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σκηνικά

English translation: scenery

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Greek term or phrase:σκηνικά
English translation:scenery
Entered by: Tetta

22:31 Jan 21, 2009
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / museum description
Greek term or phrase: σκηνικά
.. ο κυκλiκός διάδρομος του δευτέρου ορόφου οδηγεί στα καμαρίνια και στο χώρο που φυλάσσονται τα σκηνικά. (Από όσο καταλαβαίνω, δεν πρόκειται απλά για μουσείo, αλλά για πολυχώρο, αν και το πρωτότυπο κείμενο το ορίζει ως "avant-guard museum".
Tetta
Greece
Local time: 14:38
scenery
Explanation:
"stage scenery" or, where the context is clear, simply "scenery"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-01-22 08:46:55 GMT)
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If your text is listing basic parts of a theatre, I would expect dressing rooms and a scenery store.

I would use 'scenery' as a general term which may or may not include props (smaller items used by the actors, e.g. telephone, kettle, gun, umbrella).

All other tube of different diameters (i.e.) tail battens or curtain battens to be stored in the props and scenery store • All tube from the Props & Scenery ...
www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/facilities/props/storage/

All scenery (including props and furniture) must meet currently accepted standards of fire proofing for stage scenery used in a public performance space. ...
www.hawkswell.com/about/technical.html

- As a rule, I would take furniture to be part of scenery.
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Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:38
Grading comment
Thanks a lot
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scenery


Explanation:
"stage scenery" or, where the context is clear, simply "scenery"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-01-22 08:46:55 GMT)
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If your text is listing basic parts of a theatre, I would expect dressing rooms and a scenery store.

I would use 'scenery' as a general term which may or may not include props (smaller items used by the actors, e.g. telephone, kettle, gun, umbrella).

All other tube of different diameters (i.e.) tail battens or curtain battens to be stored in the props and scenery store • All tube from the Props & Scenery ...
www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/facilities/props/storage/

All scenery (including props and furniture) must meet currently accepted standards of fire proofing for stage scenery used in a public performance space. ...
www.hawkswell.com/about/technical.html

- As a rule, I would take furniture to be part of scenery.

Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evi Prokopi (X)
2 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  olgaproz (X): olgaproz
8 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  d_vachliot (X): Μπορεί να είναι και τα props. Ή scenery and the props.
9 hrs
  -> Thank you. The most important word to use here is 'scenery', but you can say (to be thorough!) 'where scenery and props are stored'.
agree  Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi: Have a nice day!
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Nadia. Likewise, have a nice day!
agree  socratisv
12 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Efi Maryeli (X)
12 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Danai Roussou
14 hrs
  -> Thank you
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