Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
isolamento a cappotto
English translation:
external insulation
Added to glossary by
Marie-Hélène Hayles
Nov 29, 2005 13:57
18 yrs ago
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Italian term
medicine - chemistry - pharmaceuticals
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isolamento a cappotto
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
insulation materials (fire resistance)
From searching around on the internet, I think this refers to some kind of panel-type insulation, but as the context is a decree on fire resistance certification, I need to be sure of the correct term.
"materiale isolante non in vista: il materiale isolante inserito in una intercapedine integralmente delimitata da strutture di adeguata resistenza al fuoco.... anche il cosidetto "isolamento a cappotto" e' considerato materiale isolante non in vista".
"materiale isolante non in vista: il materiale isolante inserito in una intercapedine integralmente delimitata da strutture di adeguata resistenza al fuoco.... anche il cosidetto "isolamento a cappotto" e' considerato materiale isolante non in vista".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | external insulation |
Russell Jones
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| 2 | internal insulation |
Costanza T.
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Proposed translations
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Russell Jones
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external insulation
is the term in common use in the UK. The translator of this site expands the term (a little pedantically):
http://www.gavazzispa.it/lay_gen.cfm?LanguageID=IT
http://www.gavazzispa.it/lay_gen.cfm?LanguageID=EN
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2005-11-29 15:18:31 GMT)
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It seems Italian uses this expression too:
Isolamento dall'esterno (detto anche isolamento a cappotto).
http://www.legambiente.org/TANews/
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Note added at 2 hrs 29 mins (2005-11-29 16:26:52 GMT)
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Re. Costanza's point, the way "external insulation" is normally constructed is to fix sheets of insulating material to the substrate, cover this with a lightweight reinforcement mesh and than render on top, so that the actual insulation is hidden (although the render also adds to the insulating properties).
http://www.gavazzispa.it/lay_gen.cfm?LanguageID=IT
http://www.gavazzispa.it/lay_gen.cfm?LanguageID=EN
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2005-11-29 15:18:31 GMT)
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It seems Italian uses this expression too:
Isolamento dall'esterno (detto anche isolamento a cappotto).
http://www.legambiente.org/TANews/
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Note added at 2 hrs 29 mins (2005-11-29 16:26:52 GMT)
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Re. Costanza's point, the way "external insulation" is normally constructed is to fix sheets of insulating material to the substrate, cover this with a lightweight reinforcement mesh and than render on top, so that the actual insulation is hidden (although the render also adds to the insulating properties).
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Comment: "Thanks very much, Russell.
Thanks also to Costanza - I can see why she found the term counter-intuitive!"
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Costanza T.
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Italy
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Italy
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internal insulation
se il materiale isolante è "non in vista" allora è interno
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