Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pan coupé
English translation:
canted/cant wall
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Mar 31, 2003 18:56
21 yrs ago
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French term
plans coupés
French to English
Tech/Engineering
architecture, 1950, France
"L’architecture des années 50 marque le centre-ville et les grandes artères. Un style architectural très intéressant, sans angle droit, où se dessinent beaucoup de **plans coupés**, de **plans en arrondis*, plusieurs corniches et quelques colonnes."
I'm having trouble visualizing this. I think "plan" here means "surface" and that "plans en arrondis" could be rendered by "curved surfaces." I'd appreciate confirmation of that, as well as any help you might offer on "plans coupés."
I'm having trouble visualizing this. I think "plan" here means "surface" and that "plans en arrondis" could be rendered by "curved surfaces." I'd appreciate confirmation of that, as well as any help you might offer on "plans coupés."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | canted walls |
Florence Bremond
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| 5 | cut corners |
Gayle Wallimann
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| 4 +1 | cut or sectioned planes |
Parrot
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| 4 +1 | splay; cant wall |
Eleonor
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| 5 | cant/-ed wall |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
+4
24 mins
Florence Bremond
France
France
Native in French
France
Art of the French language
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French
Related KudoZ points
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753
Selected
canted walls
The right word in French is Pan (without l) coupé (very common confusion)
I'm not completely certain about the English though -
PAN COUPE Position d’un panneau implanté en biais par rapport à la chaussée. On peut considérer qu’un panneau est pan -coupé lorsqu’il n’est plus perpendiculaire mais que son biais, relativement à l’axe, n’est pas inférieur à 5%.
http://www.dauphin-affichage.com/lexique.htm#p
Pan coupé
Surface élevée à l'angle de deux murs, oblique par rapport à eux ( remplace leur réunion à angle droit ou aigu)
http://www.ac-toulouse.fr/histgeo/monog/stbertr/glossair.htm
Canted walls and vivid colors break the monotony of space into three main spatial divisions: offices, meeting rooms and utility functions.
http://northwest.construction.com/NWCN/NWCN-Dec02/NWbestofWA...
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Note added at 2003-03-31 19:25:07 (GMT)
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\"Canted walls and generous curved forms define public and meeting areas, breaking up the grid and pushing into perimeter circulation areas.\"
http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2002_Design_Award...
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Note added at 2003-03-31 19:37:07 (GMT)
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And btw \"plan arrondi\" is possible only if the edge is rounded or circular - which is probably not what is meant here (yes, probably a curved surface) - it should be \" des surfaces arrondies\" or \"des courbes\" fi.
I'm not completely certain about the English though -
PAN COUPE Position d’un panneau implanté en biais par rapport à la chaussée. On peut considérer qu’un panneau est pan -coupé lorsqu’il n’est plus perpendiculaire mais que son biais, relativement à l’axe, n’est pas inférieur à 5%.
http://www.dauphin-affichage.com/lexique.htm#p
Pan coupé
Surface élevée à l'angle de deux murs, oblique par rapport à eux ( remplace leur réunion à angle droit ou aigu)
http://www.ac-toulouse.fr/histgeo/monog/stbertr/glossair.htm
Canted walls and vivid colors break the monotony of space into three main spatial divisions: offices, meeting rooms and utility functions.
http://northwest.construction.com/NWCN/NWCN-Dec02/NWbestofWA...
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Note added at 2003-03-31 19:25:07 (GMT)
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\"Canted walls and generous curved forms define public and meeting areas, breaking up the grid and pushing into perimeter circulation areas.\"
http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2002_Design_Award...
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Note added at 2003-03-31 19:37:07 (GMT)
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And btw \"plan arrondi\" is possible only if the edge is rounded or circular - which is probably not what is meant here (yes, probably a curved surface) - it should be \" des surfaces arrondies\" or \"des courbes\" fi.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you so much! I never would have realized that "plans" should be "pans" if I hadn't asked the question here. You explanation and examples has made it completely clear."
6 mins
Gayle Wallimann
Native in English
American in Provence
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1213
cut corners
Plans coupés is cut corners and plans arrondis is curved surfaces.
Reference:
+1
16 mins
cut or sectioned planes
I'll admit this had me baffled (working a lot in architecture, plans for me are floor plans and coupes are sections, which is the way they usually appear in the literature). However, another meaning of "plan" is plane, and in the post art-deco architecture of the '50s, this makes sense, particularly in conservative institutional structures (not skyscraper types).
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Florence Bremond
: you're completely right about plan c. being a section - the French word here should be "pan"
10 mins
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+1
38 mins
splay; cant wall
c'est effectivement "pan" en F
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Note added at 2003-03-31 19:38:40 (GMT)
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Pour les \"pan arrondis\", je mettrai curved walls.
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Note added at 2003-03-31 19:38:40 (GMT)
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Pour les \"pan arrondis\", je mettrai curved walls.
13 hrs
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native in English
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4638
cant/-ed wall
Post-grading. Sources which may come in useful on further jobs.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/401524
pan coupé (architecture)
cant wall, splay
In addition to “cantED wall”, which gets more hits on the web, my personal architecture dictionaries give “cant wall”. One dico also gives “jerkinhead” and “clipped gable” (Am. Eng.). “Splay” is also listed. I’ve listed the dictionaries below in case you find yourself doing other architectural jobs and need some standard reliable paper references to hand.
http://www.marcus-beale.co.uk/pages/2071.html
Rear elevation: this elevation, currently in poor structural condition, becomes an internal wall. The existing coping is replaced in reconstituted stone. The existing cant wall in 4.5” brickwork from second floor upwards is removed. Elsewhere existing openings in the rear wall are retained.
www.sloaneconstruction.com/schedule html/ 5-30-01.html
Dictionary sources :
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Ernest Burden, Ed., McGraw Hill, Second Ed.
(ISBN 0-07-137529-5)
Dictionnaire d’Architecture & Construction, J.R. Forbes, Ed. Lavoisier Publishing.
(ISBN 2-7430-0010-4)
Dictionnaire d’Architecture et batîment, Dogan Hasol, Ed. Le Moniteur.
(ISBN 2-281-11169-5)
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/401524
pan coupé (architecture)
cant wall, splay
In addition to “cantED wall”, which gets more hits on the web, my personal architecture dictionaries give “cant wall”. One dico also gives “jerkinhead” and “clipped gable” (Am. Eng.). “Splay” is also listed. I’ve listed the dictionaries below in case you find yourself doing other architectural jobs and need some standard reliable paper references to hand.
http://www.marcus-beale.co.uk/pages/2071.html
Rear elevation: this elevation, currently in poor structural condition, becomes an internal wall. The existing coping is replaced in reconstituted stone. The existing cant wall in 4.5” brickwork from second floor upwards is removed. Elsewhere existing openings in the rear wall are retained.
www.sloaneconstruction.com/schedule html/ 5-30-01.html
Dictionary sources :
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Ernest Burden, Ed., McGraw Hill, Second Ed.
(ISBN 0-07-137529-5)
Dictionnaire d’Architecture & Construction, J.R. Forbes, Ed. Lavoisier Publishing.
(ISBN 2-7430-0010-4)
Dictionnaire d’Architecture et batîment, Dogan Hasol, Ed. Le Moniteur.
(ISBN 2-281-11169-5)
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