Jennifer Levey Oct 19, 2014:

Likewise I too am so qualified, having worked on 500kW broadcast transmitters, with secure access to equipment working at high voltage (up to 30kV) and at high frequency (with additional risks from induced currents, even working on supposedly 'dead' conductors). In hazardous areas like that you make sure you know where the b**** key is!

Tony M Oct 19, 2014:

@ A/T Well, with respect, I am so qualified, having in the past worked as an electrician on just this sort of activity.

It isn't just anyone who pockets the key, but specifically the person taking the risk; that's the whole signfiicance of this term: "I am working on the dangerous equipment, and the key is safely in my pocket."

AllegroTrans Oct 19, 2014:

I am not qualified to say exactly what kind of H&S procedure this is, but I am not sure it is very important. The essential seems to be that one nominated person pockets the key to ensure nobody else can use it.

Francis Marche Oct 19, 2014:

@Roula Chakib Votre usage du verbe "contrôler" est celui de l'anglais "to be in control", soit celui de l'anglicisme commun des radioteurs et commentateurs télévisuels. En français, dans ce registre de langue "I control everything" se dit "J'assure".

Chakib Roula Oct 19, 2014:

@tony, yes it has to do with tag-out lock-out procedure in safety.Abbreviated into LOTO.

Tony M Oct 19, 2014:

@ Roula No, it doesn't really — it has a very specific, literal technical meaning in this particular context, as has already been discussed at some length below.

Chakib Roula Oct 19, 2014:

That means that I control everything.Je controle tout.

Alexandre Tissot (asker) Oct 19, 2014:

@Tony The English word in the source text is "Safety".

Thanks to eveyone for your answers. Very interesting.

Have a good Sunday.

Tony M Oct 19, 2014:

@ Polyglot Yes, I am well aware of that — but as you yourself said, "broadly speaking". Aye, there's the rub — the terms are often used inaccurately in FR, I am constantly being asked to translate FR documents where they have apparently been used imprecisely, or sometimes, worse still, actually inverted! Hence why I thought it was important to check with Asker which he really meant, since at least one poster here seemed to have been misled by the term.

Just look at this example, taken from a KudoZ question today, which shows 'sécurité' being used in the 'wrong' sense:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/5686496

'calculette de sécurité'

polyglot45 Oct 19, 2014:

@Tony sécurité in French = safety in English; security in English = sûreté in French (broadly speaking)

Tony M Oct 18, 2014:

Sécurité Could you please clarify in the source language, since 'sécurité' in FR is ambiguous! It seems to me this is probably about SAFETY, isn't it?

And no, there's not really any 'jeu de mots' here.

Tony M Oct 18, 2014:

Literal sense It does indeed mean it in a literal way (though there may be differnt kinds of 'key' one might have).

As an electrician, I used to always isolate a circuit by (back in those days!) pulling out the main fuses — and then to make sure no-one could out them back in again while I was still working, I would keep those fuses in my pocket.

Dominique Stiver Oct 18, 2014:

If you lock out, etc. with the key, la clé est dans ma poche would be of course the only convenient translation.

Jennifer Levey Oct 18, 2014:

Well, ... Again, it depends on the context. However, using the same example as previously, "Lock out, tag out, try out" would indeed correspond to the three steps involved in setting a mechanical interlock to protect someone who needs to enter a dangerous area:
"Lock out" = set the lock to the 'safe' position (and put the key ... where? - in your pocket!);
"Tag out" - display relevant warning signs;
"Try out" - check that the security system is properly functional (e.g. do a visual check that earthing switches are in the 'safe' position) before relying on it to keep you safe.

Alexandre Tissot (asker) Oct 18, 2014:

Well,... Thank you for your answer.

The image does not allow anyone to see what the character has in his hands. It deals with life savers.

Moreover, in the slide, it deals with the following activities: "Lock out, tag out, try out".

Jennifer Levey Oct 18, 2014:

Where's the key? It rather depends on what kind of security systems they're talking about. If it refers to mechanical interlocks on dangerous equipment (e.g. HV switchgear, heavy machinery, ...) then one of the safety principles is, quite literally, that the person who enters the protected area takes the interlock key with him - slung round his neck or stuffed in his pocket - so no-one else can tamper with the interlocks that are protecting him.
So, yes, there is indeed a play on words here - and the literal translation given by 1045 fits the bill very nicely.