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dépassements

English translation: exceedance

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French term or phrase:dépassement
English translation:exceedance
Entered by: Tony M

20:52 Jul 1, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Building survey
French term or phrase: dépassements
Recherche de légionelle au niveau de l'eau chaude sanitaire.
Le rapport présente des **dépassements** sur plusieurs mesures.

Do they mean that several measurements revealed that a threshold was passed (implying the presence of legionnaire's disease)?
Note: this is an entry in table. The adjoining column is headed "Risque" and the entry in this case is "Faible".
claude-andrew
France
Local time: 04:57
exceedance
Explanation:
Yes, though I'd say you'll need to re-word it, something like this:

The report indicates that several measurements exceed the limit values.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 04:57
Grading comment
Thanks Tony
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dépassement
exceedance


Explanation:
Yes, though I'd say you'll need to re-word it, something like this:

The report indicates that several measurements exceed the limit values.

Tony M
France
Local time: 04:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thanks Tony
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Tony - exceedance is what I'd put but wasn't satisfied with the wording: I'll use your suggestion. (Parts of this report are sloppily - probably very hastily - written cf. the punishment meted out to the disabled in previous question)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil! One of my neighbours here actually died from this, terrible!
agree  B D Finch: With your suggested rewording, rather than "exceedance".
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, B! Yes, I was just trying to find something to put in the term box ;-)
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