Jan 22, 2013 12:21
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Serbian term

spratna porodična kuća

Serbian to English Other Construction / Civil Engineering
u smislu tipa/vrste kuće/objekta

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(multi-storey) detached house

Ono što se u Srbiji podrazumeva za spratnu porodičnu kuću je najčešće odvojena kuća koja često ima i dvorište, garažu, i slične dodatke. Pri tome, i u samom engleskom postoji razlika u terminima, u zavisnosti da li prevodite na američku verziju engleskog, gde bi to bila "single-family home", ili na britansku gde je to često samo "detached house" (kuća odvojena od drugih). Uzmimo da Vam treba britanski prevod.

Međutim, često se na Balkanu i takve kuće grade tako da u njima mogu da žive dve porodice, odnosne dve ili više generacija porodice (roditelji, deca), obično po spratovima. Tako da to generalno odgovara engleskom "detached house", više nego izrazu "semi-detached house", što je kuća uspravno podeljena na dva simetrična dela, sa zajedničkim zidom, i dva različita ulaza za život dve različite porodice.

U ovom izrazu, u engleskom se spratnost podrazumeva, ili ne uzima u obzir prilikom navođenja vrste kuće, međutim, ako želite da naglasite spratnost, odnosno da kuća ima više spratova, može da se stavi pridev "multi-storey", pa tao da bude "multi-storey detached house", što bi najviše odgovaralo onome što se mislilo na srpskom.
Example sentence:

Terms corresponding to single-family detached home in common use are single-family home (in the U.S. and Canada), single-detached dwelling (in Canada), detached house (in the United Kingdom and Canada), and separate house (in New Zealand).

Peer comment(s):

agree Daryo : this field is a real minefield - customs are so different from country to country - you got it right as close as possible.
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Thank you, Daryo. It is a bit tricky, but I guess this will work for the given purpose.
agree PoveyTrans (X) : Both answers IMHO have validity but this is the only one that would be understood clearly by a native speaker
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multi-storey family dwelling/house

I don't think you can deduce that it's detached.

Hope that helps.
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