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disposti di testa e di taglio

English translation: laid in stretchers and headers

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Italian term or phrase:	disposti di testa e di taglio
English translation:	laid in stretchers and headers
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17:57 Jul 13, 2008

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Art/Literary - Archaeology / description of masonry

Italian term or phrase: disposti di testa e di taglio

Not much context. Description of ruins of an ancient town from the Hellenistic-Roman period. Any ideas on how to put this in English?

Procedendo verso nord, si supera il possente muraglione di blocchi calcarei squadrati, ***disposti di testa e di taglio***, accuratamente lavorati a bugnato sul lato a vista.

Thanks!

simon tanner KudoZ activity Questions: 177 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 819 Italy
Local time: 01:42

laid in stretchers and headers

Explanation:
that would be the precise (though perhaps slightly too technical in this context?) way of saying it.

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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:42

Grading comment

thanks Tom, perfect in this context.l The text is intended both for scholars and the general 'educated reader', so I don't think it's too technical
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

orthostats and bondstones

Antarie

laid in stretchers and headers

Tom in London

3 +1

edgewise/edgeways/sidelong/sideways/transversally

Alessandra Renna

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44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

di taglio edgewise/edgeways/sidelong/sideways/transversally

Explanation:
di testa: straight (?), sagittally

Alessandra Renna
Local time: 01:42
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks Alessandra. Definitely the sense, but needed something a bit more technical

14 hrs confidence:

laid in stretchers and headers

Explanation:
that would be the precise (though perhaps slightly too technical in this context?) way of saying it.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 39

Grading comment

thanks Tom, perfect in this context.l The text is intended both for scholars and the general 'educated reader', so I don't think it's too technical

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

orthostats and bondstones

Language variant: stretchers and headers

Explanation:
From http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_quadrata

- blocchi "di taglio" = a vista il lato di lunghezza maggiore;
- blocchi "di testa" = a vista il lato di lunghezza minore, mentre il lato maggiore si estende nello spessore del muro.

The first ones are called orthostats, the second one seem to be called bondstones, as you can see in this previous proz question:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/construction_ci...

They also seem to be respectively called "stretchers" and "headers".
(From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_quadratum )

Hope this helps. =]

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-13 19:12:15 GMT)
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Or, if you don't want to use technical terms, you could simply say:

"arranged so that either their longer or shorter side shows on the face of the wall"

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Note added at 5 days (2008-07-19 10:13:40 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem! His answer did look better. ;)

S.

Antarie
Local time: 01:42
Native speaker of:

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks very much Antarie for your time and research. In the end gave points to Tom because his answer was more precise, and 'laid' worked better than 'arranged'. Wish I could have given you both points!

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