Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
sur la quantité de surface
English translation:
surface area
Added to glossary by
Mark Nathan
Jun 26, 2011 23:49
12 yrs ago
French term
France
sur la quantité de surface
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Use of "vertical streets" in tall buildings
Enfin, les apports techniques influencent la perception de la densité à travers l’amélioration de confort induit notamment par la ventilation naturelle ou l’équilibre hygrométrique.
La mise en place de sky gardens rejoignent quant à elles les recherches de Karn and Sheridan qui ont mis en évidence la prédominance de la mise en place d’équipements favorisant les rapports avec le milieu extérieur sur la quantité de surface (Karn and Sheridan, 1997).
Sorry, I have been staring at this too long - it seems that I could just delete this phrase without changing the meaning.
La mise en place de sky gardens rejoignent quant à elles les recherches de Karn and Sheridan qui ont mis en évidence la prédominance de la mise en place d’équipements favorisant les rapports avec le milieu extérieur sur la quantité de surface (Karn and Sheridan, 1997).
Sorry, I have been staring at this too long - it seems that I could just delete this phrase without changing the meaning.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | surface area |
kashew
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| 3 +1 | over the extent of landscaped surface |
FX Torrentz
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| 4 | prédomininance de X sur Y |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 | over much of the area |
cc in nyc
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Proposed translations
+2
8 hrs
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Comment: "Thanks everyone, not really sure this is the right answer."
+1
4 hrs
over the extent of landscaped surface
I agree that the original sentence is a little cloudy.
This interpretation is a bit narrower, but I think it might help clarify the intended meaning.
This interpretation is a bit narrower, but I think it might help clarify the intended meaning.
7 hrs
prédomininance de X sur Y
Being the inverse of what your little tailor will say, i.e. "Never MIND the qvality, feel the vidth!"
IOW, it's all very well having spacious office, but what will really make you want to work in a building is being able to pop up to the roof for a quick fag in a sky garden instead of hiding away in some stinking smoking room.
I suspect "quantité de surface" may be a translation from English. Superficie would have done nicely.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2011-06-27 07:17:24 GMT)
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Je suis mauvaise langue!. Lots of ghits for quantité de surface in fact, though I still maintain superficie would have been better here.
IOW, it's all very well having spacious office, but what will really make you want to work in a building is being able to pop up to the roof for a quick fag in a sky garden instead of hiding away in some stinking smoking room.
I suspect "quantité de surface" may be a translation from English. Superficie would have done nicely.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2011-06-27 07:17:24 GMT)
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Je suis mauvaise langue!. Lots of ghits for quantité de surface in fact, though I still maintain superficie would have been better here.
11 hrs
over much of the area
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Note from asker:
| Thanks cc. But this includes the definite article, i.e it is not "sur quantité de surface" |
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