Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
filière électrique [in this particular company... NOT A DIRECT TRANSLATION!]
English translation:
(section using) electric arc furnaces [i.e. part of the electric production facility, as distinct from the other sections...]
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Tony M
Apr 26, 2005 22:19
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filière électrique
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Tech/Engineering
Metallurgy / Casting
describing the activities of a steel company:
xx% de sa production est issue de ferrailles au sein de la filière électrique.
What does the électrique refer to?
xx% de sa production est issue de ferrailles au sein de la filière électrique.
What does the électrique refer to?
Proposed translations
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| 2 +3 | electrical industry |
Tony M
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| 3 | wire draw die |
chaplin
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| 1 +1 | from the electricity industry (???) |
df49f (X)
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Proposed translations
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electrical industry
I presume what it means is that X% of its output is for steel products intended for the electrical industry.
Difficult to be sure, without knowing more about their products --- do they, for example, make sheet steel of the type used for laminations in magnetic products like transformers, motors, etc.? Or do they make steel conduit for wiring? Or maybe steel girders for pylons?
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-26 22:31:24 GMT)
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It\'s that \'ferailles\' that worries me --- are they talking about scrap steel being used, in which case, are they saying that X% of the production comes from scrap steel FROM the electrical industry? Seems highly odd to me...
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-26 22:31:45 GMT)
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Sorry, \'ferrailles\' :-(
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Note added at 6 hrs 3 mins (2005-04-27 04:23:02 GMT)
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In view of the added context, it seems abundantly clear now that this does indeed mean \"...produced using scrap metal...\", and I can only imagine they mean \"...originating from the electrical industry3, though I find that hard to believe --- probably not old fridges etc. (not much reusable metal in them!), but more likely from meatier things.
I can\'t make any comment either way about the idea of \'electric arc furnaces\', though it would seem to me an odd way of expressing it.
Maybe they mean that the use of scrap metal is in the products destined for the electrical industry, but as you say, it might also mean \'in the electric production chain\' --- others will perhaps advise you better, but for the moment, I can only thunk that more context is needed to clarify this point.
Difficult to be sure, without knowing more about their products --- do they, for example, make sheet steel of the type used for laminations in magnetic products like transformers, motors, etc.? Or do they make steel conduit for wiring? Or maybe steel girders for pylons?
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-26 22:31:24 GMT)
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It\'s that \'ferailles\' that worries me --- are they talking about scrap steel being used, in which case, are they saying that X% of the production comes from scrap steel FROM the electrical industry? Seems highly odd to me...
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-26 22:31:45 GMT)
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Sorry, \'ferrailles\' :-(
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Note added at 6 hrs 3 mins (2005-04-27 04:23:02 GMT)
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In view of the added context, it seems abundantly clear now that this does indeed mean \"...produced using scrap metal...\", and I can only imagine they mean \"...originating from the electrical industry3, though I find that hard to believe --- probably not old fridges etc. (not much reusable metal in them!), but more likely from meatier things.
I can\'t make any comment either way about the idea of \'electric arc furnaces\', though it would seem to me an odd way of expressing it.
Maybe they mean that the use of scrap metal is in the products destined for the electrical industry, but as you say, it might also mean \'in the electric production chain\' --- others will perhaps advise you better, but for the moment, I can only thunk that more context is needed to clarify this point.
Peer comment(s):
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chaplin
: j'avais aussi d'abord pensé à celà puis me suis ravisée pour un sens plus technique
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Merci, Ségolène !
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sarahl (X)
: yes, the way I read it is, they reuse scrap metal in their electrical department.
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Thanks, Sarah! /// Looks that way, doesn't it?
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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Thanks, Anna!
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help, which deserves some points - actually it refers to scrap used in electric arc furnaces"
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from the electricity industry (???)
maybe? (although au sein de sounds strange - maybe "ferrailles issues de"??)
filière often means sector, industry
filière often means sector, industry
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: As you will see from my note below, I was having the same misgivings...
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wire draw die
ou drawing. Je suppose qu'il s'agit de fabrications de fils électriques?
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Honestly don't see how they would associate that with 'au sein de...', if it was this meaning?
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| neutral |
sarahl (X)
: fils électriques avec du scrap metal ?
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