Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
qui en prenant de l\'ampleur
English translation:
which, by expanding over (the curtain walls), ...
Added to glossary by
Hazel Le Goff
Apr 30, 2013 19:45
11 yrs ago
French term
qui en prenant de l'ampleur
French to English
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Architecture
Military fortifications in 13th-century Cairo
The whole paragraph is:
Ce fort rappelle aussi l’aspect extérieur de Qasr al-Umayd avec des tours d’angle quadrangulaire en faible saillie à l’extérieur du bâtiment principal. Le fort de Rashid est issu de l’évolution militaire des tours et des citadelles ayyubides syriennes qui en prenant de l’ampleur sur les courtines sont devenues des édifices défensifs indépendants.
Ce fort rappelle aussi l’aspect extérieur de Qasr al-Umayd avec des tours d’angle quadrangulaire en faible saillie à l’extérieur du bâtiment principal. Le fort de Rashid est issu de l’évolution militaire des tours et des citadelles ayyubides syriennes qui en prenant de l’ampleur sur les courtines sont devenues des édifices défensifs indépendants.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | which, by expanding over (the curtain walls), ... |
Elsa Chesnel
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| 3 | by increasing the scale (see sentence) |
Sheri P
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Proposed translations
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which, by expanding over (the curtain walls), ...
Expand in the sense of
to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of : enlarge
Merriam-Webster dictionary
This formulation is close enough to "prendre de l'ampleur" so that the feeling of mass and size remains.
to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of : enlarge
Merriam-Webster dictionary
This formulation is close enough to "prendre de l'ampleur" so that the feeling of mass and size remains.
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Comment: "Thank you Elsa. This is correct within the context and is close to the source text. Well done."
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by increasing the scale (see sentence)
I would translate the whole sentence more or less along the following lines:
The fort at Rashid developed out of the military evolution of the Syrian Ayyubid towers and citadels that became independent defensive structures by increasing the scale of their curtain walls.
The fort at Rashid developed out of the military evolution of the Syrian Ayyubid towers and citadels that became independent defensive structures by increasing the scale of their curtain walls.
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