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dalle de propreté

English translation: mud slab

07:53 Jul 28, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / site remediation
French term or phrase: dalle de propreté
L’Entreprise de terrassement aura à sa charge l’installation au droit de chaque puits d’un regard de dimensions 40x40cm scellé sur dalle de propreté muni d’un couvercle amovible sécurisé et camouflé par un gazon synthétique
Neydou
France
Local time: 03:22
English translation:mud slab
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KLamTranslation
France
Local time: 03:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3mud slab
KLamTranslation
4 +1blinding slab
B D Finch


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
mud slab


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    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mud_slab
KLamTranslation
France
Local time: 03:22
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  B D Finch: I think that is the EN-US term and it is also often used in EN-UK.
51 mins
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agree  Anca Florescu-Mitchell
4 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Duncan Moncrieff: Fine like B Finch's term
1 day 43 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
blinding slab


Explanation:
If you want the usual EN-UK term.

books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0873353439
Steve Redmond, ‎Victor Romero - 2011 - ‎Technology & Engineering
... the first concrete activities was the installation of the mudslab or blinding slab. ...

B D Finch
France
Local time: 03:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Duncan Moncrieff: Fine like Aurelien's term
23 hrs
  -> Thanks Duncan.
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