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affouiller

English translation: to excavate

20:30 Sep 4, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
French term or phrase: affouiller
Context:

Sont accessoires aux parties communes:

• le droit de surélever un bâtiment affecté a l'usage commun comportant plusieurs locaux qui constituent des parties privatives afférentes ou d'en affouiller le sol,

• le droit d'édifier des bâtiments nouveaux dans des cours, parcs ou jardins constituant des parties communes,

• le droit d'affouiller de tels cours, parcs ou jardins,

• le droit de mitoyenneté afférent aux parties communes.
Neal Allen
United States
Local time: 00:04
English translation:to excavate
Explanation:
Not a native but there is more in affouiller than just digging (creuser) it's digging and potentially "doing things" below the ground... removing ground, building...

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patrickfor
France
Local time: 09:04
Grading comment
Thank you, Patrick.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5disturbance
kashew
3 +1to excavate
patrickfor
3dig the ground
Daryo


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
affouiller le sol
dig the ground


Explanation:

"Droit de surélever un bâtiment affecté à l'usage commun ou comportant plusieurs locaux qui constituent des parties privatives différentes, ou d'en affouiller (ou creuser) le sol, ...."
http://www.hellolife.fr/article/copropriete-qui-fait-quoi-da...

OTOH there might be some more technical term

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 88
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to excavate


Explanation:
Not a native but there is more in affouiller than just digging (creuser) it's digging and potentially "doing things" below the ground... removing ground, building...



patrickfor
France
Local time: 09:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Patrick.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: sounds better
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Daryo!
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
disturbance


Explanation:
https://www.aer.ca/…undDisturbance_presentation.pdf
Definitions. Ground Disturbance any activity disturbing the ground, including: excavating digging trenching plowing. Drilling tunneling quarrying grading leveling.

kashew
France
Local time: 09:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 509

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: https://www.aer.ca/documents/directives/GroundDisturbance_pr... possibly "Ground Disturbance", but certainly not "Disturbance" on its own - would be ways too ambiguous
22 hrs
  -> Of course - that comes out in the translation.
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