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circulação.

English translation: circulation area

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Portuguese term or phrase:circulação.
English translation:circulation area
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

23:57 Jul 26, 2009
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-07-30 00:54:04 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / buildings
Portuguese term or phrase: circulação.
it is a description of a building and when they describe the floors they say.

2° Pavimento - hall, circulação e 11 salas com banheiro de n°201 ....

how can I say circulação? by the way, I have no idea of what it is even in portuguese...

thanks
streeteiro
Local time: 01:45
circulation area
Explanation:
LSC Samuel Read Hall Library | Facebook LSC Samuel Read Hall Library · National Library Week. Celebrate Libraries! The Library is going back to basics with a display in the circulation area ...
www.facebook.com/pages/Lyndonville...Hall.../6484037169 - Cached - Similar -

Circulation Area Evening Chronicle Circulation Area · View article · Evening Gazette Circulation Area ... Pinchinthorpe Hall · Avanti Ristorante · The Josephine Resturant ...
www.whatsonne.co.uk/gb/the-journal-circulation-area - Cached - Similar -
[PDF] playfair_house v3 sp.indd - 4:11pmFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML

hall / circulation area, bathroom bedroom 1 bathroom entrance playfair house dollar metric imperial hall / circulation area. 4140 x 4500. 13'7'' x 14'9'' ...
andersonhomes.co.uk/.../playfair_house_web_brochure.pdf

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Note added at 54 mins (2009-07-27 00:52:30 GMT)
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ALSO

PASSAGEWAY
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:45
Grading comment
thanks a lot
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3circulation area
Marlene Curtis
4 +2hall
maria schettini
4movement
Michael Powers (PhD)
4circulation space
Silvia Aquino
3circulation
Adriana Maciel
Summary of reference entries provided
hallway / passageway
Enza Longo

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
movement


Explanation:
movement from one room to another or within rooms, possibly, too

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks.

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
circulation


Explanation:
sugestão

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
circulation space


Explanation:
Stairs, halls & landing....what architects term "circulation space".

Silvia Aquino
Brazil
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks a lot

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
circulation area


Explanation:
LSC Samuel Read Hall Library | Facebook LSC Samuel Read Hall Library · National Library Week. Celebrate Libraries! The Library is going back to basics with a display in the circulation area ...
www.facebook.com/pages/Lyndonville...Hall.../6484037169 - Cached - Similar -

Circulation Area Evening Chronicle Circulation Area · View article · Evening Gazette Circulation Area ... Pinchinthorpe Hall · Avanti Ristorante · The Josephine Resturant ...
www.whatsonne.co.uk/gb/the-journal-circulation-area - Cached - Similar -
[PDF] playfair_house v3 sp.indd - 4:11pmFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML

hall / circulation area, bathroom bedroom 1 bathroom entrance playfair house dollar metric imperial hall / circulation area. 4140 x 4500. 13'7'' x 14'9'' ...
andersonhomes.co.uk/.../playfair_house_web_brochure.pdf

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Note added at 54 mins (2009-07-27 00:52:30 GMT)
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ALSO

PASSAGEWAY

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 733
Grading comment
thanks a lot
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enza Longo: Hi Marlene - you answered a similar question a while back and you suggested 'passageway' which I much prefer to circulation area - See reference below where you posted your answer
23 mins
  -> Thanks Enza. That's true, I added the suggestion above.
agree  Bartat
9 hrs
  -> Grata!
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
12 hrs
  -> Grata Isabel Maria!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hall


Explanation:
In this case (commercial building, sounds me)it is the word most used.The word <hall> at the beginning of the sentence in portuguese could be changed to <lobby>.

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Note added at 1 hora (2009-07-27 01:32:31 GMT)
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the word "hall"at the beggining of the sentence in portuguese could be changed to "lobby"

maria schettini
Local time: 01:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
7 hrs
  -> obrigada, airmailrpl
agree  rhandler
13 hrs
  -> obrigada,rhandler
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Reference comments


38 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: hallway / passageway

Reference information:
see kudoz link


    Reference: http://por.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/architecture...
Enza Longo
Canada
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  jack_speak: Concordo com hallway. Creio que "hall" seria uma grande sala de reuniao.
30 mins
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