Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
upon refurbishing
English answer:
when refurbishing/during refurbishment
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
Jul 2, 2007 18:12
17 yrs ago
English term
upon
English
Social Sciences
Linguistics
grammar question
Case Study to be published in English-speaking country.
I'm doing the revision but would like to check some language issues with you ...
My concern here is the preposition 'upon'... I use it mostly in legal translations, but what about here?
Context:
"Measures to decentralize water management in single and contiguous buildings upon refurbishment will be soon feasible."
"Different housing estates in ... and ... were examined in terms of the applicability of decentralized water systems upon refurbishing the existing premises"
"The necessary measures can be adopted with relatively low effort upon refurbishing buildings."
'Upon' + ing or + noun? Or not at all!?
Please all explanations in English...
Thanks for your time!
I'm doing the revision but would like to check some language issues with you ...
My concern here is the preposition 'upon'... I use it mostly in legal translations, but what about here?
Context:
"Measures to decentralize water management in single and contiguous buildings upon refurbishment will be soon feasible."
"Different housing estates in ... and ... were examined in terms of the applicability of decentralized water systems upon refurbishing the existing premises"
"The necessary measures can be adopted with relatively low effort upon refurbishing buildings."
'Upon' + ing or + noun? Or not at all!?
Please all explanations in English...
Thanks for your time!
Change log
Jul 3, 2007 08:57: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "preposition \'upon\' (in this context)" to "upon" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Linguistics"
Jul 3, 2007 08:57: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/112968">amj_services (X)'s</a> old entry - "'upon' (in this context)"" to ""'when refurbishing/during refurbishment'""
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5 mins
David Knowles
Native in English
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English
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
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English term (edited):
preposition 'upon' (in this context)
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I'd use "when refurbishing" and "during refurbishment"
"when refurbishing" will suit your second and third examples. The first one could have "during refurbishment".
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks Jack!
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Sarah Llewellyn
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Ken Cox
: IMO 'upon' has more the sense of immediate related action ( e.g. 'upon seeing the cat, the mouse scurried away')
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Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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Els Spin
: Hear, hear!
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Tony M
: Yes, and I second KC's comment too.
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Comment: "Thanks so much!!"
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4 mins
jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
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31
English term (edited):
preposition 'upon' (in this context)
sounds fine to me
From the USA perspective (i.e., me), this sounds fine.
upon refurbishing would work meaning that they would incorporate the measures when they were doing the remodeling work, not just to to the measures themselves.
If the target audience is the USA, I might suggest 'remodeling' instead of refurbishing.
upon refurbishing would work meaning that they would incorporate the measures when they were doing the remodeling work, not just to to the measures themselves.
If the target audience is the USA, I might suggest 'remodeling' instead of refurbishing.
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