Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Mtons

French translation:

millions de tonnes (Mt)

Added to glossary by Nathalie Coutelle
Jul 4, 2014 11:23
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English term

Mtons

Non-PRO English to French Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime
The port of Libreville has a maximum capacity of 6.5 Mtons.
Change log

Jul 4, 2014 12:40: Gaurav Sharma changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, mchd, Gaurav Sharma

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Discussion

DLyons Jul 4, 2014:
Libreville has a throughput of 115,000 TEUs, which is about 2.5 million tonnes.
So it's working at under 40% capacity apparently.
http://www.bollore-africa-logistics.com/en/ports-and-termina...

Proposed translations

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millions de tonnes (Mt)

Plutôt que "mégatonne" j’emploierais ’millions de tonnes", le terme mégatonne étant par usage réservé à la mesure de puissance de l’armement nucléaire en millions de tonnes de TNT

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Note added at 1 jour19 heures (2014-07-06 07:13:13 GMT)
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D’accord avec Dominic, le symbole Mt est exclusivement réservé à la mesure de puissance (énergie, travail, chaleur). Pour la mesure de masse il convient d’utiliser le terme complet "millions de tonnes".
Peer comment(s):

agree Dominic D : effectivement le M veut dire méga mais il est rare qu'on l'écrit pour ne pas confondre avec les armes nucléaires
9 mins
Merci
agree Tony M : The 'tons' is because it isn't Mt (= metric tons) but mega-tons (Imperial tons) — the difference is fairly insignificant, but it explains the abbreviation.
2 hrs
Merci
agree florence metzger
3 hrs
Merci
agree Simon Charass
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci"
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Mt ou mégatonne

6.5 megatonnes = 6.5 million de tonnes

je pense que c'est une abréviation non conforme de Mt
Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER
2 mins
thx
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