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Wärmedämmverbundsystem

English translation: ETICS - external thermal insulation composite system

07:10 Jul 2, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
German term or phrase: Wärmedämmverbundsystem
I am translating a corporate statement of a building company. It has some illustrations of its work and two of them have captions with a few technical terms I can't find.
This picture shows a house with three floors with a flat roof with some kind of structure on it with what looks likes windows.
The full sentence is:
"Dieses Objekt wurde mit einer massiven Tragschale aus Kalksandstein in Verbindung met einem Wärmedämmverbundsystem errichtet (WDVS)."
Titia Dijkstra
Local time: 08:31
English translation:ETICS - external thermal insulation composite system
Explanation:
or just : composite thermal insulation system

Immobilien-Kosmos: Analysen und Berichte rund um die Immobilie
... Wärmedämmverbundsystem (WDVS), external thermal insulation composite system; ETICS. ... Wärmedämmverbundsystem, multilayer insulation system. ...
www.stalys.de/data/ww.htm
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 08:31
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4 +2ETICS - external thermal insulation composite system
Edith Kelly
4composite thermal insulation system
Robert Schlarb


  

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wärmedämmverbundsystem
ETICS - external thermal insulation composite system


Explanation:
or just : composite thermal insulation system

Immobilien-Kosmos: Analysen und Berichte rund um die Immobilie
... Wärmedämmverbundsystem (WDVS), external thermal insulation composite system; ETICS. ... Wärmedämmverbundsystem, multilayer insulation system. ...
www.stalys.de/data/ww.htm


    Reference: http://www.stalys.de/data/ww.htm
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 08:31
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 334
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gillian Scheibelein: I prefer your composite thermal insulation system, the external bit is superfluous
48 mins
agree  Steffen Walter: composite thermal insulation system
1 hr
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wärmedämmverbundsystem
composite thermal insulation system


Explanation:
Is the precise equivalent, although this long form is mostly used only in translations, reflecting the German penchant for Gründlichkeit.
In English-native texts one usually finds:
XXX thermal insulation system
XXX insulation system
insulation system
(XXX = proprietary name)


    Reference: http://www.eco-efficiency-conf.org/download/room3/rm3_ap3_ii...
Robert Schlarb
Local time: 08:31
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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