contenitori a scomparsa modulabili

English translation: built-in modular storage units

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Italian term or phrase:contenitori a scomparsa modulabili
English translation:built-in modular storage units
Entered by: Paul O'Brien

11:27 Mar 8, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / interior design/materials
Italian term or phrase: contenitori a scomparsa modulabili
apparently modern day designers are not into fixed furnishings but prefer things like "movimenti possibili" and "contenitori a scomparsa modulabili".
Paul O'Brien
Argentina
Local time: 13:24
built-in modular storage units
Explanation:
Now, "built-in modular" gets a whole load of hits:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="built-in modular"&btnG...
and "modular storage units" does too:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="modular storage units"...
It's when you put the two together...
So, a small leap of faith would be required. But it does sound somehow right IMHO
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simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 18:24
Grading comment
went with this.
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built-in modular storage units


Explanation:
Now, "built-in modular" gets a whole load of hits:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="built-in modular"&btnG...
and "modular storage units" does too:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="modular storage units"...
It's when you put the two together...
So, a small leap of faith would be required. But it does sound somehow right IMHO

simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 18:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 143
Grading comment
went with this.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche: also found rollaway
39 mins
  -> Thanks Carroll; yes, rollaway might work. I thought of slideaway, but it got hardly any hits, so I abandoned the idea
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