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box avec prises électriques

English translation: garage with 2 power points

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French term or phrase:box avec prises électriques
English translation:garage with 2 power points
Entered by: Lara Barnett

10:21 Apr 29, 2019
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Real Estate / in an employee complaint
French term or phrase: box avec prises électriques
I know that this is normally used for electric power points, but I cannot believe that this large split-level apartment has only two points. So could this be referring to fuse boxes?

2 box avec prises électriques et une cave accompagnent le penthouse.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:05
garage with 2 power points
Explanation:
'Box' is a term used for garages (generally closed) or more rarely for parking spaces in underground garage spaces in appartment blocks.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-04-29 12:59:35 GMT)
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Now I read this more closely, it looks like '2 garages with power points', unless you have edited the original.
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Andrew Mason
France
Local time: 22:05
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5garage with 2 power points
Andrew Mason
42 garages with power points
AllegroTrans


Discussion entries: 5





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
garage with 2 power points


Explanation:
'Box' is a term used for garages (generally closed) or more rarely for parking spaces in underground garage spaces in appartment blocks.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-04-29 12:59:35 GMT)
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Now I read this more closely, it looks like '2 garages with power points', unless you have edited the original.

Andrew Mason
France
Local time: 22:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: oeuf corse. A box basically always means a garage (usually but not always closed/locked) -a space is usually an emplacement.
30 mins
agree  philgoddard: http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/Box
33 mins
agree  Tony M: And sometimes this kind of 'box' is simply a lockable cage for your car. 'Box' as in the sense of a 'stall' in a stable.
2 hrs
agree  Ph_B (X): with "2 garages with power points" + re: discussion, for information: En partic. [Dans un hôpital] Compartiment qui assure dans une salle d'hôpital l'isolement du malade.
3 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
6 hrs
neutral  rokotas: How about the number 2 before the word 'box'? Maybe Allegro's answer is more correct? Sorry, Andrew. I read your correction just after writing my comment.
20 hrs
  -> Yes, I noticed this and made the correction in an addition to the original answer.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
2 box avec prises électriques
2 garages with power points


Explanation:
Cannot see how this can be "2 power points"

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Andrew has already corrected himself.
1 hr
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