English translation of "permis poids lourds" - "HGV licence"

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191 months ago

Geea (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	permis poids lourds
Context:	Je vois ce jour en consultation, dans le cadre d’évaluation d’aptitude
Keywords:	... au permis poids lourds, Monsieur [nom], né le [date], demeurant à [ville]. [next paragraph]: Ce patient est suivi pour une cardiopathie ischémique connue depuis [date] avec mise en évidence des lésions bitronculaires avec thrombose de l’IVA non recanalisée et lésion critique de la circonflexe qui a bénéficié d’une angioplastie avec endoprothèse nue. /// This is a letter from a cardiologue. Am I understand that this patient is being evaluated for a heavy load type driver's license? TIA.

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191 months ago

wrote:

heavy goods vehicle licence

My comment:

Poids lourd is synonymous with camion.

My references:

Harper Collins Robert French College Dictionary Fourth Edition

191 months ago

wrote:

heavy vehicle permit/license

191 months ago

myrthe wrote:

CDL

My comment:

Commercial Truck Driving License

In the U.S.

My references:

www.articlesbase.com/.../preparing-for-your-commercial-truck-driving-license-544883.html - �tats-Unis

191 months ago

myrthe wrote:

HGV licence

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191 months ago

wrote:

Sorry, forgot to add comments. HGV stands for 'Heavy Goods Vehicle' and is the UK version of a Permis Poids Lourds. So the answer to your question is 'yes' :)

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