smalhusen
English translation: the apartment houses with 2 flats on each floor per staircase; Narrow block of houses
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|  Selected response from: Sven Petersson Sweden Local time: 13:56 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | the apartment houses with 2 flats on each floor per staircase |
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| 4 | maisonette |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1the apartment houses with 2 flats on each floor per staircase Explanation: :o) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2006-08-06 16:36:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalhus QED |
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Narrow block of houses Explanation: Norstedts/Wordfinder -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2006-08-06 22:27:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ever been to Vällingby? These are typically apartment buildings so you might consider narrow apartment blocks (AmEn), narrow terraced houses might be a British option for you. |
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16 hrs confidence:
maisonette Explanation: A common Br Eng term, meaning (acc to Oxford Dict) "a part of a house, block of flats, etc., forming separate living accommodation, usu. on two floors and having a separate entrance." Very near to where I live there is a row of maisonettes. They look like a typical terrace of small Victorian houses (and certainly not as light and airy as Swedish smalhus). Each house has two rather narrow front doors, one for the downstairs flat and one for the upstairs flat. See ref for a typical example oif a British maisonette. So maisonettes are probably the closest Br Eng equivalent, but I think you need to paraphrase the translation to explain the typically Swedish social aspects. I think I might paraphrase of something like "smalhus - roughly equivalent to a British maisonette". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2006-08-07 08:25:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Try also a very good picture (note 2 front doors) at http://www.movehomeonline.co.uk/homedisplay.asp?pid=12540216... Reference: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.look4apr... |
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