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R-value
= index of thermal resistance
(measures insulation efficiency)
/ raccord
union = union (pipe
fitting) /
assemblage
par
raccords
= joints (pipes)
/ radwastes =
radioactive wastes (USA)
/ ralentisseur
see
Retarder
/ Randbedingung
=
parameter / rang =
rank (of coals: degree of
coalification
i.e.
position in the evolutionary chain from plant debris through peat,
lignite etc.
to anthracite coal / rapporteur
fictif = shadow rapporteur (parliaments,
committees)
/ Rapport
général.. =
General Report on
the
Activities of the European Communities / rapprochement
automatique = automated
reconciliation (accounting)
/ rapprocher
= reconcile (data)
/
Raubdruck
= predation pressure (biology)
/ Raubkunst = confiscated art (official
texts); looted art (everyday term) /
Rauchpeaks
= smoke
peaks / bâtiment
réacteur =
reactor building, containment building / recenser
=
scan (computers)
/ recette=
pit bank (coalm.)
/ rechtsfähig
= having legal capacity / Rechtsmittelbelehrung
=
notification of
appeal rights / Rechtssekretär
= "law clerk" or "legal
executive" in e.g. proceedings
where parties are not required to be
represented by qualified lawyers
/
Reclame Code Commissie
= Advertising Code Committee (NL)
/ recours privilégié à =
prioritisation of / hauteur de recouvrement
=
cover
depth (buried pipes)
/ recyclage
(ventilation) see
rejet
/ placer en redressement judiciaire = put into
administration (comm.) /
Referat = division (admin. DE)
/ Referatensammlung
= abstracting journal / référentiel
= benchmark (development
aid
e.g.) / point de refoulement
= delivery point (blast
furnace)
/ refractaire =
heat-resistant (steelm.)
/ refugee:
person who has a "well-founded
fear of being persecuted for reasons
of race,
religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or
political
opinion" (1951
Geneva Convention) / Regalbediengerät
=
platform loader / Richtlinien für Geräte und Anlagen
zur Regalbedienung
=
Guidelines for stacking apparatuses and systems /
régalien = sovereign
(powers
e.g.) / Regelwerk
= "acquis
communautaire" (EU)
/
regionale
cumulatie = regional cumulation (trade)
/
Regenerierungsofen =
annealing furnace (dosimeters)
/ régent
=
(lower) secondary school teacher (B)
/
en régime
établi = in the open
position (valve);
en régime
transitoire = in the
intermediate position (valve is
between
open and
closed positions) / organe,
vanne de réglage =
regulating
device (valve)
/ franc, marché reglementé
= commercial franc, rate; official
(officially supported) market (see "financier")
/ Reglerprüfung
= governor test (pipes)
/
régression
linéaire = regression
line (erg.)
/ regroupement familial
= family reunification (immigration)
/
réhausseur
d'octane= octane
booster (fuel)
/ réinsertion
= resettlement "the
resettlement of a sick or injured
worker in employment; the Disablement Resettlement Officer Service; in
the
process of rehabilitation, a distinction may be drawn between that part
in
which the medical
aspects are of major importance and that later part
in which
resettlement and employment become
the predominant interest"
(UK
Department of Employment)
/ rejet
=
once-through (system of
ventilation,
as opposed to "recyclage" =
recirculation
of air) / Remploy
= a
firm specializing in job
placement (UK)
/ le
compte est
rémunéré
trimestriellement = interest on the account is paid quarterly /
régime en répartition
see Umlageverfahren
/ frais de représentation
= entertainment costs / services de répression
=
law enforcement agencies / réseau
pondéré =
weighting network
(acoustics)
/ emprunteurs réservataires
= priority borrowers: those
with first
claim to funds granted as loans or aid (ECSC)
/ réserve
= opt-out (EU
treaties,
e.g.)
/ réservoir =
storage vessel (gas in
steelworks); cistern (in
e.g. village: development aid) /
résistivité
= resistivity (elec.)
/ ressort =
mark-up (comm.)
/ résumé
= summary (if
prepared by author); abstract (if prepared by
documentalist) / Retarder
= retarder (extra
braking mechanism fitted to e.g. coach transmission)
/ retorsierechten
= retaliatory duties (trade)
/ retrait en magasin see
cliqué-retiré
/ rétrogradation = demotion by one pay
grade (FR
etc. civil
service) /
retroinformation = feedback / rétroprojecteur
= epidiascope / Rettungsbombe
see nacelle de sauvetage
/ révalorisation
= adjustment (of
pensions, e.g.) / action en revendication
d'un
brevet = priority proceedings
in respect of a patent / revers
=
declaration of indemnity (SWI
banking):
given by a person to whom
replacement documents have been issued to
indemnify a bank or company for any loss that may result from the
improper use
of the lost originals (coupons, securities, passbooks, etc.) (ITI)
/ révolver retenu
=
captive bolt gun
(animal slaughter)
/ rhénan =
"German-style" (capitalism,
approach, etc.) / rhetorisch-kommunikativ
= speaking and
communication (skills e.g.)
/ Richtigkeitskontrolle
=
accuracy
check; accuracy test (math/stat.:
not same as precision NB)
/
VDI Richtlinien
= VDI
Guidelines (D)
/ Ringvorlesung
= lecture series, series of
lectures (on a given theme by a
variety of
people, to get different points of view)
/ robinet à
arrêt automatique
= percussion tap / Rohphosphat
= rock phosphate, phosphate rock
/ fonds
rotatifs
= rotational funds (development)
/
rotation de crédits
= rotating credit (development)
/
rote Laterne
= slow-coach, laggard, bottom of the class (refers
to red
light hanging off back of train)
/ Rückfluß
=
back up (e.g. of
water in a filter system, prevented by a valve)
/ Rückkoppelung
=
feedback / Rückschlag
(machine)
= kickback, backlash,
"anti-kickback devices" / ruigte
= rough grassland
/ Rundfunkstaatsvertrag = Interstate
Broadcasting Agreement (DE)
soupape et
disque de rupture
= bursting valve and disc /
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by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 8 June 2023