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terrain d'emprise

English translation: save/except the overall footprint reserved for...

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French term or phrase:terrain d'emprise
English translation:save/except the overall footprint reserved for...
Entered by: Ghyslaine LE NAGARD

09:39 Jul 5, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Social housing policy
French term or phrase: terrain d'emprise
This is an academic document dealing with social housing policy and urban planning in France. The sentence as a whole is ' l'OPHLM de la Ville est chargé de procéder à l'ensemble des acquisitions (amiables ou par voie d'expropriation), à l'exclusion des terrains d'emprises réservés aux équipements publics et des immeubles soumis à la procédure de restauration immobilière.
Annabel68
Local time: 05:32
save/except the overall footprint reserved for...
Explanation:
footprint = means the land/surface necessary for a particular project, this includes everything from surface needed for building but also roads, alleys, gardens, etc. whatever constitute the overall project.

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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
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2 +4land acquired for public purposes
hirselina
4 +2except for the land/parcels of land/areas allocated to public facilities
swanda
4save/except the overall footprint reserved for...
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
4except (for) the building plots reserved to public building schemes
Ellen Kraus


  

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save/except the overall footprint reserved for...


Explanation:
footprint = means the land/surface necessary for a particular project, this includes everything from surface needed for building but also roads, alleys, gardens, etc. whatever constitute the overall project.



Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
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neutral  Bourth (X): There are many cases where "emprise" carries a vital, specific meaning, but not here.
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land acquired for public purposes


Explanation:
Le Grand dictionnaire terminologique donne "land acquired for public purposes" et donne comme définition d'emprise " Prise de possession d'un terrain privé par une collectivité ou une entreprise publiques. "



EMPRISE (an-pri-z'), nf Terme de construction. Action de prendre une portion de terrain pour l'approprier à un objet quelconque.
http://littre.reverso.net/dictionnaire-francais/definition/e...

1. Emprise de terrain. Action de prendre par expropriation, spécialement des terrains indispensables à l'exécution de travaux d'intérêt public.




hirselina
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch

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agree  Helen Shiner
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agree  Bourth (X): No need to be anything like as (apparently) specific as the French.
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except for the land/parcels of land/areas allocated to public facilities


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swanda
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agree  Bourth (X): Yes, "land". No need to be anything like as (apparently) specific as the French.
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agree  arrathoonlaa
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except (for) the building plots reserved to public building schemes


Explanation:
just one more possibility

Ellen Kraus
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