Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
recherche de fuite
English translation:
Tracing leaks
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-06-20 08:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
French term
United Kingdom
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
recherche de fuite
| 5 +3 | Tracing leaks |
Neil Crockford
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| 3 +2 | leak detection |
Rachel Fell
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| 4 -1 | leakage test |
Madeleine van Zanten
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Proposed translations
40 years' industry experience
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 7 more.
Tracing leaks
Switzerland
excellence and reliability
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, German to French, Dutch to French, and 2 more.
leakage test
| neutral |
writeaway
: wow, no peer comments, no refs, no answer to the questions asked and already signed and sealed.
25 mins
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| disagree |
B D Finch
: This is not a test and, in this context it should be leak(s), not "leakage".
1 hr
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| agree |
philgoddard
: This is perfectly OK in the absence of context. It is a test, I don't understand BD's distinction between leaks and leakage, and you don't need references for a commonsense answer like this.
6 hrs
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| disagree |
Daryo
: you can't test a leak [how bad it is] before you find it first // here: rechercher = looking for
15 hrs
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United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
leak detection
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writeaway
: imo another valid option. this too will be valuable to those looking this up in the future.
3 mins
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Thank you writeaway :-)
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| agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
2 hrs
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Thank you Nikki :-)
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Discussion
Or is there a meaningful difference? Yes, there is, though not necessarily.
Explanation. In the global context of an insurance claim for home damage and repairs, the term "leakage test" would tend to suggest testing one specific area, piece of equipment or system within the property. A "leakage survey" would tend to suggest that the whole property is to be surveyed for leakage.
Questions which are raised might include the nature of the leak in question (gas, liquid) but also where it is supected that the leakage may be (on the land, in buildings). To or from land? To or from buildings? "Leakage", "leaking" and "leak(s)" would not be used in the same way. Further, it would be helpful to know at what stage in the insurance process this is happening. Lastly, it would also be helpful to have information about the specific document, with an extract of the original text in which the term/epxression appears (invoice, report, correspondence).
When further details are asked for, it is with a view to providing suggestions which colleagues aim to make as pertinent as possible.