zimmermannsmäßig
English translation: specialist wooden construction
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| 06:21 May 20, 2002 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Buildings, in particular roofs | |||||||
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| 4 | specialist (standard, professional) wooden construction |
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| 4 | woodwork style / carpentry style / carpentered |
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| 4 | wooden mansard loft |
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21 mins confidence: 
specialist (standard, professional) wooden construction Explanation: I don't think we can refer to the carpenter here, but maybe we can describe like my above suggestion: specialist wooden construction professional wooden construction standard wooden construction traditional wooden construction (can be misleading, but might fit the context) |
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22 mins confidence:
woodwork style / carpentry style / carpentered Explanation: Zimmermann = carpenter Mansarde = attic An attic construction in a carpentered style (carpentry style). Somehow, the above does not sound right to me in USA English. Carpentry is not usually a style. Woodwork is a construction style. So maybe "carpentered woodword style" is along but better solution. |
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34 mins confidence:
wooden mansard loft Explanation: In English, the "construction" is redundant". "Mansard" is not a word in common use, but is certainly used by builders and estate agents. 20 years ago I would have avoided loft, if it´s supposed to be high-value, but (like Dach) the word has upvalued a lot in recent times. But attic is to be avoided - it has implications of small, dark, dusty and impoverished. My inclination is to leave the carpenter out of it, he is included in "wooden", but you could say "carpentered mansard loft". I notice that I prefer a string of adjectives to an "in ... " phrase, I think it´s more English that way. |
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