föépítész

English translation: chief architect

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Hungarian term or phrase:föépítész
English translation:chief architect
Entered by: Eszter Bokor

10:57 Aug 22, 2007
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Verwaltung
Hungarian term or phrase: föépítész
Schneller István, Budapest volt föépítésze
Eszter Bokor
Austria
Local time: 09:58
chief architect
Explanation:
István Schneller, former Chief Architect of Budapest
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Sonia Soros
Local time: 09:58
Grading comment
közben "city engineer"-t találtam a neten, de magyarországon úgylátszik inkább a "chief architect"-et használják. köszi a segítséget!
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4 +5chief architect
Sonia Soros
5Senior Architect
moutassim elharith


  

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chief architect


Explanation:
István Schneller, former Chief Architect of Budapest


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Sonia Soros
Local time: 09:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
közben "city engineer"-t találtam a neten, de magyarországon úgylátszik inkább a "chief architect"-et használják. köszi a segítséget!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judit Darnyik
19 mins

agree  Levente Bodrossy Dr.
31 mins

agree  Eva Blanar
36 mins

agree  Iosif JUHASZ
1 hr

agree  juvera: Itt ez a helyes kifejezés, mert a város főépítészéről van szó, nem egy projekt vezető építészéről.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Senior Architect


Explanation:
The term senior is the most viable equivalent of the Hungarian word 'fo'.

moutassim elharith
Local time: 08:58
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  juvera: As an ex senior architect, I can say that although this is the general equivalent, it would not be right in the above context. :-)
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