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split-storey apartment

Swedish translation: etagevåning/etagelägenhet

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English term or phrase:split-storey apartment
Swedish translation:etagevåning/etagelägenhet
Entered by: Anders Dalström

16:56 Dec 21, 2011
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: split-storey apartment
Description of an apartment hotel:

**Split-storey apartment** by the river, with spacious spa bath and private patio with views to the pool or the river beyond.

Suggestion for a good Swedish translation gratefully accepted.
Anders Dalström
Sweden
Local time: 19:41
etagevåning/etagelägenhet
Explanation:
an apartment with 2+ floor levels

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2011-12-22 19:13:52 GMT)
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I now wonder whether there is a term in SV that really covers this. As Thomas O wrote there are usually several levels of half-area floors in a split-level house. An "etagevåning" isn't necesarily like that, it is quite likely to be a 2 (or 3) level apartment where each level covers the whole house area. I don't think it is necessarily built on sloping ground, as for the terms "sluttningshus" and "sutterängshus".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-level_home
This has a good explanation of split-level: the entry door is at a level between the 2 main floors.
Selected response from:

Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 19:41
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4etagevåning/etagelägenhet
Tania McConaghy
4duplexlägenhet/duplexvåning
Marie Andersson (Allen)
4 -1tvåvåningslägenhet
Sven Petersson
3 -1sluttningslägenhet
Thomas Ouchterlony


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
duplexlägenhet/duplexvåning


Explanation:
Vanligt i Svedala!

Marie Andersson (Allen)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Abrahamsson
9 mins
neutral  Tania McConaghy: "duplex" in EN usually means a building containing 2 apartments eg "parhus" in SV. My point is that "duplex" in SV is not so clear a term
54 mins
neutral  lena helson: agree with Tania
2 hrs
disagree  Vera Schoen: Agree with Tania and Lena
14 hrs
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
tvåvåningslägenhet


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://carolinekahlstrom.blogg.se/2009/february/utkast-har-i...
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 66

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tania McConaghy: fast det kan ju vara fler än 2 våningar t.ex. en del halvplan på olika nivåer. Kanske "flervåningslägenhet" täcker alla möjliga utformningar
7 mins
disagree  Andreas Majetic: Wrong, it's not limited to two.
14 mins
neutral  lena helson: agree withTania again
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
sluttningslägenhet


Explanation:
Motsvarande "split-level house" som heter sluttningshus eller sutteränghus. "Split-storey" bör betyda att lägenheten består av flera halvplan istället för normala genomgående våningar.

Thomas Ouchterlony
Canada
Local time: 13:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tania McConaghy: det är inte nödvändigtvis en sluttningstomt, "split-storey" kan byggas på plan mark
23 hrs
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
etagevåning/etagelägenhet


Explanation:
an apartment with 2+ floor levels

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2011-12-22 19:13:52 GMT)
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I now wonder whether there is a term in SV that really covers this. As Thomas O wrote there are usually several levels of half-area floors in a split-level house. An "etagevåning" isn't necesarily like that, it is quite likely to be a 2 (or 3) level apartment where each level covers the whole house area. I don't think it is necessarily built on sloping ground, as for the terms "sluttningshus" and "sutterängshus".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-level_home
This has a good explanation of split-level: the entry door is at a level between the 2 main floors.

Example sentence(s):
  • Etagevåning om 81m² fördelat på 2.5 rum och kök med möblerbar balkong i söder. Ingång på båda planen.

    Reference: http://www.ne.se/etagev%C3%A5ning
    Reference: http://www.byggnadsbolaget.com/kontor/etagelagenhet_tva_rum_...
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 33
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linnéa Holmén: "etagelägenhet" sounds right here.
2 hrs
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agree  Madeleine Bergström
14 hrs
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agree  Vera Schoen
14 hrs
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agree  Annikki Kallay
22 hrs
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