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159 months ago

Kate (a guest user) asked this question:

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159 months ago

   wrote:

owners

My references:

Larousse, Grand Dictionnaire.

159 months ago

   wrote:

Pit operator

My comment:

specially if it is a subcontractor

159 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA   wrote:

Quarry operators

My comment:

www.jobseeker.com.au/Quarry-Operator-jobs

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159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

C'est exacte Wilhelmina. Just what I was about to suggest :-)

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

I agree

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

I agree

159 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA   wrote:

quarry owners

My comment:

exploitant (d'une carrière)=owner

My references:

Larousse Advanced FR>ENG Dictionary

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159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Specifically an "owner" in the case of a quarry, as indicated in Larousse.

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

An exploitant is not an owner. The dictionary is wrong. Exploitant agricole is a farmer but does not necessarily own the land...

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Some who is the exploiter is the owner, as opposed to someone who is merely the manager.

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Business/company exploitation would be the province of the owner(s).

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

To Ms Jane Lamb-Ruíz: My aunt is a lexicographer. Good dictionaries are never wrong, they might not be totally and completely accurate. Or perhaps incomplete, with all due respect. :=)

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

The best dictionaries, and Larousse is certainly one of them, sometimes take as long as 25 years of more to research and compile, as in the case of the Royal Academy's dictionary of the English (UK) language.

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159 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA   wrote:

quarry operators or managers

My comment:

///tricky wicky

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159 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

That's what I came up with. You need more context to see if it fits the job description.

159 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

Ms Jane Lamb-Ruíz, my aunt is a lexicographer. Good dictionaries are never wrong, they might not be totally and completely accurate. Or perhaps incomplete, with all due respect. :=)