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French to English: Building Permit Application Schedule Detailed field: Construction / Civil Engineering
Source text - French SCHEDULE
Une conférence téléphonique a eu lieu entre XXXXX et XXXXX. Elle a permis de régler/intégrer des informations dans le schedule. Nous citerons principalement :
- la nécessité d'accorder plus de temps (un mois et demi) pour l'enlèvement dès le 1er avril 2007 de la terre végétale et du topsoil, ainsi que la préparation de la planie pour tenir compte des risques accrus de la météo (neige, gel, pluie) à cette époque
- jours fériés dans le Canton et vacances officielles de la branche "construction"
- il faut avoir conscience qu'un début des travaux de construction implique à notre avis une demande de permis de construire au plus tard le 1er septembre 2006 compte tenu des fermetures de décembre et janvier et la taille du dossier. D'autre part, sans permis de construire les appels d'offres risquent d'être incomplets.
- XXXXX SA a sensibilisé ses collègues de XXXXX sur les délais plus longs pour les livraisons des aciers d'usine (British Steel, Arcelor ou éventuellement Thyssen) et des expériences négatives faites en Suisse avec l'acier en provenance de Russie (mauvaise qualité).
- les travaux qui seraient faits en parallèle pour le Tunnel et la tranchée couverte par le Canton et par nous (XXXXX + XXXXX) pour le projet ne posent plus de problème. Nous faisons remarquer au contraire que si les travaux ne se faisaient pas en parallèle, XXXX perdrait la possibilité de réaliser des économies, notamment au niveau terrassement.
Translation - English SCHEDULE
A telecon was held between XXXXX and XXXXX . This allowed us to adjust / integrate information into the schedule. We refer mainly to:
- The need to allow more time (a month and a half) for removal of topsoil as from 1st April, 2007, as well as for the preparation of the consolidated ground for the foundations to allow for increased weather risks (snow, ice, rain) during this season
- Cantonal Bank Holidays and official holidays in the construction industry.
- In our opinion, in order to start construction work we must have a building permit by 1st September, 2006 at the latest given the annual closures in December/January and also the size of the dossier. In addition, the absence of a building permit will result in fewer bids.
- XXXXX SA brought its colleagues in XXXXX up to date on the longer delivery times from steel factories (British Steel, Arcelor or Thyssen) and on the negative experiences in Switzerland with steel originating in Russia (poor quality).
- The works that will be carried out in parallel on the tunnel and the cut and cover tunnel by the Canton and ourselves (XXXXX + XXXXX) for the Project are not a problem. However, we point out that if these works are not carried out in parallel, XXXXX will lose the opportunity to save money, particularly where earthworks are concerned.
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Years of experience: 25. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2006.
Adobe Acrobat, Lingotek, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Wordfast
Bio
Irishwoman with the gift of the gab!
Source languages:
* French
* German
I take pride in producing accurate translations in readable, comprehensible English. The thesaurus is my constant companion and, committed to excellence, I make sure that I am familiar with the subject matter before undertaking an assignment.
Having majored in French and German in university, I then spent three years in Germany perfecting my German.
I taught French and German to airline crews for 6 years using a Tandberg language laboratory.
Since 1989, I have lived in Switzerland, in the bi-lingual (French/German) canton of Fribourg.
My translation experience began in the equestrian field (translation from German to French of software for equestrian event management); I then branched out into translation of press articles and book extracts on Russia: the oligarchs (Berezhovsky, Deripaska, Abramovitch, Khodorkovsky,etc.), the aluminium wars, money-laundering, etc. I have also worked as in-house translator / interpreter for a large construction company where I dealt with all sorts of correspondence and construction-specific documents such as: environmental impact studies, biochemical plant security standards, building site time-lines, quantity surveyor lists, geophysical surveying techniques, and so forth. At present, I translate part-time for the Department of Missiology and Religious Sciences at the University of Fribourg. My subjects include philosophy, psychology, Buddhism, Hinduism, meditation as well as general correspondence from French and German to English.
As a general rule, my first translation of the material is followed by three reviews.
My home office is equipped with:
Hardware:
Fast computers (2)
Home network
ADSL connection
Inkjet printer
Scanner
Photocopier (22 pp per minute)
Trekstor external drive 232 GB (for backup)
Software:
Windows XP
Microsoft office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint
Outlook Express
CAT tools: Wordfast / Lingotek
Scan-to-PDF
I work accurately and quickly but do not allow speed to take precedence over accuracy. The end result is the most important point.
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