Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 27, 2017 00:05
7 yrs ago
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English term
VVS
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This acronym is part of an option to be chosen in an online survey. The survey itself is about video games, but one of the questions concerns the surveyee's job, and lists several fields to go along.
This is the full option: "Carpenting/Electrical installations/VVS"
I do not know what "VVS" could stand for here. The only thing I could find through Google is "Variable Voltage Scaling"; but this doesn't seem to describe an industry.
Any help appreciated!
This is the full option: "Carpenting/Electrical installations/VVS"
I do not know what "VVS" could stand for here. The only thing I could find through Google is "Variable Voltage Scaling"; but this doesn't seem to describe an industry.
Any help appreciated!
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 | CVC/plomberie |
Thomas T. Frost
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| 4 | VMC |
HERBET Abel
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Proposed translations
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Thomas T. Frost
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Works in field
Portugal
‘Very good precision work’ – Comunica.dk
Native in: Danish (Variant: Standard (rigsdansk)) 
, English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Danish to English, English to Danish, French to Danish
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16
Selected
CVC/plomberie
It is weird, but the Danish acronym vvs (varme, ventilation og sanitetsteknik – heating, ventilation and sanitary engineering) would fit in this context. Maybe it has previously been left untranslated. Vvs previously meant "vand, varme og sanitetsteknik" (water, heating and sanitary engineering), and it is commonly used in the meaning of plumbing. In English the acronym HVAC is used.
Wikipedia:
"Le chauffage, ventilation et climatisation (en abrégé CVC), équivalent en France de l'anglais « heating, ventilation and air-conditioning » (en abrégé HVAC, diffusé mondialement) est un ensemble de domaines techniques regroupant les corps d'état traitant du confort aéraulique."
As it is difficult to narrow down which exact meaning is intended – if indeed this is a Danish acronym – I have chosen a scattergun approach of including both CVC and "plomberie".
Wikipedia:
"Le chauffage, ventilation et climatisation (en abrégé CVC), équivalent en France de l'anglais « heating, ventilation and air-conditioning » (en abrégé HVAC, diffusé mondialement) est un ensemble de domaines techniques regroupant les corps d'état traitant du confort aéraulique."
As it is difficult to narrow down which exact meaning is intended – if indeed this is a Danish acronym – I have chosen a scattergun approach of including both CVC and "plomberie".
Reference:
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVS
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauffage,_ventilation_et_climatisation
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: Excellent lateral thinking - perhaps asker could respond and tell us whether this is likely
1 day 14 hrs
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Thanks. Well it's easier to be lateral in Danish when one understands the language ☺
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think your guess is the best one. Good thinking; I'll go with that."
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HERBET Abel
Native in French
Works in field
Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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106
VMC
Ventilation Mécanique Contrôlée
Qui inclut tout: chauffage et climatisation et aération
Qui inclut tout: chauffage et climatisation et aération
Peer comment(s):
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Thomas T. Frost
: Si t'as retenu la signification danoise de vvs, il faudra savoir que vvs comprend beaucoup plus de choses que VMC en français. VMC (FR) fait partie de vvs (DA), mais VMC ne comprend pas le chauffage et la technique sanitaire selon ma connaissance.
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je ne parle pas le Danois
On peut aussi dire "réseaux de ......" VMC & ECS ou autre
Sauf si on se sert de la VMC pour chauffer l'eau, le terme US de HVAC n'inclut pas non plus le "water"
Pour ici on peut rajouter VMC & ECS ( Eau chaude sanitaire) par e
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