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procédure
d'habilitation
= empowerment
procedure (EU
jargon) / Haftbrücke
= fillet (tiling)
/
halte-garderie
= day nursery (B)
/ handleiding
= (user's) guide, manual,
handbook,
instructions for use
/
harcèlement moral
= personal harassment / hard
metal: "a
man-made product from powders developed in Germany
after
World War I. Resembles metals in many of its properties; chief
characteristic
is extreme abrasion hardness (90-95% of diamond) and abrasion
resistance. Hard
metal is a
cemented carbide consisting
of
small
carbide particles of the high melting-point heavy metals (usually
tungsten)
cemented together by binders from the iron group (often cobalt).
Mixtures of
titanium, tantalum, vanadium, molybdenum and chromic carbides may be
added for
specific characteristics. The TLV is hard metal is 5 mg/m3
and the
maximum allowable concentration in Russia
is 6 mg/m3."
Chambers gives hard metal as a synonym for
tungsten carbide. The term is little used in EN. /
Harrod-neutral
(rate of technical progress)
/ Hartmetallindustrie
=
powder metallurgy / harki
(plural harkis) = 250 000 or so
Algerians
who fought with the French in the 8-year Algerian war of independence. Largely abandoned to their fate in 1962.
Not
mentioned in
Evian peace agreement, only 250-300 000 rescued and brought to France.
About 100 000 killed by fellow-Algerians in savage reprisals, viewed as
traitors. Put in transit camps in France, some still there. Kept apart
from
French populace, schools, shops etc. all inside the camps. Only in past
few
years (1990 -)
have they begun to be
integrated, camps
closed; source: The
Times
/ Haupthanfseele
= fibre main core (ropes)
/ Hausbrandkohle
= house coal /
Haushaltselektronik
=
white goods, see under
brown
goods / Häufung
see
zufällige Häufung
/ Heilpflanze = medicinal herb /
Heizkanone =
brazing torch (metal.)
/
héliographe
= sunshine recorder; heliograph / droite de Henry
= normal probability
plot (math.,
stat.) /
Herrschaftswissen
= sovereign knowledge (as
opposed to shared
knowledge) / Hochdrucknatriumdampflampe
= high-pressure sodium
lamp / Hochraumlager
= multiple tier store / hogeschool
= college of higher
education / Holzschutzmittel
=
wood preservative / homéotherme
= warm-blooded; homeothermic (animals)
/ homme toutes mains =
general hand (labour)
/ homologation
= type approval (EU)
/ horizontal
=
cutting across a number of sectors, "multi-sector" /
Hospitation = work shadowing; sitting in (on
classes) / houlomoteur
= wave
(energy)
/ houtstof
=
lignin / Hubwagen
= low-lift truck (used just for
moving
things, not
stacking) / Huckepackverkehr
=
piggyback transport (combined) road/rail transport
/ human
rights:
European
Commission of Human Rights; European Court of Human Rights; / European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
1950 (European
Convention on Human Rights ECHR)
ratified UK 1952: "Art. 3: No
one
shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment. Art. 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude..
Art. 14: The enjoyment of the rights and
freedoms set
forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any
ground
such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other
opinion,
national or social origin, association with a national minority,
property,
birth or other states." /
béton
hydrofugé dans la
masse = integrally waterproofed
concrete /
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by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 6 March 2018