Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
voûte céleste
English translation:
ceiling grid or structure
Dec 7, 2004 15:59
19 yrs ago
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French term
United States
Modern approaches: Art of translation
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
voûte céleste
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
AutoCAD
I'm not sure how to translate this. It seems there are various directories having different names from which you choose items like shaders, vegetation, etc. The obvious translation is celestial vault but a boolean google search combining this term and autocad (the subject matter) comes up short. here is the context:
Possibilité de prendre en comptel'éclairage venant de la voûte céleste en réglant sa couleur ( clic dans la rectangle coloré)ains que sa puissancevia le curseur associé (valeurs de 25 à 200%).
Thanks guys
Possibilité de prendre en comptel'éclairage venant de la voûte céleste en réglant sa couleur ( clic dans la rectangle coloré)ains que sa puissancevia le curseur associé (valeurs de 25 à 200%).
Thanks guys
Proposed translations
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| 5 | ceiling grid or structure |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 3 +3 | night sky/starry sky |
Charlotte Allen
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| 3 +1 | sky |
gitacsurya (X)
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| 4 | daylight |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | sky dome |
Sara Freitas
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
vo�te c�leste
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ceiling grid or structure
yes..voute celeste is ceiling structure or grid, generically...I don't think they are specifically talking about domes....but the ceiling slopes or grids....as in:
Attaching Fixtures to Ceiling Grids. The source file required for this project is 9910a.dwg. ... AutoCAD LT; MAYA Copyright ©1997-2003 OpenCAD International Inc.
www.complete-support.com/static/AutoCAD/Arch Desktop/ 9910-Creating+Ceiling+Grids+and+Ceiling+Fixtures.html - 9k - Dec 5, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Building design Ecophon UK suspended ceiling systems ceiling grid ...... Architectural, Building Services Engineers, Autocad and Interiors Facilities Vacancies. Ecophon UK suspended ceiling systems ceiling grid systems ceiling panels ...
www.buildingdesign.co.uk/facil/ecophon/ - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] Reflected Ceiling PlansFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... NOTE: Before using the ceiling grid commands, you must combine our hatch
Attaching Fixtures to Ceiling Grids. The source file required for this project is 9910a.dwg. ... AutoCAD LT; MAYA Copyright ©1997-2003 OpenCAD International Inc.
www.complete-support.com/static/AutoCAD/Arch Desktop/ 9910-Creating+Ceiling+Grids+and+Ceiling+Fixtures.html - 9k - Dec 5, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Building design Ecophon UK suspended ceiling systems ceiling grid ...... Architectural, Building Services Engineers, Autocad and Interiors Facilities Vacancies. Ecophon UK suspended ceiling systems ceiling grid systems ceiling panels ...
www.buildingdesign.co.uk/facil/ecophon/ - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] Reflected Ceiling PlansFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... NOTE: Before using the ceiling grid commands, you must combine our hatch
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Comment: "This seems to fit. Thanks"
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French term (edited):
vo�te c�leste
sky dome
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hope this helps...
Comment: "I've already used sky dome for 'dome céleste' so I don't think that is the answer. From what I can tell, the two are distinctly different things."
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French term (edited):
vo�te c�leste
sky
Possibility of taking the natural lighting and regulating the colour
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translatol
: Makes sense. But should be 'taking account of' not 'taking'.
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Yup. Missed the en compte because of the spacing problems up there
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French term (edited):
vo�te c�leste
night sky/starry sky
The term 'voûte céleste' is most closely associated with the stars/planets in the sky.
'Night sky' gets a high number of Google hits in conjunction with 'Autocad'.
Don't know if this fits your context but hope it helps.
'Night sky' gets a high number of Google hits in conjunction with 'Autocad'.
Don't know if this fits your context but hope it helps.
Peer comment(s):
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translatol
: But 'night sky', not 'starry sky'.
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Thanks. The Asker doesn't really make the context clear, but there is a piece of software for re-creating the night sky (with the constellations) on Autocad.
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gitacsurya (X)
: hehehe! That would be a rather poetic translation
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...and it's my policy never to do literary translation...
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Johanne Bouthillier
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French term (edited):
vo�te c�leste
daylight
I have a funny feeling "l'éclairage venant de la voûte céleste" is an unfortunate attempt at rendering "daylight" or (more complicated) "daylighting".
<<The concept of daylighting isn’t necessarily a new idea: Before the invention of electric light, the incorporation of daylighting was a necessity for those in the business of building design and construction. Along with Thomas Edison’s convenient discovery came a whole host of new design possibilities that steered professionals away from the need to design a building around the sun. But now, nearly 130 years later, we’re getting back to basics ... or are we? Most daylighting designers and experts agree: The concept of today’s daylighting design is innovative, distinct, and unlike notions of the past. Even as recently as just five years ago, Joel Loveland, director of Seattle’s BetterBricks Daylighting Lab and associate professor of architecture at Seattle’s University of Washington, remembers when conversation about daylighting revolved around electric lighting controls. “There was very little discussion about bringing the daylight into the building. It was all about controlling the electric light,” he explains.
But engage in a dialogue with a daylighting expert on the topic now, and you’ll find that the focus of the conversation is shifting. Today’s goals in terms of daylighting design involve appropriate incorporation of the “diffuse light of day” into facilities, describes Loveland, whether that light is sunlight or the light from an overcast sky.
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Daylight – Diffuse light from the overcast sky. Similar in all orientations; bright above and dark at the horizon. Soft and cool in both temperature and color. ["sunlight" is different]>>
[http://www.buildings.com/Articles/detail.asp?ArticleID=1827]
<<The concept of daylighting isn’t necessarily a new idea: Before the invention of electric light, the incorporation of daylighting was a necessity for those in the business of building design and construction. Along with Thomas Edison’s convenient discovery came a whole host of new design possibilities that steered professionals away from the need to design a building around the sun. But now, nearly 130 years later, we’re getting back to basics ... or are we? Most daylighting designers and experts agree: The concept of today’s daylighting design is innovative, distinct, and unlike notions of the past. Even as recently as just five years ago, Joel Loveland, director of Seattle’s BetterBricks Daylighting Lab and associate professor of architecture at Seattle’s University of Washington, remembers when conversation about daylighting revolved around electric lighting controls. “There was very little discussion about bringing the daylight into the building. It was all about controlling the electric light,” he explains.
But engage in a dialogue with a daylighting expert on the topic now, and you’ll find that the focus of the conversation is shifting. Today’s goals in terms of daylighting design involve appropriate incorporation of the “diffuse light of day” into facilities, describes Loveland, whether that light is sunlight or the light from an overcast sky.
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Daylight – Diffuse light from the overcast sky. Similar in all orientations; bright above and dark at the horizon. Soft and cool in both temperature and color. ["sunlight" is different]>>
[http://www.buildings.com/Articles/detail.asp?ArticleID=1827]
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