Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
armoire colonne
English translation:
built-in recess
Added to glossary by
daniel gwire
Feb 4, 2004 23:16
20 yrs ago
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French term
armoire colonne
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
for a text about components for a building. the heading reads: 'cuisine equipee' and below 'armoire colonne comprenant le frigo integre total 160 L ... le four encastrable blanc 300BL, porte en partie superieure et porte frigo'.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | built-in recess | Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) |
5 +3 | full-height unit | Bourth (X) |
4 | tower unit | Tony M |
Proposed translations
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built-in recess
I am pretty sure....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "again more elegant!"
+3
1 hr
full-height unit
Declined
The kitchen units include a full-height unit (i.e. with no division between floor units with worktop/sink, etc. and wall units) into which are fitted the fridge and the oven. Strange combination if arranged vertically, but it looks as if the fridge and oven may be at the bottom, with ordinary cupboard doors above (the fridge also being faced with a normal door panel).
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Note added at 2004-02-05 01:06:40 (GMT)
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<<KITCHEN: 15\'3 x 12\'0 well appointed with a range of units in medium oak with contrasting contoured worktops. Units include:
Two single wall cabinets, cooker hood over four ring corner gas hob with drawers beneath. Display cabinet, further double cupboard and single cabinet. ****Full-height unit containing \'fridge/freezer, similar unit with inbuilt oven and grill - storage above and beneath****. Continuous work-tops with five undercupboards, built-in Zanussi dishwasher, inset one-and-a-half-bowl stainless steel sink unit with mixer pillar taps and a double glazed window over. Further work-top with three under cupboards. Laminated oak floor, ceiling spots, tiled splash backs, moulded skirtings and architraves. TV and power points. Cooker panel.
[http://www.richardstubbs.co.uk/sale/sale14.htm]
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Note added at 2004-02-05 10:19:01 (GMT) Post-grading
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Again, elegance is not a factor in building specifications. Were you translating advertising material for the product - particularly material aimed at end-buyers, not building professionals - elegance might come into it. Analyze the French: it\'s telegraphic.
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Note added at 2004-02-05 01:06:40 (GMT)
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<<KITCHEN: 15\'3 x 12\'0 well appointed with a range of units in medium oak with contrasting contoured worktops. Units include:
Two single wall cabinets, cooker hood over four ring corner gas hob with drawers beneath. Display cabinet, further double cupboard and single cabinet. ****Full-height unit containing \'fridge/freezer, similar unit with inbuilt oven and grill - storage above and beneath****. Continuous work-tops with five undercupboards, built-in Zanussi dishwasher, inset one-and-a-half-bowl stainless steel sink unit with mixer pillar taps and a double glazed window over. Further work-top with three under cupboards. Laminated oak floor, ceiling spots, tiled splash backs, moulded skirtings and architraves. TV and power points. Cooker panel.
[http://www.richardstubbs.co.uk/sale/sale14.htm]
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Note added at 2004-02-05 10:19:01 (GMT) Post-grading
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Again, elegance is not a factor in building specifications. Were you translating advertising material for the product - particularly material aimed at end-buyers, not building professionals - elegance might come into it. Analyze the French: it\'s telegraphic.
Comment: "i take your point but the other answer was more elegant!"
1643 days
tower unit
Although it doesn't sound very 'formal', this is the term very often employed by the manufacturers of fitted kitchens.
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