recherche de fuite

English translation: Tracing leaks

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French term or phrase:recherche de fuite
English translation:Tracing leaks

07:44 Jun 17, 2015
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Tech/Engineering - Insurance
French term or phrase: recherche de fuite
The context is an insurance claim for home repairs and damages. The most common translation I've found for "recherche de fuite is either "leakage test" or "leakage survey." Are these synonymous terms? Or is there a meaningful difference?
HJT Translation
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:41
Tracing leaks
Explanation:
This is the most usual term I have come across in my experience. Much of the cost of this sort of claim lies in finding out where the leak is so that it can be repaired. It is not a "survey", which is a much more general action or a "test", which might take place after repairs have been completed.
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Neil Crockford
Local time: 13:41
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Tracing leaks
Neil Crockford
3 +2leak detection
Rachel Fell
4 -1leakage test
Madeleine van Zanten


Discussion entries: 3





  

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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
leakage test


Explanation:
recherche is an individual action, not a general surveillance

Madeleine van Zanten
Switzerland
Local time: 14:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: wow, no peer comments, no refs, no answer to the questions asked and already signed and sealed.
25 mins

disagree  B D Finch: This is not a test and, in this context it should be leak(s), not "leakage".
1 hr

agree  philgoddard: This is perfectly OK in the absence of context. It is a test, I don't understand BD's distinction between leaks and leakage, and you don't need references for a commonsense answer like this.
6 hrs

disagree  Daryo: you can't test a leak [how bad it is] before you find it first // here: rechercher = looking for
15 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Tracing leaks


Explanation:
This is the most usual term I have come across in my experience. Much of the cost of this sort of claim lies in finding out where the leak is so that it can be repaired. It is not a "survey", which is a much more general action or a "test", which might take place after repairs have been completed.

Neil Crockford
Local time: 13:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: Depending upon context that the Asker hasn't provided, it might be just one leak.
38 mins

agree  writeaway: Asker was already happy with the first answer provided. This will be useful for others who may need the term in the future. Thanks!
1 hr

agree  Daryo
14 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
leak detection


Explanation:
I would say

UK Leak Detection
www.ukleakdetection.co.uk/
In insurance terms it's called an “escape of water” but for our customers it's a burst pipe, ... UK Leak Detection provide an award winning technical service that ...

Insurance Claim - Leak Detection Online
www.leakdetectiononline.com/insurance-claim/
Expert assistance filing water damage, fire damage, or sewer damage insurance claims. Call us first!

http://tinyurl.com/qd5gw5t

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: imo another valid option. this too will be valuable to those looking this up in the future.
3 mins
  -> Thank you writeaway :-)

agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Nikki :-)
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