Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bohlen der Traufwände
English translation:
side walls
Added to glossary by
Martin Wenzel
Aug 15, 2007 10:13
16 yrs ago
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Bohlen der Traufwände
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Architecture/log cabins
Context: Assemble your own log cabin...
I asked "Traufwand" yesterday and need that term urgently. So far exterior wall has been suggested, I have a problem with that because the exterior wall of a log cabin is most often and most likely also the interior wall. I found "gutter wall", but would need somebody to confirm that, ideally with a reference.
Stecken Sie diese zuerst mit den untersten, ganzen Bohlen der Traufwände zusammen.
I asked "Traufwand" yesterday and need that term urgently. So far exterior wall has been suggested, I have a problem with that because the exterior wall of a log cabin is most often and most likely also the interior wall. I found "gutter wall", but would need somebody to confirm that, ideally with a reference.
Stecken Sie diese zuerst mit den untersten, ganzen Bohlen der Traufwände zusammen.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | side walls |
Ken Cox
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| 3 +1 | Beams of the eaves walls |
David Moore (X)
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Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
Traufwände
Selected
side walls
Assuming your structure has a simple hip roof, the Traufwände (as opposed to the Giebelwände) would be the side walls that support the roof.
From what I can see from googling T- and G-wand, a Traufwand is more generally a wall or the portion of a wall extending from the foundation to the eaves level (actually, the junction with the roof structure), while a Giebelwand is the (usually triangular) portion of a gable-end wall that extends above the eaves line.
From what I can see from googling T- and G-wand, a Traufwand is more generally a wall or the portion of a wall extending from the foundation to the eaves level (actually, the junction with the roof structure), while a Giebelwand is the (usually triangular) portion of a gable-end wall that extends above the eaves line.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Armorel Young
: yes, that's what I've been thinking all along - I suspect English text would just refer to side walls and end walls
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "On second thoughts, few people will probably know what eaves walls are, however, which brings me back to the point, if it's the translator's task to rewrite the original..."
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Beams of the eaves walls
This may possibly suit you.
About three-fifths of the way down the page below, the following paragraph has the term "eaves walls":
In the attic - bricks may be visible between wall studs extending up into the attic. In this photograph of a brick-lined wall you can see that some of the bricks have fallen out of the wall cavity and onto the attic floor. This is not itself a structural problem but it may indicate a history of roof leaks at this spot. Roof leaks may in turn track to rot or insect damage. Based on this theory and buttressed by leak stains visible in the photograph, I'm guessing that these fallen bricks were on an ***eaves wall*** not a gable end wall. We discuss this further below at "Repairs".
About three-fifths of the way down the page below, the following paragraph has the term "eaves walls":
In the attic - bricks may be visible between wall studs extending up into the attic. In this photograph of a brick-lined wall you can see that some of the bricks have fallen out of the wall cavity and onto the attic floor. This is not itself a structural problem but it may indicate a history of roof leaks at this spot. Roof leaks may in turn track to rot or insect damage. Based on this theory and buttressed by leak stains visible in the photograph, I'm guessing that these fallen bricks were on an ***eaves wall*** not a gable end wall. We discuss this further below at "Repairs".
Note from asker:
| Good point, but the same applies to the German, of course... |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ken Cox
: Judging by the (relatively few) valid hits for 'eaves wall' on the web, this is the proper architectural term. However, in the case of the asker's context, I suspect that few readers of the instructions would understand the meaning of the term.
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