ses murs en schiste ardoisier de la region

English translation: walls made from local slate (from the region)

13:17 Mar 12, 2012

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French term or phrase: ses murs en schiste ardoisier de la region

I know how to translate schiste and ardoise as individual words, but I was wondering whether there was a specific way of phrasing this in the building trade.

Karen Henry KudoZ activity Questions: 35 (1 open) (3 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 20
Local time: 20:07

English translation:walls made from local slate (from the region)

Explanation:
cf.

Ardoise
Schiste argileux, de couleurs diverses, qui se divise en feuillets minces et qu'on utilise à divers usages (principalement couverture des maisons, revêtement de sols, tablettes, crayons, etc.) :
http://www.cnrtl.fr

www.cmpb.net/fr/bertrix.php
L'ardoise est le terme usuel pour schiste ardoisier.

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Graham macLachlan
Local time: 20:07

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walls made from local slate (from the region)

Graham macLachlan

Solid walls of local slate

Dominic Snow

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walls made from local slate (from the region)

Graham macLachlan
Local time: 20:07
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Thanks Graham

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Asker: Thanks Graham

23 days confidence:

Solid walls of local slate

Explanation:
I think it is important to convey the fact that these walls are not clad with thin slate but made of hefty chunks of solid slate

Example sentence(s):

A simulation model was constructed and compared with real data from a renovated solid slate stone wall, insulated internally with hemp lime, and containing a control section of conventional dry lining using mineral wool.

Reference: http://www.passivhaustech.com/archive/wordpress/wp-content/u...

Dominic Snow
Local time: 19:07
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Native speaker of: English

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