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à peine taillée

English translation: roughly hewn

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French term or phrase:à peine taillée
English translation:roughly hewn
Entered by: JaneD

18:08 Apr 4, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Industrial heritage in an area of mountains and valleys
French term or phrase: à peine taillée
This is a tourist text about evidence of a previous industrial activity evidenced by remains of sawmills, grinding wheels, forges and mills near waterways in a picturesque region. There is a separate paragraph headed "A voir aussi" and the sentence that follows is:

En sortant des sentiers battus, on pourra découvrir à Prébuza des meules à peine taillée dans la roche (Chevenoz).

Thanks in advance.

Mark
Mark Radcliffe
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:10
roughly hewn
Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is referring to grindstones that have been partly shaped in the stone and left in situ in the quarry. In any case, the phrase is the same.
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JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 23:10
Grading comment
Thanks for your help Jane!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5roughly hewn
JaneD
5hardly carved
Patricia Urrutia
3used to be carved
Mark Nathan


Discussion entries: 2





  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
roughly hewn


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is referring to grindstones that have been partly shaped in the stone and left in situ in the quarry. In any case, the phrase is the same.

JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 23:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks for your help Jane!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claire Cox
34 mins
  -> Thanks Claire
agree  James Perry: Pity that "meules" and taillée" do not agree (plural) - source error?
1 hr
  -> Thanks James
agree  Stephen Schwanbeck
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Stephen
agree  John Holland
16 hrs
  -> Thanks John
agree  rkillings: Hmm. But "rough-hewn" is ~10x more common in English than "roughly hewn".
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thanks - I suppose it all depends how you are going to construct the English sentence!
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
used to be carved


Explanation:
...you can see where millstones used to be carved out of the rock.

I think it is millstones, not grindstones.

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 23:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hardly carved


Explanation:
a peine = hardly. It fits with the context. The author is saying that in that place you can see hardly carved on the rock.

Patricia Urrutia
Colombia
Local time: 16:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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