Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Alignement dans la continuité
English translation:
alignment in the same plane (as)
Added to glossary by
Wendy Cummings
Jan 27, 2009 10:45
15 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
Alignement dans la continuité
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
(Removing questions seems somewhat illogical, since the whole phrase gets put in this box anyway...)
Alignement de la paroi moulée dans la continuité de la superstructure du bâtiment, pour tous les niveaux d’infrastructure par la suppression de l’excroissance (« l’oreille ») en zone Sud Ouest de l’infrastructure.
Alignement de la paroi moulée dans la continuité de la superstructure du bâtiment, pour tous les niveaux d’infrastructure par la suppression de l’excroissance (« l’oreille ») en zone Sud Ouest de l’infrastructure.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | alignment in the same plane |
B D Finch
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| 4 | continuous alignment |
narasimha (X)
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| 2 | create one continuous line with |
Tony M
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Proposed translations
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Selected
alignment in the same plane
It is about surfaces (2 dimensions), so this is how I('d put it.
"A connector strip is disclosed for assembling a building wall of glass blocks. ... each pair of said walls being **aligned in the same plane** and extending for ..."
www.patentstorm.us/patents/5430985/claims.html
"A connector strip is disclosed for assembling a building wall of glass blocks. ... each pair of said walls being **aligned in the same plane** and extending for ..."
www.patentstorm.us/patents/5430985/claims.html
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Comment: "I think Tony also has a good solution, but points go for nice wording and a helpful explanation"
18 mins
create one continuous line with
It's a little hard to get my head round, not having the surrounding context to go on, but I think you'll do best to re-word something like this, to get over the usual translation headache with 'continuité'.
And consider using a verb expression rather than a noun...
And consider using a verb expression rather than a noun...
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continuous alignment
The wall is cast in situ or together so that there is continuity in the superstructure of the building, ensuring that the walls cast are in line.
This is done while building a concrete wall.
This is done while building a concrete wall.
Discussion
I agree, of course, that sometimes it is only the whole phrase that makes sense; but in this particular case, I think there are clearly-identifiable chunks that could well be encountered in other contexts.
"in a letter dated x, the company asked for the following modifications [a, b, c]. In a letter dated y, the other company accepted them."
The rest of the document is about other aspects entirely.