Hors Service (HS)

08:25 Oct 5, 2023 

Just to clarify this was a sticky note on a computer screen. The reason for an abbreciation is because of restricted line length for the translation. OOS, i.e. out of service would be OK, but OOS in the Pharma industry is Out of specification. I`m tempted by OOO, out of order.

07:44 Oct 5, 2023 

Phil, you aren't an engineer, are you? I understand your argument on the face of it, but as regards *technical* usage, you are wrong because "unserviceable" doesn't mean "one that cannot be serviced" but rather "one that cannot be [currently] put into service". It's not just an isolated phenomenon, the word "unserviceable" in this sense occurs in the official regulations hundreds of times, and I work with these regulations on a daily basis in my other career as an aircraft maintenance engineer. It's the same in other technical fields, too.

02:19 Oct 5, 2023 

It's not possible for a component to be unserviceable and repairable. That's a contradiction, in aviation and everywhere else.

18:55 Oct 4, 2023 

You make an interesting point. But this is about a produit. We can be pretty sure this is not about aviation. In fact Bashiqa says in a comment that it was something stuck on a computer.

11:02 Oct 4, 2023 

"unserviceable means it can never be used again" - this is not really true. For example, in both European (EASA) and American (FAA) official civil aviation terminology, an unserviceable component is inoperative but may be repairable, whereas something that "can never be used again" is called unsalvageable.

07:03 Oct 4, 2023 

I usually provide lots of context, but this came up quite some time ago and I entered "out of order". I asked the client if they had a list of abbeviations that they used, but as often the case, no reply. From memory, it was a single entry alongside "ordinateur - H.S." What the actual state of the computer is impossible to know, broken, switched off, in quarantine or whatever.

23:11 Oct 3, 2023 

You definitely need to provide MORE context.

You can have s.t. to be "Hors Service" because

-- it needs to be repaired and made usable again
-- it's beyond repair - only good for scrap
-- perfectly functioning but not used at a given point in time, for being surplus to requirement at that point in time.

If you neglect these "little details" you could translate that a "turbine Hors Service because it was stopped at time of low demand for electricity" is a "turbine good only for scrap metal" ...