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water features

French translation: aménagements aquatiques

21:06 Jul 20, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Architecture / description of a house and it's surroundings
English term or phrase: water features
In a document describing a couple's home in detail in order to determine if it will be suitable for them to have adopted children living there:

"A unique feature of the home is that there is a separate area attached to the side of the house which can be used as an office. Their backyard is large and half fenced. There are no water features in the yard."

From experience with these documents, I believe they are referring to the fact that there is no swimming pool or sprinkler system, and there are no swampy areas or "water-related" things that could possibly make the area unsafe for children playing back there.
Mimi7
Local time: 11:28
French translation:aménagements aquatiques
Explanation:
See web link please
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meaulnes (X)
Local time: 19:28
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for your replies.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2décorations aquatiques
jmleger
4 +2aménagements aquatiques
meaulnes (X)
4plan d'eau
Layla de Chabot
3 +1jeux d'eau / fontaines
Mehdi Caps
4points d'eau
Marion Feildel (X)
4pièce d'eau
Heidi Wecxsteen
1installation d'ornement à eau
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
Plaquette pour assistants maternels (sécurité des enfants)
Jocelyne Cuenin

  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
plan d'eau


Explanation:
Dans ce contexte, le terme assez général "plan d'eau" me semble bien convenir.


    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=574837
Layla de Chabot
France
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mehdi Caps: J'y ai tout d'abord pensé, mais je crois que c'est beaucoup plus artificiel et sophistiqué que ça.
1 min
neutral  Tony M: Too specific.
7 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
jeux d'eau / fontaines


Explanation:
http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=613&...

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-07-20 21:14:34 GMT)
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J'espère que vous verrez les mêmes photos que moi, parce que c'est magnifique.

Mehdi Caps
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Once again, too specific; since there aren't any of these things, it really does need to be kept as general as the s/t. / Could you call a fish-pond ('bassin' ?) a 'jeu d'eau'?
8 mins
  -> 'Fontaines' is specific but 'jeux d'eaux' is not, in my opinion. // Not really, hehe.
agree  spilhion: J'habite à Singapour et tous les condominiums ont des jeux d'eaux ou water features. Jeux d'eau est la traduction la plus appropriée à mon sens. Elle reprend le caractère générique de l'anglais et n'est pas technique. Cf aussi les jeux d'eau de Versailles
1 hr
  -> Merci. Dépaysant. :)
neutral  meaulnes (X): I fully agree with Tony.
7 hrs
  -> Oui, je crois que vous avez trouvé un bon terme, très général.
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
water feature
installation d'ornement à eau


Explanation:
I really don't know if one can express it this way in FR, but I believe this at least conveys the right idea, perhaps someone could correct the wording for me.

A 'water feature' is usually something specifically decorative rather than functional — I suppose a swimming pool could loosely be included (though I feel sure that would probably have been mentioned separately, and is in any case subject to specific safety regulations).

So this wouldn't include garden hoses or sprinklers, for example — but it would include fish-ponds, waterfalls, ornamental wells, fountains, bird-baths, etc. etc.

To keep the translation as general and all-embracing as the s/t, I think that something like 'installation' is necessary here.

Tony M
France
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  meaulnes (X): I think the wordings used by professionals are "aménagements paysagers" for anything aiming at making a garden beautiful and "aménagements aquatiques" for "water features" specifically. The word "aménagement" being very general.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Meaulnes! Yes, I think you've found the correct term to be used here.
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
décorations aquatiques


Explanation:
one of my clients used to sell ponds and fountains

jmleger
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 hrs
agree  Delphine Dorritt
7 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
aménagements aquatiques


Explanation:
See web link please


    Reference: http://www.sint.fr/amenagements_aquatiques_et_autres_etudes....
meaulnes (X)
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for your replies.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
3 hrs
  -> Merci Tony.
agree  piazza d
18 hrs
  -> Merci.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
points d'eau


Explanation:
"TOUT POINT D'EAU PRESENTE UN DANGER POTENTIEL POUR LES ENFANTS NOTAMMENT S'ILS SONT TRES JEUNES ET NE SAVENT PAS NAGER.
ATTENTION, UN ENFANT PEUT SE NOYER EN MOINS DE 3 MINUTES DANS 20 CENTIMETRES D'EAU."

"apreghen.pagesperso-range.fr/.../SecuritePiscinesNoteTechniquePRE.doc
Risques de noyade : TOUT POINT D'EAU PRESENTE UN DANGER POTENTIEL POUR LES ENFANTS ... Elle constitue un obstacle physique entre l'enfant et le bassin sous ..."

"To keep your child safe outdoors, keep the following tips in mind: •Any water feature presents particular dangers. This includes pools, spas, standing buckets of water and fountains or decorative ponds. Add barriers andchildproof covers to keep your child safe."

Example sentence(s):

    Reference: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29324699/Dangers-in-the-Home-Hando...
Marion Feildel (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 20:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 32
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pièce d'eau


Explanation:
...just another idea...

Heidi Wecxsteen
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Reference comments


11 hrs
Reference: Plaquette pour assistants maternels (sécurité des enfants)

Reference information:
Puisque c'est difficile de trouver un terme générique, il faudrait peut-être chercher à rendre les sources potentielles de danger par noyade.
Dans cette plaquette, on a regroupé en gros les sources de danger en piscines, plans d'eau et autres lieux pouvant entraîner la noyade
(voir dernier point)
PISCINES ET PLAN D’EAU
UN ENFANT PEUT SE NOYER DANS 15 CM D’EAU !
LES NOYADES CONSTITUENT LA SECONDE CAUSE DE DÉCÈS
DES JEUNES ENFANTS (APRÈS LES ACCIDENTS DE LA ROUTE).
LA SURVEILLANCE DOIT ETRE PERMANENTE.

POUR TOUTE PISCINE ENTERREE OU HORS-SOL Le dispositif homologué retenu est une barrière d’au moins
1,20 m de hauteur avec portillon muni d’un système de
verrouillage impossible à ouvrir par un enfant
- espacement des barreaux verticaux inférieur à 9 cm -
Les alarmes sonores ne sont pas considérées comme
une protection suffisante dans le cadre de l’exercice de
la profession d’assistant maternel ou familial.
Voir la loi du 3 janvier 2003 et le décret du 7 juin 2004.

LES PISCINES GONFLABLES non protégées
doivent être vidées après utilisation (hygiène et sécurité).

AUTRES PLANS D’EAU et PUITS DE JARDIN
Bassins à poissons, mares, ruisseaux, citernes, récupérateurs
d’eau de pluie, puits doivent être protégés ou rendus
inaccessibles.

www.cg74.fr/download/site.../plaquette-securite-assist-fami...

Jocelyne Cuenin
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you, that's helpful.

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