хоризонтално членение

English translation: horizontal disposition

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Bulgarian term or phrase:хоризонтално членение
English translation:horizontal disposition
Entered by: Pavel Tsvetkov

06:14 Apr 18, 2008
Bulgarian to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Bulgarian term or phrase: хоризонтално членение
Сградата е със съвременна архитектура, с подчертано хоризонтално членение, следва линията на терена и плавно се издига нагоре.
A. Petrunova
Bulgaria
Local time: 05:39
[with a pronounced/marked] horizontal disposition
Explanation:
Позволявам си да го преведа по този начин, тъй като в конкретния текст фразата следва да се разбира като коментар на цялостния изглед като архитектурна проекция на преобладаващата ориентация в разположението на отделните части (сградата е решена визуално в хоризонтален, а не във вертикален план).

disposition =

d. Arch., etc. The due arrangement of the several parts of a building, esp. in reference to the general design: see quots.
1624 Wotton Archit. (1672) 14, I may now proceed to the Disposition thereof [i.e. of the matter], which must form the Work. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Disposition+in Architecture, is the just placing of all the several Parts of a Building, according to their proper Order. c1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 115 Disposition; a draught or drawing representing the several timbers that compose the frame of the ship, so that they may be properly disposed with respect to the ports, &c. 1876 Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss., Disposition, one of the essentials of architecture. It is the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view). 1886 Willis & Clark Cambridge III. 247 The general inclosure within walls, the disposition into courts+all have their analogies+in the monastic buildings.

as defined in OED .

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Summary of answers provided
4horizontal segmentation (division)
Trufev
4to (horizontally) partition
Christo Metschkaroff
4[with a pronounced/marked] horizontal disposition
Pavel Tsvetkov
3landscape spread; horizontally spread structures/sections
natasha stoyanova


  

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horizontal segmentation (division)


Explanation:
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Trufev
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landscape spread; horizontally spread structures/sections


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natasha stoyanova
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to (horizontally) partition


Explanation:
A building ... , horizontally well partitioned, follows the shape/landscape and ascends smoothly

Christo Metschkaroff
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[with a pronounced/marked] horizontal disposition


Language variant: [with a pronounced/marked] horizontal arrangement/variation

Explanation:
Позволявам си да го преведа по този начин, тъй като в конкретния текст фразата следва да се разбира като коментар на цялостния изглед като архитектурна проекция на преобладаващата ориентация в разположението на отделните части (сградата е решена визуално в хоризонтален, а не във вертикален план).

disposition =

d. Arch., etc. The due arrangement of the several parts of a building, esp. in reference to the general design: see quots.
1624 Wotton Archit. (1672) 14, I may now proceed to the Disposition thereof [i.e. of the matter], which must form the Work. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Disposition+in Architecture, is the just placing of all the several Parts of a Building, according to their proper Order. c1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 115 Disposition; a draught or drawing representing the several timbers that compose the frame of the ship, so that they may be properly disposed with respect to the ports, &c. 1876 Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss., Disposition, one of the essentials of architecture. It is the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view). 1886 Willis & Clark Cambridge III. 247 The general inclosure within walls, the disposition into courts+all have their analogies+in the monastic buildings.

as defined in OED .

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Note added at 4 days (2008-04-22 08:28:50 GMT) Post-grading
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Благодаря за избора!

Pavel Tsvetkov
Bulgaria
Local time: 05:39
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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