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Woonkeet

English translation: mobile home

22:15 Dec 2, 2006
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Building permits
Dutch term or phrase: Woonkeet
Sentence: "Voorbeelden van een tijdelijk bouwwerk zijn: een woonkeet, een bouwwerk dat in tijdelijke behoefte voorziet,..."

A barrack, a shack?

Thanks!
Nathalya
Belgium
Local time: 23:35
English translation:mobile home
Explanation:
Although container home is certainly an option, especially if your audience is Dutch, the word in American English is ' mobile home'.

Mobile home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe term "mobile home" describes factory-built homes produced prior to the 1976 HUD ... They are frequently used as temporary housing in areas affected by ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_home - 35k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's

NPR : Mobile Home Plant Churns Out Temporary HousingContractors are revving up their housing construction for the thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors. One mobile home plant in southern Georgia is filling ...
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4841491 - Gelijkwaardige pagina's
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Marijke Mayer
Netherlands
Local time: 23:35
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1mobile home
Marijke Mayer
3 +1Temporary accommodation
jarry (X)
2 +1container home
vic voskuil
3accomodation hut
Dave Calderhead


  

Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
container home


Explanation:
if it isn´t one of the options you already listed: this is what sprang to my mind.

vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 23:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alice Saunders (X): also possible, I think. As said to Marijke keet is to me more like a hut as used by builders etc, woonkeet is a bit of a strange word in that way
7 hrs
neutral  jarry (X): I think this translation is too narrow. A 'woonkeet! can be any form of temporary accommodation.
8 hrs
  -> i agree it´s in general too narrow, but temporary accommodation is far too wide
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mobile home


Explanation:
Although container home is certainly an option, especially if your audience is Dutch, the word in American English is ' mobile home'.

Mobile home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe term "mobile home" describes factory-built homes produced prior to the 1976 HUD ... They are frequently used as temporary housing in areas affected by ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_home - 35k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's

NPR : Mobile Home Plant Churns Out Temporary HousingContractors are revving up their housing construction for the thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors. One mobile home plant in southern Georgia is filling ...
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4841491 - Gelijkwaardige pagina's


Marijke Mayer
Netherlands
Local time: 23:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  vic voskuil: wouldn´t this rather be a stacaravan or something on wheels?//een trailer is toch geen woonkeet
2 hrs
  -> Nou, in Amerika zijn stacaravans inderdaad nogal groot en worden gebruitk als al dan neit tijdelijke woningen. Er zijn hele parken vol met die dingen, en ze die heten 'trailer parks' en ze kunnen altijd worden verplaatst.
agree  Alice Saunders (X): probably the closest you can get, although keet denotes a more hut-like dwelling
5 hrs
  -> Dank je wel.
neutral  jarry (X): I think this translation is too narrow. A 'woonkeet! can be any form of temporary accommodation.
6 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Temporary accommodation


Explanation:
According to A. van den End's 'Onroerend Goed Lexicon', (The Property Lexicon), this is what the Dutch term means.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2006-12-03 11:45:05 GMT)
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A suitable alternative could be: Portable construction site accommodation.
See for instance:http://www.epb.com.au/default.asp

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Note added at 13 hrs (2006-12-03 12:04:09 GMT)
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See also: http://www.konstructa.co.uk/
When you’re looking for temporary site accommodation in the Home Counties, London and South Midlands areas, Konstructa Hire Ltd offers you a range of safe, superior portable and pre-fabricated buildings, specialist advice and reputable service. As a member of the Shepherd Building Group, we bring 40 years of construction experience to your project.

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 23:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead: temporary site accommodation
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Dave
neutral  vic voskuil: isn´t a hotel also temporary accommodation? ;) //I do like Dave´s addition to your answer, just not in this particular sentence which then gets riddled with "temporary"s
10 hrs
  -> The question here refers to a structure, not the use of a hotel/motel room, a stay in a B&B, etc.
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
accomodation hut


Explanation:
as used by the lads in "Aufwiederzehen Pet"

917004A: Gilbert River at Gilberton16.11.1988 Dismantling Accomodation Hut. Top of page. | Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Feedback | Last updated 06 March 2006. ...
www.nrw.qld.gov.au/watershed/precomp/917004a/812.htm

Svalbard blog, 2006Am staying in a student accomodation hut c. 2 miles from the university (UNIS) so its a bit of a hike every morning, but worse in the evening when its all ...
www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/s0350775/blog.html

Stockmans Reward Adventurer - Ghost Town Series MapThere was still some activity at the Lyrebird Mine when bushfires decimated the accomodation hut in 1939. Today Big River and Stockman's Reward are ...
www.mapsdownunder.com.au/cgi-bin/mapshop/ADV-STOCKREW.html


Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 23:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 87

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  jarry (X): Are these not examples of trackers/rangers/backpackers huts? Incidentally, accommodation has always had two 'm's :-)
4 hrs
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