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Record 1 2022-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

... general labourers at a construction site may use tools such as blowtorches or power drills, direct traffic during road construction, or set up scaffolding. In a factory setting, they may use forklifts or deliver materials. In the cleaning industry, general labourers may be expected to use high-powered cleaning tools, such as floor scrubbing and waxing machines; at other times, they may be asked to use tools such as mops and brooms.

Key term(s)
  • general laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Manœuvre général [...] Principales responsabilités : Préparer les commandes (dans la cour); conduire le chariot élévateur; faire le remplissage de l'entrepôt [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 2 2020-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Production Management
CONT

A factory manager has overall responsibility for all the people working on the site, both in the offices and on the factory floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion de la production
CONT

[...] le chef d'usine est le responsable de la conduite des opérations de production, depuis la réception des matières premières jusqu'au conditionnement du produit fini et a pour objectif de délivrer les performances QCD (qualité-coût-délai) décidées pour chaque saison budgétaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Gestión de la producción
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Record 3 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A terminal used for the continuous input of data achieved in a working area by having the worker insert a precoded card into a device connected to a computer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
DEF

Terminal connecté à un mini-ordinateur pour la saisie des données directement au sein du milieu industriel.

DEF

Terminal utilisé en milieu industriel pour le suivi de fabrication et de gestion de la production en temps réel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
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Record 4 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
CONT

Sprinklers installed at 7’-6" or less above finished floor or are subject to mechanical damage shall be equipped with a UL listed and FM approved head guard. Sprinkler head guard shall mount to the sprinkler head frame. Sprinkler head guard shall be of one single piece that does not require removal from sprinkler when changing of sprinkler is required. Sprinkler head guard shall be mounted on sprinkler by factory and arrive to job site installed onto sprinkler. Guard shall be a Viking Model D-1 Sprinkler Head Guard.

CONT

Sprinklers shall be protected by acceptable sprinkler guards where there is possibility of mechanical damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Les têtes d'extincteurs automatiques à eau doivent être protégées par des armatures acceptables lorsqu'il peut y avoir des dommages mécaniques.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

The primary challenge in acoustic modeling is computation of reverberation paths from a sound’s source position to a listener’s receiving position. As sound may travel from source to receiver via a multitude of reflection, transmission, and diffraction paths, accurate simulation is extremely compute intensive.

OBS

Computer-aided acoustic modeling tools are important for design and simulation of three dimensional environments. For instance, an architect might use such a tool to evaluate the acoustic properties of a proposed auditorium design. Or, a factory designer might be able to predict the sound levels of any machine at any position on a factory floor. Acoustic modeling can also be used to provide sound cues to aid understanding, navigation, and communication in interactive rates. For example, the voices of users sharing a virtual environment may be spatialized according to each user's avatar location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Production Management
  • Corporate Structure
  • Work and Production
CONT

GM's head firmly established the division of professional labor in parallel with the division of manual labor that had already taken place on the factory floor.

Key term(s)
  • division of professional labour
  • professional labour division

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Travail et production
CONT

Le patron de GM institua solidement une division du travail intellectuel parallèle à celle du travail manuel déjà intervenue au niveau de l'atelier.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Work and Production
CONT

[General Motor's] head firmly established the division of professional labor in parallel with the division of manual labor that had already taken place on the factory floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Travail et production
CONT

Le patron de [General Motor] institua solidement une division du travail intellectuel parallèle à celle du travail manuel déjà intervenue au niveau de l'atelier.

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Production Management
  • Corporate Structure
  • Work and Production
CONT

GM's head firmly established the division of professional labor in parallel with the division of manual labor that had already taken place on the factory floor.

Key term(s)
  • division of manual labour
  • manual labour division

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Travail et production
CONT

Le patron de GM institua solidement une division du travail intellectuel parallèle à celle du travail manuel déjà intervenue au niveau de l'atelier.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Work and Production
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

GM's head firmly established the division of professional labor in parallel with the division of manual labor that had already taken place on the factory floor.

Key term(s)
  • professional labour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et production
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Le patron de GM institua solidement une division du travail intellectuel parallèle à celle du travail manuel déjà intervenue au niveau de l'atelier.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
  • Pipes and Fittings
CONT

Another variant in buildings is the... prefabricated plumbing module... units such as wall panels are made at a factory and shipped to a site for erection. The plumbing... is systematized, and modules with appropriate matched connection points in panels and floor sections... can be connected quickly on site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
CONT

Une tendance (...) vers le traditionnel amélioré: utilisation d'appareils sanitaires du commerce montés sur des panneaux de canalisations préfabriqués (...)

Key term(s)
  • panneau de tuyauterie préfabriqué

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

the Technical and Office Protocol(TOP) promoted by Boeing, is an attempt to build bockwards from MAP standardisation on the factory floor into the office; it will do this by standardising communications with the design and engineering computers that are closest to the manufacturing process.

OBS

Machines communicating on the TOP standard were shown together with the MAP machines that GM demonstrated earlier this month.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 12 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
CONT

... the sand layer is carried on a floor fitted with bronze, brass or plastic nozzles with fine slots; these nozzles are used both to drain off the filtered water and to admit the wash-water and the scour air-the air can be supplied by an electric compressor set or by compressed air from a factory main.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
CONT

[...] la couche de sable est supportée par un plancher garni de buselures à fentes fines en bronze, laiton ou plastique qui servent aussi bien à drainer l'eau filtrée qu'à répartir l'eau et l'air de lavage. L'air de lavage peut être produit soit par un groupe électrosurpresseur, soit par détente d'air comprimé d'un réseau d'usine.

Spanish

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Record 13 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Dust Removal
OBS

... the sand layer is carried on a floor fitted with bronze, brass or plastic nozzles with fine slots; these nozzles are used both to drain off the filtered water and to admit the wash-water and the scour air-the air can be supplied by an electric compressor set or by compressed air from a factory main.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Dépoussiérage
OBS

[...] la couche de sable est supportée par un plancher garni de buselures à fentes fines en bronze, laiton ou plastique qui servent aussi bien à drainer l'eau filtrée qu'à répartir l'eau et l'air de lavage. L'air de lavage peut être produit soit par un groupe électrosurpresseur, soit par détente d'air comprimé d'un réseau d'usine.

Spanish

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