miranda Joubioux (X): This one works too: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7746228/1/All-the-White-Horses
2 days 10 hrs
  -> Thanks Miranda
agree  Tony M: The technique is used in lots of fields
16 days
  -> Thanks Tony
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Reference comments


5 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: mapping a crime scene...

Reference information:
http://books.google.ie/books?id=lezvmRo_PowC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA...

http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_saferstein_forensic_1/85/21848/...

http://what-when-how.com/police-science/crime-scene-search-a...

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  polyglot45: grid is a translation, this is more natural
7 hrs
  -> Thank you:-)
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