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French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Architecture
French term or phrase:projétation
La topographie, la typologie et l'histoire lui permettront de constituer son propre regard sur la ville et lui fourniront les premiers outils de projétation.
This is the context. I have searched in the proz gloassary. When you google it, it comes up a lot and it seems to be a a current architecture/town planning word but I have not found it in any of my dictionnaries? Any help?
EN: On the basis of a wide definition of architecture, scientific research, experimentation and design are defined as specific activities. The ability to foster scientific research work and to avoid the "expatriation" of research to other fields will be critical to the question of identity of faculties of architecture.
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et lui fourniront les premiers outils de projétation.
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and will provide it with the first design tools / resources.
FR: Sur basant sur une définition très générale de l’architecture, la recherche scientifique, l’expérimentation et la projétation sont définies comme activités spécifiques. La capacité de nourrir un travail de recherche scientifique et d’éviter l’expatriation de celle-ci vers d’autres champs disciplinaires sera décisive pour assurer l’identité des facultés d’architecture.
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La topographie, la typologie et l'histoire lui permettront de constituer son propre regard sur la ville et lui fourniront les premiers outils de projétation
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The topography, typology and history will allow it to form its own opinion about the town / city and will provide it with the first design tools / resources.
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EN: On the basis of a wide definition of architecture, scientific research, experimentation and **design** are defined as specific activities.
FR: Sur basant sur une définition très générale de l’architecture, la recherche scientifique, l’expérimentation et la **projétation** sont définies comme activités spécifiques.
Thanks for all your input. For the record, the text was written before 3 d modelling and it would be good to get a term that encompasses this 3 dimensional aspect of the 'design tool' being used, although I agree axonometry is too esoteric and out of context. Design tools it is...
Many thanks
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axonometry
Explanation: This is the graphic representation of a three-dimensional object, having al lines drawn to exact scale, resulting in the optic distortion of diagonals and curves. (Webster amd oters)
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all lines
and others
sorry for the typing mistakes
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