Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Carreau de mine
English translation:
(coal mine) pithead
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Nathalie Stewart
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French term
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Carreau/carreaux de mine
French to English
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I'm translating health and safety regulations for mining operations, and this term keeps coming up. I understand more or less the concept, as I've seen it in diagrams, but I'm looking for the official boilerplate equivalent in English...
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Mar 23, 2017 07:14: Nathalie Stewart changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1357892">Richard Vranch's</a> old entry - "Carreau/carreaux de mine"" to ""(coal mine) pithead""
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(coal mine) pithead
http://www.ikonet.com/fr/ledictionnairevisuel/energies/geoth...
Ensemble des installations de surface nécessaires à l’activité minière souterraine (machinerie d’extraction, dépôt de charbon, bureaux, etc.).
coal mine pithead
http://profit.ndtv.com/news/cheat-sheet/article-coal-all-the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuBjghoKv0
Depending on your context, you might also wish to consider:
- on the mine's surface
- top of the mine workings
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Note added at 41 mins (2017-03-18 14:01:56 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pithead
(Mining & Quarrying) the top of a mine shaft and the buildings, hoisting gear, etc, situated around it
Ensemble des installations de surface nécessaires à l’activité minière souterraine (machinerie d’extraction, dépôt de charbon, bureaux, etc.).
coal mine pithead
http://profit.ndtv.com/news/cheat-sheet/article-coal-all-the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuBjghoKv0
Depending on your context, you might also wish to consider:
- on the mine's surface
- top of the mine workings
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Note added at 41 mins (2017-03-18 14:01:56 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pithead
(Mining & Quarrying) the top of a mine shaft and the buildings, hoisting gear, etc, situated around it
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