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période de croisière

English translation: in/under normal circumstances

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French term or phrase:période de croisière
English translation:in/under normal circumstances
Entered by: Wendy Streitparth

15:58 Jan 14, 2018
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
French term or phrase: période de croisière
Mines de Fer: les besoins annuels pour l’exploitation de fer ont été estimés à 180 GWh en période de croisière.

IAMGOLD : la demande annuelle pour l’exploitation d’or a été estimée à 108 GWh en période de croisière.

The source document is from Senegal and is a report on the country's power generation and transmission plans in the future.

My search has indicated that 'période de croisière' is likely the normal or typical period. i.e. these are the estimated power needs during normal operation of the mines.

Can someone confirm if my understanding is correct, and this is the correct meaning of the term in this situation?
Laura Molinari
Canada
Local time: 03:48
in/under normal circumstances
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 09:48
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4in/under normal circumstances
Wendy Streitparth
4 +1during / in steady-state operation
Tony M
4 -1cruise period
Francois Boye
3during operation at rated capacity
Marco Solinas
2 -1peak operational period
Daniel Liberman


Discussion entries: 4





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
cruise period


Explanation:
my take

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Wouldn't make any sense in this context; we talk (even figuratively) of 'cruising speed / altitude', but not usually 'cruise' — so this would create an unnatural idiom that people probably wouldn't understand immediately.
14 mins
  -> cruise period = period of cruise control in US cars.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
in/under normal circumstances


Explanation:
Suggestion

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil
agree  ph-b (X): I misread the question.
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, ph-b. I don't think there's any problem understanding the question, its just about finding the most suitable equivalent for the text!
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
16 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Nikki
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 day 11 mins
  -> Many thanks, Gilou
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
peak operational period


Explanation:
This is my suggestion, based on my interpretation of the context.

Daniel Liberman
United States
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: I think this is too risky, as 'peak' may very well not correspond to 'normal' operation, which is what they are talking about here.
57 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
during / in steady-state operation


Explanation:
This is another way the concept is sometimes expressed in technical contexts, including electricity generation.

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Note added at 2 heures (2018-01-14 18:39:57 GMT)
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It is of course rather curious that they are talking about an annual energy consumption in terms of a 'période de croisière' — suggesting this is very far from the occasional peaks and troughs encountered in normal operation, but rather "when the unit is functioning at its normal capaicty", for example — which one may assume it might be doing, on average over periods of greater than a year.

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 338

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johannes Gleim
53 mins
  -> Danke, Johannes!
neutral  philgoddard: But isn't it the mines rather than the power stations?
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Phil! Yes, that's what I was thinking of! But the term applies in many industrial contexts
agree  ph-b (X)
11 hrs
  -> Merci, ph-b !
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: it just means in a normal state of operation
8 days
  -> You have to be very careful, as it all depends on how 'normal' is defined; the key point here is the steady-stae element, which is common usage in technical EN.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
during operation at rated capacity


Explanation:
When the mine operates at its rated capacity.
For a definition of "rated capacity", see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nameplate_capacity

Marco Solinas
Local time: 00:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Logical — but we don't know for sure from the context given if that is truly the case or not.
2 mins
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