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cuerpo murario

English translation: [streches] of wall


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Spanish term or phrase:cuerpo murario
English translation:[streches] of wall
Entered by: rich.
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18:51 Oct 25, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: cuerpo murario
Appears in the description of a building:

"La casa parte de un cuadrado de trece por trece metros rodeado en tres cuartas partes de su perímetro por bandas de cuerpos murarios."
Abunda Lingua
United States
Local time: 18:52
[streches] of wall
Explanation:
Having translated some documents by architects, I find that they love to over-decorate the descriptions of their creations, making for challenging translations. So I try to come up with equally decorative translations which can be a challenge, but in this case I think I'd simply go with "walls" or "stretches of wall".

Whole blocks lie hidden behind flat stretches of wall like in a typical South American village and the old-fashioned carts and cobbled streets help further set the scene.
http://www.santiagomagazine.cl/travel/00788-taste-old-santia...

Wall body or bodies or wall seems to be used in architecture.
The Walls are high enough so that the bodies of Wall and roof intersect. http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?printertop...
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rich.
Mexico
Local time: 20:52
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3[streches] of wall
rich.
5 -1stone body
Benjamin A Flores
3running wall structures
Jenni Lukac


Discussion entries: 4





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
stone body


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&qu...
Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 19:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  rich.: the first linguee example is "stone" because they are describing the Plaza de los Milagros, but what's to say this wall is made of stone?
36 mins
  -> I was going to say you are right but... @Abunda is translating http://es.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Casa_Moratiel and then in second 46 of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIqNelVuAXA&feature=related you see stones in the two walls surroundings
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
[streches] of wall


Explanation:
Having translated some documents by architects, I find that they love to over-decorate the descriptions of their creations, making for challenging translations. So I try to come up with equally decorative translations which can be a challenge, but in this case I think I'd simply go with "walls" or "stretches of wall".

Whole blocks lie hidden behind flat stretches of wall like in a typical South American village and the old-fashioned carts and cobbled streets help further set the scene.
http://www.santiagomagazine.cl/travel/00788-taste-old-santia...

Wall body or bodies or wall seems to be used in architecture.
The Walls are high enough so that the bodies of Wall and roof intersect. http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?printertop...

rich.
Mexico
Local time: 20:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rick Larg: or even 'sections' of wall. Careful with the T in stretches.
22 mins
  -> Oh yes, thanks for that Rick :)
agree  gallagy2: with Rick both points
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Gallagy
agree  Dr. Mara Huber
3 days11 hrs
  -> Thanks Mara
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
running wall structures


Explanation:
An idea based on the material provided. As both materials and technology were limited in 1956 when the house was built, the wall structures were made with a combination of materials (ashland cement, brick, etc.) that were later faced with various materials or painted. More on the house in this bilingual text, but nothing that links directly with the idea of "bandas" in this context. [PDF]
casas Iranzo y MMI
www.unav.es/arquitectura/documentos/publicaciones/pdfs/158....
The authors do talk about dividing the house into three "strips" but they don't use that term to describe the exterior walls, but rather to talk about sections or units (kitchen, living room, etc.).

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 03:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
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