Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Catalan term or phrase:
retranquejat
English translation:
recessed
Added to glossary by
Berni Armstrong
May 30, 2008 15:10
15 yrs ago
Catalan term
retranquejat
Catalan to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Describing a building
Here is the context:
"El vidre està ***retranquejat*** respecte de la façana i proporciona una junta d’ombra entre el volum d’oficines i el sòcol creat per a la planta baixa"
Could it be another way of saying "offset"?
"El vidre està ***retranquejat*** respecte de la façana i proporciona una junta d’ombra entre el volum d’oficines i el sòcol creat per a la planta baixa"
Could it be another way of saying "offset"?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | recessed |
Milena Bosco (X)
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| 3 | set back |
Ross Andrew Parker
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Proposed translations
1 hr
Selected
recessed
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Ross Andrew Parker
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Native in: English
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English
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set back
Looks like it could be "set back" to me:
[PDF] NO AL’ALTATENSIÓFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Segons tenim entés,. les altures permeses en la. zona urbana de Manuel. són dues i si se’n fa un. àtic, aquest haurà d’estar. retirat (retranquejat) del ...
www.mitjagalta.org/bellota23primavera2006.pdf - Similar pages - Note this
[DOC] ORDENANCESFile Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Si l’edificació auxiliar s’adossa a alguna mitgera i la seva coberta és transitable, aquesta haurà de retranquejar-se un metre respecte als llindars veïns. ...
www.canoves.diba.es/central/recurs/POUM/grafic/planols_norm...
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-05-30 15:36:02 GMT)
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Looks like the guardians of the Catalan language should get to work and put these words in the dictionary!
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-05-30 15:36:38 GMT)
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In your context, maybe "recessed" would be another option.
[PDF] NO AL’ALTATENSIÓFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Segons tenim entés,. les altures permeses en la. zona urbana de Manuel. són dues i si se’n fa un. àtic, aquest haurà d’estar. retirat (retranquejat) del ...
www.mitjagalta.org/bellota23primavera2006.pdf - Similar pages - Note this
[DOC] ORDENANCESFile Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Si l’edificació auxiliar s’adossa a alguna mitgera i la seva coberta és transitable, aquesta haurà de retranquejar-se un metre respecte als llindars veïns. ...
www.canoves.diba.es/central/recurs/POUM/grafic/planols_norm...
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-05-30 15:36:02 GMT)
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Looks like the guardians of the Catalan language should get to work and put these words in the dictionary!
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-05-30 15:36:38 GMT)
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In your context, maybe "recessed" would be another option.
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