English translation of "commodités / équipements publics" - "Lavatories and public facilities"

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202 months ago

Geea (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	commodités / équipements publics
Context:	Entretien des commodités ; Concerne : l’entretien des locaux communs et
Keywords:	des sanitaires provisoires. // A.(1).02.i. Implantation et identification des équipements publics ; Concerne : l'établissement des alignements et des niveaux de la construction. // OK, what is the difference and the best way to show the differentiation in UK English? I guess the first are public washroom, but then I don't understand how the second one is different. TIA.

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202 months ago

wrote:

First one may be 'Public Washroom" and Second is i think `Most probably " Puiblic Convenience"

202 months ago

Aharon303 wrote:

the first is the facility, the second the equipment

202 months ago

Aharon303 wrote:

loos/WC's (water closets)/toilets

My comment:

According to Larousse Advanced French/Englsih Dictionary, the term is actually transalted as "toilet" or "toilets" when it is plural in French.

But my first two options is how they are referred to in England and other places in Europe where they use the English words to refer to "toilets."

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202 months ago

wrote:

Oh, and the second term. Here in a nearby resort town, they refer to the public restrooms as "comfort stations."

202 months ago

myrthe wrote:

Lavatories and public facilities

My comment:

Commodit�s is the formal word for toilets
public facilities are public facilities (general)

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