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caixa modernista

English translation: modernist box

11:06 Aug 20, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / General Report
Portuguese term or phrase: caixa modernista
O preto e branco contrasta com o verde da paisagem, assim como a forma e as linhas da casa são intencionalmente muito geométricas, criando um diálogo entre a floresta orgânica e a caixa modernista.
Mike Davison
Brazil
Local time: 01:19
English translation:modernist box
Explanation:
A description used in English too, to generally describe modernist design. I don't see any reason not to use the equivalent in English here.
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Evans (X)
Local time: 05:19
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Thanks a lot,
Mike
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4 +5modernist box
Evans (X)
5modernist "box"
Attreyus


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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
modernist box


Explanation:
A description used in English too, to generally describe modernist design. I don't see any reason not to use the equivalent in English here.

Evans (X)
Local time: 05:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thanks a lot,
Mike

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
13 mins
  -> thanks, Marlene
agree  Margarida Ataide
50 mins
  -> thanks, itineuropa
agree  JP Bigordá: This is exactly the same in English as in Portuguese, with all the same implications too.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks JuanPy
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Paulinho
agree  Attreyus: In this case the source material is referring to the linear, strictly non-organic nature of what it's considered a "typical" modernist building. In this case, you could use modernist "box", with quotation marks. I'm an architect.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Attreyus. Though I'm not sure the addition of inverted commas is called for any more in English than in the Portuguese.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
modernist "box"


Explanation:
There's a strong nuance of criticism implied when you use "caixa" to define a modernist building. I'm an architect.

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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2013-08-21 16:05:24 GMT)
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-> Maybe. I don't think anyone in the architecture field, be it in portuguese or english, would refer to a building as a box without connotations. For the general public is just the same I believe. Thanks.

Attreyus
Japan
Local time: 13:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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