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croix

English translation: cross-straps

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French term or phrase:croix
English translation:cross-straps
Entered by: Wyley Powell

23:23 Dec 14, 2021
French to English translations [PRO]
Safety
French term or phrase: croix
Advice to staff on wearing respiratory protective equipment:

Pour bien porter votre équipement de protection respiratoire, il faut:

(1) ajuster le masque, placer le respirateur sur votre bouche et votre nez, puis amener le harnais sur le dessus de votre tête. Finalement, il faut ramener les ***croix inférieures*** derrière votre tête et les attacher ensemble.
(2) que votre masque soit assez bas sur la voute de votre nez pour assurer une bonne visibilité et un ajustement optimal. Il faut enfiler d'abord les ***croix supérieures***, puis ensuite les ***croix inférieures***.

Straps? Lanyards? TIA
Wyley Powell
Canada
Local time: 13:16
cross-straps
Explanation:
In the absence of any specific official term (though there may well be one), I think this is what I'd use.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 19:16
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Summary of answers provided
2 +4cross-straps
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
Head harness
Marco Solinas

  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cross-straps


Explanation:
In the absence of any specific official term (though there may well be one), I think this is what I'd use.

Tony M
France
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth: Given the source text, it's hard to do any better. I've found nothing referring to upper and lower 'croix', just to 'fixation en X (en croix)' = 'X shaped (crosswise) head harness'.
26 mins
  -> Thanks, Cadastre!
agree  SafeTex
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, S/T!
agree  Samuël Buysschaert
10 hrs
  -> Merci, Samuël !
agree  Alison MacG: I wonder if it might be a speech recognition or dictation error (croix / courroie)? / Just an idea, as asker in Canada https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1421479O/wear-it-right-6... https://www.cchst.ca/oshanswers/prevention/ppe/wearing.html
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alison! Not so sure: I don't thnk this kind of 'strap' would normally be a 'courroie', which suggest in some way driving or controlling something.
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Reference comments


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Reference: Head harness

Reference information:
See this picture of a head harness that seems to come close to the description in your source text: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/v000057493/ . Note how the harness has two pairs of straps fitted with snap-on attachments. What is not clear to me is whether the "croix" in quastion are the straps or the attachments.

Marco Solinas
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 6
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