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Holzbautischlerei

English translation: carpentry and joinery


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German term or phrase:Holzbautischlerei
English translation:carpentry and joinery
Entered by: Eszter Bokor
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19:38 Oct 18, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Tischlerei
German term or phrase: Holzbautischlerei
45 Jahre Erfahrung in der Holzbautischlerei: Jan Głodek gehört zu den Mitbegründern der polnischen Fensterbauindustrie und zeichnete als Technologe im Zentralen Institut für Bautischlerei u. a. für die Qualitätskontrolle in den Produktionsbetrieben verantwortlich.
Eszter Bokor
Austria
Local time: 00:37
carpentry and joinery
Explanation:
I think the terms should be Holzbau und Tischlerei. Or Holzbau/Tischlerei. Holzbau is carpentry or timber construction. Tischlerei is joinery in British English and cabinetmaking in US English.

A joiner differs from a carpenter in that joiners cut and fit joints in wood that do not use nails. Joiners usually work in a workshop since the formation of various joints generally requires non-portable machinery. A carpenter normally works on site. Cabinet makers who specialise in manufacturing furniture are regarded as producing fine joinery.
The "joinery" and "joiner" usage is obsolete in the USA, although the main carpenters' trade union still calls itself the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joiner
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:37
Grading comment
The client finally decided on "timber joinery", but Kim's answer was really helpful. Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4carpentry and joinery
Kim Metzger
3 +1carpentry
phoeberuth
3Wood construction carpentry
Murad AWAD
2wood construction carpentry
meirs


Discussion entries: 6





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
wood construction carpentry


Explanation:
or maybe "construction wood carpentry"


    Reference: http://dewey.petra.ac.id/lib_directory_subdir.php?kode=694
meirs
Local time: 01:37
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: Wood construction and carpentry are two different terms.
11 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Wood construction carpentry


Explanation:
http://dewey.petra.ac.id/lib_directory_subdir.php?kode=694
http://www.bau.net/pgm/woerterbuch/search.php?la=de&ch=hol


    Reference: http://www.zoonar.de/photo/holzbau-wood-construction-03_2721...
Murad AWAD
Local time: 01:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: Wood construction and carpentry are two different terms.
9 mins
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
carpentry and joinery


Explanation:
I think the terms should be Holzbau und Tischlerei. Or Holzbau/Tischlerei. Holzbau is carpentry or timber construction. Tischlerei is joinery in British English and cabinetmaking in US English.

A joiner differs from a carpenter in that joiners cut and fit joints in wood that do not use nails. Joiners usually work in a workshop since the formation of various joints generally requires non-portable machinery. A carpenter normally works on site. Cabinet makers who specialise in manufacturing furniture are regarded as producing fine joinery.
The "joinery" and "joiner" usage is obsolete in the USA, although the main carpenters' trade union still calls itself the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joiner


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1484
Grading comment
The client finally decided on "timber joinery", but Kim's answer was really helpful. Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: The article is actually about windows. Maybe I should give a bit more context. I will add a few more sentences from the text.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  phoeberuth: you beat me to it, really - if I'd seen your answer, I wouldn't have bothered adding mine!
3 mins
  -> Please visit my joinery https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=717ec8bc45ec3d14&id=717EC8BC4...
agree  Coqueiro
26 mins
neutral  Horst Huber: I am unconvinced by the parsing. The term is pleonastic, "Bautischlerei" is the term to translate, here the wood working trade as specialized on windows.
44 mins
  -> Why do you say it's about windows? Architectural joinery or finish carpentry would work for window construction.
agree  Andrew Swift: Convinced that the parsing is far from pleonastic.
2 hrs
agree  hazmatgerman
1 day18 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
carpentry


Explanation:
My gut feeling is that the one word says it all in English.

phoeberuth
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger: most appropriate!
20 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Oct 18, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)Engineering (general) => Construction / Civil Engineering


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