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French term or phrase:
COPIE NON SUIVIE – CONFIDENTIEL
English translation:
UNCONTROLLED COPY – CONFIDENTIAL
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Yvonne Cocker
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COPIE NON SUIVIE – CONFIDENTIEL
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This appears in a French scientific article. I have not come across it before and it would appear to not be a very common phrase. I have found "Diffusion (suivie en mise à jour)", so I am wondering if the "non suivie" is referring to the fact that the article will not be subsequently updated? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!
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It's a bit surprising to see this in a scientific paper because it is more of a design or project management thing; however, if this is only a preliminary version of a scientific article, this may well be the case as well. It's not the article itself that won't be updated but rather this particular copy of the article. More precisely, it means that this copy is not registered in the document management system, therefore whoever is in charge of the article will not contact the reader to announce further updates (not the least because the identity of the reader may not even be known). Search for "document management system", "controlled document" and "uncontrolled copy" for more explanations.
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writeaway
: Can you provide any refs to back this? From what I've seen, this answer seems to be a long shot/ok, I'll take your word for it. assuming it fits the context of the question -is it design engineering?
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Just ask any design engineer. Or search the web for the keywords I mentioned, and you'll find many examples of usage. Sorry, don't have an absolute proof at hand right now, merely a proof by preponderance of evidence.
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Tony M
: Yes, this is indeed the meaning of the term, I've come across it a lot in documents subject to regular re-issues / updates; I've never found a better solution for it in EN, though surely there must be a dedicated term?
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"Uncontrolled copy" is a standard term at least de facto. I haven't seen this term being formally prescribed by a standard, but I've lost count how many times I've seen it in design documentation; in electronic docs it's often "Uncontrolled when printed".
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Gleyse
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Comment: "Thank you for your help. In the context I think this will work as it is written diagonally across each page in the background."
Discussion
"Diffusion
Suivie en mise à jour / Copie non suivie"
http://juanito.mcdj.free.fr/TRAVAIL/SOGETI/Docs/Dossier de c...
So I presume the sense of it is "copie non suivie en mise à jour", and I suppose this means "non-updated copy", but I don't actually know. Let's wait and see whether someone does.