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Polish: ściana v mur

English translation: face of the wall







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Polish term or phrase:ściana v mur
English translation:face of the wall
Entered by:Joanna Lech
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Polish term or phrase: ściana v mur
To i to 'wall' ale jak się spotkają w jednym zdaniu, to trochę głupio wychodzi :o)

Inżynier sugeruje przekazanie pod projekt artystów pionową ścianę muru XYZ ......
Joanna Lech
Poland
Clarification request(s) and response
Andrzej Mierzejewski: 2:34pm Jan 2, 2008: Zapytaj autora, dlaczego akurat tak napisał.
Maciej B.: 4:23pm Jan 2, 2008: Ładne to zdanko, chyba inny inżynier pisał o koledze. Mógłby sobie porównać http://sjp.pwn.pl/lista.php?co=mur z http://sjp.pwn.pl/lista.php?co=%B6ciana zanim napisze "ściana muru".

face of the wall
Explanation:
propozycja

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Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.
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Rafal Szypulski
Poland
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4face of the wall
Rafal Szypulski
5 +1...a vertical plane of the wall...
Lota
5side of the wallSylwia Dziuba
4(wall) facadeEdyta Sawin
3 +1wall vs masonry wallbARBARA Marszalek
4sciana - face,plane; mur - brickwork,wallingTechWrite


  


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...a vertical plane of the wall...

Explanation:
normally, I would distinguish them by specifying what "mur" is made of: a brick wall, a stone wall, a mud wall, an adobe wall.

But here, a slightly more geometric description would do.

Lota
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish

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agree Polangmar
5 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
side of the wall

Explanation:
:)

Sylwia Dziuba
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
wall vs masonry wall

Explanation:
w zależności chyba jaki mur, ale jest coś takiego jak masonry wall, co prawda kojarzy mi się, z Rzymianami i kamiennymi murami, jeśli z cegieł to chyba jak ktos proponował po prostu brick wall, bo ściana moze być z płyty...

bARBARA Marszalek
Poland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree skisteeps: Chyba najbliższe prawdy, bo mur to ściana z cegły, bloków lub pustaków.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sciana - face,plane; mur - brickwork,walling

Explanation:
propozycje...

TechWrite
Israel
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(wall) facade

Explanation:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/facade

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....he is planning to designate the wall facade for .....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=...
many more links on google:)

Edyta Sawin
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
face of the wall

Explanation:
propozycja

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2008-01-03 19:46:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.


    Reference: http://www.google.pl/search?hl=pl&q=%22face+of+the+wall&lr=
Rafal Szypulski
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree PanPeter: sugerowałbym dodanie "brick" przed "wall" żeby uściślić, że to mur
3 mins
  -> Dziękuję.

agree allp
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree leff
17 hrs
  -> Dziękuję.

agree TechWrite: teraz zauważylam kontekst zdania... :) i ta odpowiedz jest najtrafniejsza w tym kontekście.
21 hrs
  -> Bardzo dziękuję.
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