cheminée traversante

English translation: double-sided fireplace

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French term or phrase:cheminée traversante
English translation:double-sided fireplace
Entered by: Chris Hall

14:22 Apr 14, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: cheminée traversante
as a feature in a swanky hotel restaurant. I've seen pictures of a sort of standalone fireplace - or does it mean a fireplace serving two rooms...?
David BUICK
Local time: 08:06
double-sided fireplace
Explanation:
Source: http://www.fisa-sa.ch/catalogue-fisa-cheminee-insert-foyer-p...
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Chris Hall
Local time: 07:06
Grading comment
Thanks all. This is what I used.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3double-sided fireplace
Chris Hall
4 +2see-through fireplace
Evans (X)
4 +2double-sided fireplace
Carol Gullidge
3 +1room-dividing fireplace / divider / fireplace room divider
Claire Nolan
4back to back fireplace
Ben Lenthall
5 -2open fireplace
amchabot (X)
3two-way fireplace
Sarah Puchner


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
room-dividing fireplace / divider / fireplace room divider


Explanation:
Divider
from 19.000 SEK


The Vauni Divider has a clean shape to give the fire’s vitality maximum space and to inspire free placement in the room. As its name indicates, it is an ideal room-divider combining the transparency of hardened glass with the floating, unique body, which allows the fire to be viewed from all angles.

fireplace room divider
JONAS
stainless steell / powder-coated steel





    Reference: http://www.vauni.com/index.php/divider.html
    Reference: http://www.may-metall.de/pages/kamine_a.html
Claire Nolan
Local time: 02:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, though it can be just a fireplace cut through a normal wall
4 mins
  -> Thanks for the detail. Thank you, Tony!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
open fireplace


Explanation:
I think open fireplace is probably what I would call this, a sort of fireplace open on more than one side. That being said, it can be free standing in the middle of a room, or be the connection between two rooms.

amchabot (X)
United States
Local time: 02:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: doesn't an open fireplace just mean one which doesn't have a closed hearth behind glass or some such?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: But that would just translate an ordinary 'cheminée' or 'âtre'
3 mins

disagree  Madau: Open Fireplace is a traditional fireplace without insert inside. In French : "Cheminée à foyer ouvert" http://www.atryhome.com/cheminee-poele-insert/categorie/3/fo...
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
see-through fireplace


Explanation:
I think this is what they are called

nice picture here:

http://www.linternaute.com/femmes/decoration/salon/selection...

see-through fireplace

http://sicarius.typepad.com/fireplace_lowdown/2005/01/seethr...


Evans (X)
Local time: 07:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
1 min
  -> thanks, Tony

agree  kashew
1 hr
  -> cheers, kashew
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
double-sided fireplace


Explanation:
Source: http://www.fisa-sa.ch/catalogue-fisa-cheminee-insert-foyer-p...


Chris Hall
Local time: 07:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks all. This is what I used.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: you just beat me to it!
2 mins
  -> Many thanks Carol - much appreciated. Kind regards, Chris.

agree  Nora Mahony
18 hrs

agree  Madau: Beautiful Double sided fireplaces : http://www.atredesign.fr/index.php/catalogue-cheminee-insert...
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
double-sided fireplace


Explanation:
these seem to fit the bill (similar images)

Can either be installed in the middle of a room, or between 2 rooms


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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catharine Cellier-Smart: only by a minute !
9 hrs
  -> many thanks Catherine, although Chris was first past the post with the same answer!

agree  Madau: Beautiful double-sided fireplaces : http://www.atryhome.com/cheminee-poele-insert/produit/5588/f...
1447 days
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
two-way fireplace


Explanation:
Just in case the target audience is in the USA, this is how we say it over here.

Here are some Google image search results for the term "two-way fireplace"
http://bit.ly/98cbfV


Sarah Puchner
Local time: 01:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Hall: I have just researched it and "double-sided" is used in the USA, although not as commonly as in the UK.
2 mins
  -> I think the USA has a preference for the short & snappy - fewer syllables...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
back to back fireplace


Explanation:
This is certainly a common UK translation but I don't know about the US and Canada

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-14 15:36:12 GMT)
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This would be the normal UK translation for two fireplaces in a historic building sharing a common chimney serving two rooms divided by a wall but it is equally appropriate for two free-standing modern fireplaces sharing a common flue.

Ben Lenthall
France
Local time: 08:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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