Apr 11, 2007 13:28
17 yrs ago
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French term
United States
Professionally Qualified Trans/Interp
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Spanish to English
paillasse
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
stairwells
I'm really just looking for confirmation on this one (unless, of course, I'm totally off course!)
Cages d'escaliers:
Sols: Peinture sur marches, contremarches et palier.
Murs: Revêtement plastique épais teinté dans la masse.
Plafonds et sous-face de la ***paillasse***: Revêtement plastique épais teinté dans la masse.
Désenfumage: Sans objet.
[Eclairage and Chauffage then follow as other sub-headings]
Now, I can't seem to find this as a definition for "paillasse" anywhere, but it seems logical to me that in this case, it refers to the underside of the stairs. Any thoughts, comments, am I crazy? Thanks!
Cages d'escaliers:
Sols: Peinture sur marches, contremarches et palier.
Murs: Revêtement plastique épais teinté dans la masse.
Plafonds et sous-face de la ***paillasse***: Revêtement plastique épais teinté dans la masse.
Désenfumage: Sans objet.
[Eclairage and Chauffage then follow as other sub-headings]
Now, I can't seem to find this as a definition for "paillasse" anywhere, but it seems logical to me that in this case, it refers to the underside of the stairs. Any thoughts, comments, am I crazy? Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | waist |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 | working bench |
Eric BILLY
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waist
The paillasse is an "ouvrage en béton armé constituant la paroi rampante porteuse d'une volée d'escalier monolithique. GB: waist, solid flight (of steps)" [DIcobat]. IOW, it's the side of the stairs. By extension here it does seem to mean the entire soffit of the stairs.
waist - The narrow part of a long object, in particular the least thickness of a reinforced concrete stair slab
[Scott/Penguin Dict of Bldg - in which the diagram shows the side of stairs]
waist
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Note added at 31 mins (2007-04-11 14:00:01 GMT)
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"Stair soffit" should do the trick.
waist - The narrow part of a long object, in particular the least thickness of a reinforced concrete stair slab
[Scott/Penguin Dict of Bldg - in which the diagram shows the side of stairs]
waist
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Note added at 31 mins (2007-04-11 14:00:01 GMT)
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"Stair soffit" should do the trick.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I went with "stair soffit" on this one - thanks!"
20 mins
Eric BILLY
Native in French
When quality and accuracy matter
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English
working bench
if this is related to a place to work as a lab or in a room in a research center then working bench will be a good way to translate it into english
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