Sep 2, 2015 08:56
8 yrs ago
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German term
Works in: German to English, Italian to English, Dutch to English
löst den schwellenlosen Zugang.
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Als Gelenk zwischen Alt und Neu verbindet das Haupttreppenhaus alle Ebenen des Schulhauses, innen wie aussen, und löst den schwellenlosen Zugang.
Any ideas as to the possible meaning of "lösen" here? "Solves/resolves barrier-free access" doesn't make much sense to me, especially in connection with a staircase.
TIA.
Any ideas as to the possible meaning of "lösen" here? "Solves/resolves barrier-free access" doesn't make much sense to me, especially in connection with a staircase.
TIA.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | providing a solution for threshold-free access |
Michael Martin, MA
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| 4 +2 | resolving the issue of barrier-free access/passage |
Helen Shiner
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Proposed translations
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
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providing a solution for threshold-free access
or facilitating threshold-free access
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to you both. Apologies for not grading before now."
+2
8 hrs
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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254
resolving the issue of barrier-free access/passage
To follow up on my comment of this morning. I forgot to come back to this question.
More information on barrier-free access: http://www.tormax.co.uk/en/4/applications/tcomid_49.html If you click on the various links, you will find the various solutions on offer. And there's also a useful video demonstrating barrier-free passage, which might be exactly what is under discussion here.
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Note added at 13 days (2015-09-15 16:15:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Jackie, I'm perplexed that you would choose 'threshold-free', since it does not exist as a term, whereas 'barrier-free' is the accepted term of use. I'm not interested in the points at all, just don't understand when people ignore proper research and expertise.
More information on barrier-free access: http://www.tormax.co.uk/en/4/applications/tcomid_49.html If you click on the various links, you will find the various solutions on offer. And there's also a useful video demonstrating barrier-free passage, which might be exactly what is under discussion here.
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Note added at 13 days (2015-09-15 16:15:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Jackie, I'm perplexed that you would choose 'threshold-free', since it does not exist as a term, whereas 'barrier-free' is the accepted term of use. I'm not interested in the points at all, just don't understand when people ignore proper research and expertise.
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Though despite having found a picture, I have no idea how stairs could resolve this issue.
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It is certainly a weird sentence. I can only imagine there are some kind of ramps between the stairwells of the conjoining buildings, which, one would hope, also contain lifts of some kind. Maybe the context we don't have makes this clearer.
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Daniel Arnold (X)
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Thanks, Daniel
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