...test must have been performed within 5 years.

English translation: ... test must have been performed within the last/previous 5 years (?)

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English term or phrase:	...test must have been performed within 5 years.
Selected answer:	... test must have been performed within the last/previous 5 years (?)
Entered by:	B D Finch

18:17 May 17, 2018

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English term or phrase: ...test must have been performed within 5 years.

Dear colleagues,

I am not sure whether I understand the meaning of within in this sentence:

If recharging cylinders, hydrostatic test must have been performed within 5 years or cylinder must be hydrostatically tested.

Does it mean that an hydrostatic test must have been performed in any of the 5 previous/preceding years, or otherwise, the hydrostatic test must be performed (now)?

Many thanks in advance for the clarification.

Rebeca Martín Lorenzo KudoZ activity Questions: 65 (3 open) (4 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 95 Spain
Local time: 04:22

... test must have been performed within the last/previous 5 years (?)

Explanation:
This seems to be an error in the source text. Either it should read "... test must have been performed within 5 years of [an event or date], or "... test must have been performed within the last/previous 5 years.

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:22

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... test must have been performed within the last/previous 5 years (?)

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... test must have been performed within the last/previous 5 years (?)

B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:22
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agree

Jack Doughty

1 min

-> Thanks Jack

agree

Sarah Lewis-Morgan

27 mins

-> Thanks Sarah

agree

Tony M: "Within 5 years" is perfectly fine, though. "No more than 5 years previously" "...must have been done within 5 years" — typical technical conciseness.

54 mins

-> Thanks Tony. I don't think it is "perfectly fine", it requires a complement.

agree

Charles Davis: To me it sounds unnatural without "the last", but this must be what it means.

1 hr

-> Thanks Charles.

agree

Yvonne Gallagher: with Tony. Tense is the giveaway and it really couldn't mean anything else//I see absolutely no ambiguity

2 hrs

-> Thanks Yvonne. I think there is a very slight possibility of ambiguity, but the rest of the Asker's text should clarify that.// It could mean within 5 yrs of a date/event that was more than 5 yrs previous to the recharging of the cylinders.

agree

AllegroTrans

4 hrs

-> Thanks AT

agree

katsy: The tense does indicate that it is in the past, but I agree that it is not "perfectly fine", and that the addition of "the last/previous" is more natural

16 hrs

-> Thanks katsy

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