sparsely furnished

English translation: with sparse furniture

01:53 Jul 29, 2004

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Other

English term or phrase: sparsely furnished

There is a fourth room also. The bedding is warm and clean. The rooms are sparsely furnished and unvaccuumed. On balance though the hourse is warm and hygienic enough.

What is meant by sparsely furnished and unvaccuumed here? Thanks in advance for your help.

Geeta

Selected answer:with sparse furniture

Explanation:
sparse - very few pieces of furniture

room has not been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner in a while ->lot of dust

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 42 mins (2004-07-29 02:35:22 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

for warm - we do not have context about weather or temperature so we cannot say if it is literally warm in the room

but the house is warm implies for sure that it looks inviting and cosy - it maybe also well insulated but we do not know here

the bedding may have nice \"warm\" colors and look \"thick\" and comfortable, inviting - like a comforter.../quilt

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 45 mins (2004-07-29 02:38:37 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

but it has to be fairly warm in room, physically speaking as well.

Selected response from:

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 10:02

Grading comment

Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +9

little furniture - not very much furniture

Michael Powers (PhD)

5 +6

not much furniture

cjperera

3 +8

with sparse furniture

Jean-Luc Dumont

Furnished but minimum

humbird

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

little furniture - not very much furniture

Explanation:
It needs vacuuming - not that clean.

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 04:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

not much furniture

Explanation:
as stated above - there is some furniture, but not much.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 5 mins (2004-07-29 01:58:23 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

oh yes, unvaccummed, needs a cleaning for dust and so on. (should be no stains on the carpet, I guess)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 10 mins (2004-07-29 02:04:16 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

oh yes, unvaccummed, needs a cleaning for dust and so on. (should be no stains on the carpet, I guess)

cjperera
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

with sparse furniture

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: French

Grading comment

Thanks

1 hr confidence:

Furnished but minimum

Explanation:
I assume this is an apartment house and description of the rooms. What I surmise from the given description is as follows:
The entire place has small number of furniture pieces (indicated by "sparsely"); in the bedroom, bedding is good, having nice mattress and comforter so it will provide you warm and comfortable sleep, also clean; however floor may have dirt or trash so need vacuming; on the other hand ("on balance" it says) the house is on sunny side so it has plenty of sunlight (or well-insulated), also proper hygiene care is given (so there are no mosquites, rats, cockroachs, etc).
'Woops I don't know there is mosquitos in England, also I assume sunlight is rare, so the "warm" is in reference to insulation, I guess.

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

sparsely furnished

English translation: with sparse furniture

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

sparsely furnished

English translation: with sparse furniture

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language