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Oct 7, 2010 17:22
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German term
United Kingdom
Plateau
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
This word is used by a firm of architects to describe its design for a school, which has been built as a single, elongated structure.
"Langgezogene, übereinanderliegende Plateaus nehmen das gesamte Programm der Schule auf."
Any suggestions welcome!
"Langgezogene, übereinanderliegende Plateaus nehmen das gesamte Programm der Schule auf."
Any suggestions welcome!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | plateau |
philgoddard
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| 4 | long stacked levels |
Gabriella Bertelmann
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| 3 | layer |
anne pincus
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Proposed translations
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plateau
I think they've deliberately chosen an unusual word in German, so you should do the same in English. But if you don't like that idea, you could just say levels.
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Comment: "Many thanks! (I prefer the "level" suggestion but can see that plateau might also work.)"
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long stacked levels
"Langgezogene, übereinanderliegende Plateaus nehmen das gesamte Programm der Schule auf."
Any suggestions welcome!
Long (elongated), stacked level structures accommodate all of the needs (facilities) of the school building.
hope this is helpful
Any suggestions welcome!
Long (elongated), stacked level structures accommodate all of the needs (facilities) of the school building.
hope this is helpful
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layer
or perhaps one of these: expanse, plane, surface
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