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Apr 20, 2018 15:17
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French term

chef de bordée

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
This is in a document describing handling equipment and operations on a shipyard:

Appareilleurs :
1 équipe = 4 personnes (1 chef de manœuvre, 1 chef de bordée, 1 signaleur, 1 opérateur)
Proposed translations (English)
4 shift leader
4 leader
3 officer of the watch

Discussion

B D Finch Apr 21, 2018:
Another suggestion As you've now told us that this is a post on the shipyard's staff, I suggest " Shift Supervisor".

https://www.indeed.com/q-Shift-Supervisor-l-Portsmouth-Naval...
237 Shift Supervisor jobs available in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,
jessjess (asker) Apr 21, 2018:
Hello philgoddard, yes they are employed by the shipyard, it is during the construction phase so they are all employees of the builder company.
philgoddard Apr 20, 2018:
Jessjess Are these people employed by the dockyard? If so, I think "shift leader" would be more appropriate than BD's "officer of the watch".

Proposed translations

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shift leader

See the discussion entries. The most common meaning is officer of the watch, but this is a dockyard employee.
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leader

leader
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Peer comment(s):
neutral B D Finch : What about "de bordée"? As "chef" has various possible translations, it's only by taking the term as a whole that you can possibly know how to translate it.
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officer of the watch

As "bordée" seems to be used interchangeably with "quart" for a watch. http://www.centpourcentanglais.com/html/009-glossary-c.htm

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/officer...
Officer of the watch definition: the officer in charge of any of the usually four-hour periods beginning at midnight and...

https://www.marineinsight.com/.../what-are-the-primary-dutie...
A deck officer assigned with the duties of watch keeping and navigation on a ship's bridge is known as the officer on watch (OOW). He is the representative of the ship's master and has the total responsibility of safe and smooth navigation of the ship.
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