reprezentacyjny charakter (budynku)

English translation: the stately/grand/majestic character of the building

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Polish term or phrase:reprezentacyjny charakter (budynku)
English translation:the stately/grand/majestic character of the building
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

14:10 Oct 27, 2017
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Polish term or phrase: reprezentacyjny charakter (budynku)
"Gmach Muzeum ukończony dwa lata później odróżnia się w sposób znaczący od siedziby Rejencji. Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau nadał mu charakter wzorowany na XIX-wiecznej tradycji muzeów – pałaców – gmachów muzealnych o formach nowożytnej architektury rezydencjonalnej i reprezentacyjnym charakterze."
Michał Szewczyk
Local time: 09:17
the stately/grand/majestic character of the building
Explanation:
stately
having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner; maajestic in manner and appearance.
https://www.google.com/search?q=stately&oq=stately&aqs=chrom...

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Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic: stately mansions.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/stately

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grand
b. Characterized by splendor or magnificencee
a. Dignified or noble, as in appearance or effect:
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/grand
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3the stately/grand/majestic character of the building
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
4 +1representative character
Darius Saczuk
3Formal
petlak
2(building) of a representative type/kind
geopiet


  

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representative character


Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 04:17
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  The Kat (X)
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(building) of a representative type/kind


Explanation:

Some of these plans have been selected because the building was of a representative type - https://goo.gl/9685YA

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... for what is considered a representative type of building stock in Portugal .. - https://goo.gl/qcFPzo

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They are truly the only real representative kind of building we possess. - https://goo.gl/KcWxtU

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Yhat the Roman architecture (in the time of the empire) was entirely of the representative kind - https://goo.gl/9dRH7X

geopiet
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the stately/grand/majestic character of the building


Explanation:
stately
having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner; maajestic in manner and appearance.
https://www.google.com/search?q=stately&oq=stately&aqs=chrom...

cccccc
Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic: stately mansions.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/stately

ccccccccc
grand
b. Characterized by splendor or magnificencee
a. Dignified or noble, as in appearance or effect:
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/grand

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 04:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 320
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agree  Joanna Carroll: That’s precisely the meaning😊
37 mins
  -> Thank you, Joanna. I read enough examples of "reprezentacyjny charakter" to infer its meaning.

agree  Grzegorz Mysiński
42 mins
  -> Greatly thankful, Grzegorz.

agree  magdadh: Yes, representative = reprezentatywny (typowy), not reprezentacyjny. I'd go for something along the lines of ''grand stately residences'' here.
3 hrs
  -> A valuable lesson, Magda. A lovely way of amplifying the adjectives.
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Formal


Explanation:
Brzmi lepiej niż pozostałe

petlak
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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