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French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Town Planning
French term or phrase:pénétrante
Target=uk
Architecture article for a magazine
Le plan directeur de 1933, de XXXXXX, avait une dimension territoriale où la ville et la campagne s’imbriquaient dans des pénétrantes de verdure encore perceptibles de nos jours.
According to my French dictionary, pénétrante means
Grande voie de circulation qui mène vers le centre d’une grande agglomération
Explanation: A variation of the "green veins" already posted, admittedly, but just as a pénétrante is a feeder road, arterial route, or artery, so such an ecological space can be an artery.
annmariegamble.com/2011/09/the-raccoon-free-attic/
14 Sep 2011 – It's a LITTLE GREEN ARTERY INTO THE CITY, and it means that in addition to frat boys, I can spot woodchucks, opossums, raccoons, and even the ...
dictionary.sensagent.com/moses+gate+country+park/en-en/
English thesaurus is mainly derived from The Integral Dictionary (TID). .... Creating a GREEN ARTERY FROM THE CENTRE OF MANCHESTER to the West Pennine ...
fife.limehouse.co.uk/portal/mflp-pre-exam-mods?pointId=ID...
7 Modifications to Glossary .... It has the potential to provide a 'GREEN ARTERY' CONNECTING GLENROTHES AND LEVENMOUTH, where both habitat and informal recreation ...
www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/newsaug05.html
28 Aug 2005 – (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary) .... Roseburn Wildlife Corridor, a TRANQUIL GREEN ARTERY AND MUCH-USED CYCLE PATH and walkway? ...
www.scottish.parliament.uk › ... › Meeting Papers › Contents
11 Jan 2005 – The two surveys indicate how much Edinburgh citizens value the corridor as it is —a rare, TRAFFIC-FREE, GREEN ARTERY connecting many parts of
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Yes, this is definitely the one that fits. Of course there have been discussions for green arteries before, but not for this particular French way of saying, so I just didn't think of it. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Explanation: I get the impression that this phrase is talking about the roads/highways built through green areas, providing a green/rustic view to travellers/commuters etc.
Example sentence(s):
"The green route itineraries are used exclusively by cyclists and their sporting companions..."
Explanation: The official UK term for what seems to be an equivalent planning idea. www.greencorridor.org.uk/
"Support Green Corridor · Our values, vision + mission · Work with. Green Corridor · Projects; Get Involved; Learn New Skills; Get Qualifications; Sign Up Here ..."
dudley-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/planning/saap/saap-po?...
"This area provides an important green corridor (or "green lung") which is significant as both a connecting wildlife corridor (allowing the movement of ..."
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In the UK, a particular concern in implementing green corridors is the provision of wildlife corridors to enable wildlife to survive and expand its habitats in urban areas. They are also well-used by walkers.
B D Finch France Local time: 18:04 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 71
4 hrs confidence:
green artery
Explanation: A variation of the "green veins" already posted, admittedly, but just as a pénétrante is a feeder road, arterial route, or artery, so such an ecological space can be an artery.
annmariegamble.com/2011/09/the-raccoon-free-attic/
14 Sep 2011 – It's a LITTLE GREEN ARTERY INTO THE CITY, and it means that in addition to frat boys, I can spot woodchucks, opossums, raccoons, and even the ...
dictionary.sensagent.com/moses+gate+country+park/en-en/
English thesaurus is mainly derived from The Integral Dictionary (TID). .... Creating a GREEN ARTERY FROM THE CENTRE OF MANCHESTER to the West Pennine ...
fife.limehouse.co.uk/portal/mflp-pre-exam-mods?pointId=ID...
7 Modifications to Glossary .... It has the potential to provide a 'GREEN ARTERY' CONNECTING GLENROTHES AND LEVENMOUTH, where both habitat and informal recreation ...
www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/newsaug05.html
28 Aug 2005 – (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary) .... Roseburn Wildlife Corridor, a TRANQUIL GREEN ARTERY AND MUCH-USED CYCLE PATH and walkway? ...
www.scottish.parliament.uk › ... › Meeting Papers › Contents
11 Jan 2005 – The two surveys indicate how much Edinburgh citizens value the corridor as it is —a rare, TRAFFIC-FREE, GREEN ARTERY connecting many parts of
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Unless you want to invent "itinerartery".
xxxBourth Local time: 18:04 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 535
Grading comment
Yes, this is definitely the one that fits. Of course there have been discussions for green arteries before, but not for this particular French way of saying, so I just didn't think of it.
If you're going for parts of the body, I think "green lungs" would have been better:
The definition of greenspace www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/default.asp?
greenspaces are the 'green lungs' of our towns and cities contributing to improving people's physical and mental health by providing places for informal ...
Wendy Streitparth Local time: 18:04 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Reference information: "Les pénétrantes de verdure constituent le poumons d'une ville. Elles sont constituées par des grandes radiales de verdure qui relient les parcs urbains aux zones rurales." (www.vlp-aspan.ch/files/papers/cogato_penetrantes_ge.pdf, page 6)
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For a graphic representation of pénétrantes de verdure, please also refer to page 7 of the same file.
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