Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
travaux acrobatiques
English translation:
rope access work
Added to glossary by
David BUICK
Apr 2, 2010 08:40
14 yrs ago
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French term
Reactive, reliable, win/win service
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
travaux acrobatiques
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Referring to a company carrying out works in precarious environments such as railway tunnels in mountainous locations. "Acrobatic works" just doesn't sound right, somehow...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | ropework |
polyglot45
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| 5 | aerial works |
Alan Douglas (X)
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| 4 +1 | abseiling work, rope access work |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 | Abseiling services |
Traduccioneseco
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| 3 | precarious and difficult work |
chris collister
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References
| Impressive photos! |
kashew
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Proposed translations
+2
27 mins
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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52
Selected
ropework
I had this recently - will try to find my references in a minute
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Note added at 31 mins (2010-04-02 09:11:27 GMT)
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The term I was given was, in fact, "rope access"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_access
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Note added at 41 mins (2010-04-02 09:21:28 GMT)
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http://www.can-sa.com/us/industrial_rope_access.html
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Note added at 31 mins (2010-04-02 09:11:27 GMT)
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The term I was given was, in fact, "rope access"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_access
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Note added at 41 mins (2010-04-02 09:21:28 GMT)
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http://www.can-sa.com/us/industrial_rope_access.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Emma Paulay
: http://www.020.co.uk/i/industrial-abseiling/london.shtml
37 mins
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| agree |
omni trad
: Rope access - http://www.verticallogic.co.za/What is Rope access.html
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Rope access work it is, then (you did get there before Bourth...). Many thanks to all contributors, including the April Fool :)"
36 mins
chris collister
France
France
Native in English
France
precision engineer, precision translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
120
precarious and difficult work
Prosaic, maybe, but it does get the general idea without sounding clunky or inappropriate (like "acrobatic").
24 mins
aerial works
This term refers to any type of wors carried out using equipment deriving, for the most part, from mountaineering and rock climbing to reach high, difficult of access areas for construction, maintenance, cleaning etc. and which cannot or would be impossible and/or too expensive/time-consuming to reach by conventional scaffolding.
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Note added at 54 minutes (2010-04-02 09:34:30 GMT)
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After some further Googling, I am going to retract "aerial works". Companies specializing in this type of work all sem to use the term "rope access" works. See: http://www.proaltus.co.uk/rope_access_explained.htm
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Note added at 54 minutes (2010-04-02 09:34:30 GMT)
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After some further Googling, I am going to retract "aerial works". Companies specializing in this type of work all sem to use the term "rope access" works. See: http://www.proaltus.co.uk/rope_access_explained.htm
Example sentence:
k
+1
3 hrs
abseiling work, rope access work
From Kiwipaedia:
Cordiste Abseiler, rope access abseiler. Cf Travaux acrobatiques
Travaux acrobatiques Abseil inspection [CW]. Rope access work [Web] Cf cordiste.
This has come up here before so there must be some trace of previous discussion.
Googling "abseil inspection" should bring up lots.
Cordiste Abseiler, rope access abseiler. Cf Travaux acrobatiques
Travaux acrobatiques Abseil inspection [CW]. Rope access work [Web] Cf cordiste.
This has come up here before so there must be some trace of previous discussion.
Googling "abseil inspection" should bring up lots.
16 hrs
Traduccioneseco
Bolivia
Bolivia
Specializes in field
Bolivia
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish to French, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
Reference comments
39 mins
Reference:
Impressive photos!
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
polyglot45
: I found this site but couldn't find their English version - but now I have found "industrial rope access" on it
2 mins
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| agree |
Chris Hall
11 hrs
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Discussion