Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
vice d’ordre esthétique
English translation:
aesthetic defect
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French term
United States
MA in Translation + Trados
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
vice d’ordre
"Le locataire accepte en l’état le matériel. Son niveau de compétence technique lui a permis de le mettre en marche et de vérifier son bon état de fonctionnement. Il devra, dans son intérêt, signaler tout vice d’ordre esthétique apparent, en émettant les réserves appropriées à l’annexe des conditions particulières, étant précisé que ce type de vice n’oblige nullement le loueur à proposer un matériel équivalent qui en serait exempt, ou une réduction sur le prix de la location."
| 4 +1 | aesthetic defect |
kashew
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| 4 | esthetic defect |
Narasimhan Raghavan
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| 4 | cosmetic defect |
rkillings
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Aug 8, 2009 11:34: kashew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "vice d’ordre "" to ""aesthetic defect""
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Proposed translations
aesthetic defect
Also a qualified engineer
Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
esthetic defect
cosmetic defect
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-08-05 16:49:10 GMT)
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Par contre, a product that is ugly by design could be said to have esthetic defects, but if the finish is exactly what the maker intended, it would not have cosmetic defects.
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