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Edification d'une ceinture en beton ancree autour du caveau

English translation: construction of a tied-back concrete ring around the vault

20:39 Mar 26, 2008
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French term or phrase: Edification d'une ceinture en beton ancree autour du caveau
il s'agit d'une facture pour un monument funeraire.
Je cherche une traduction pour le mot "ceinture" et "ancree"
Merci
dominique gutierrez
Local time: 17:33
English translation:construction of a tied-back concrete ring around the vault
Explanation:
Not sure if this "ceinture" is like a wall (below ground level) or simple a "curb" at the ground level. "Ancrée" suggests it is a wall, or at least a structure of substantial depth that has to be tied back to the surrounding ground (with steel bars through the wall that extend a sufficient distance into the surrounding ground to prevent the thing caving in (presumably not so far as to penetrated into surrounding tombs, French graveyards being very close-packed as a rule!)
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 23:33
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I think you got the idea.
Merci beaucoup.
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3the creation of a concrete belt fixed around the tomb
Jack Dunwell
3construction of a tied-back concrete ring around the vault
Bourth (X)


  

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the creation of a concrete belt fixed around the tomb


Explanation:
A ceinture is a continuous concrete "belt" usually reinforced to " ferro-cement" which pulls structures together, stops roofs forcing walls outwards etc.

Jack Dunwell
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construction of a tied-back concrete ring around the vault


Explanation:
Not sure if this "ceinture" is like a wall (below ground level) or simple a "curb" at the ground level. "Ancrée" suggests it is a wall, or at least a structure of substantial depth that has to be tied back to the surrounding ground (with steel bars through the wall that extend a sufficient distance into the surrounding ground to prevent the thing caving in (presumably not so far as to penetrated into surrounding tombs, French graveyards being very close-packed as a rule!)

Bourth (X)
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 190
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I think you got the idea.
Merci beaucoup.
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