Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
reconditionnement
English translation:
reconditioning
French term
reconditionnement
3 +3 | reconditioning | Roberta Beyer |
3 +1 | major overhaul | SafeTex |
4 | refurbish | Kailing Huang |
Proposed translations
reconditioning
agree |
SafeTex
: This is fine
13 mins
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Thanks!
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|
agree |
Mark Nathan
30 mins
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Thanks!
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agree |
Augustin Dragoste
5 hrs
|
major overhaul
This is just to give you an alternative to 'reconditioning' which is fine too
agree |
Bourth (X)
: What I was about to suggest.
19 mins
|
refurbish
I hope this helps :) In brief... while both terms are deemed to be synonyms, but I feel that they bear very different fundamental meanings. So I've included here some language used by online bidding platforms and some examples from online dictionaries to help you decide... Cheers.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/refurbish?fromRef=true&rh=thesaurus.com&__utma=1.530210018.1301049243.1308566823.1308589248.22&__utmb=1.5.9.1308589259425&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1301049243.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/recondition
http://reviews.ebay.com/Reconditioned-or-Refurbished-What-Does-This-Mean_W0QQugidZ10000000004614466
http://askville.amazon.com/SimilarQuestions.do?req=difference-factory-reconditioned-refurbished-item
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