Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
au plus près
English translation:
carried out as close in proximity to work areas as possible
French term
au plus près
Ce sont des études de risques ponctuelles, réalisées au plus près des interventions
It it talking about being close to the work area or being close to the work carried out in terms of time?
| 3 +1 | carried out as close in proximity to work areas as possible |
MatthewLaSon
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| 4 | in situ (study) |
kashew
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| 3 | fine-tuned to (on-site) operations |
Euqinimod (X)
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Proposed translations
carried out as close in proximity to work areas as possible
Hello,
This is my understanding
au plus près = as close as possible
interventions = work areas (work activities)
Other example:
Cours de formation:
Mises en situation des exercices et coller au plus près des interventions des sapeurs-pompiers.
Here, it means "work-related activities encountered by firemen."
"Interventions" is sometimes a really hard word to translate into English. It more of an all-purpose word in French that often calls for a more specific word in English, depending on the context.
I hope this helps.
| agree |
Claire Cox
: Yes, I would take ponctuelles to mean localized here, so as close as possible or in the immediate vicinity/proximity would work well
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Thanks, Claire Cox!
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fine-tuned to (on-site) operations
in situ (study)
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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-11-21 11:59:10 GMT)
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Or "on-the-job" to be less sophisticated.
Discussion
I would interpret it as "close in time". Assuming these "permis de travail" are hot-work permits, risks that might change in time could be fuel tanks more or less full, delivery of explosives expected at such and such a time, etc., depending on the nature of the project, other work of a flammable nature (e.g. painting) being carried out alongside at that particular point in time, etc.
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I don't think anyone would imagine that such risks could possibly be assessed other than on site, so the idea of geographical (rather than temporal) distance seems illogical to me.