Nov 6, 2006 18:11
17 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
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Native in: Italian
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leggibilità
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
Questa negatività è comunque in parte smorzata dai risultati ottenuti: la ***leggibilità di importanti monumenti*** con la possibilità di comprenderne gli spazi, le dimensioni e il ruolo che rivestivano nel loro passato glorioso.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | intelligibility |
Giles Watson
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| 4 +1 | legibility |
Ivana UK
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Proposed translations
9 mins
Selected
intelligibility
"Intelligibility" is as close as you are likely to get and is widely used in architectural contexts.
HTH
Giles
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-11-06 18:30:28 GMT)
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According to Ivana's glossary, "legibility" seems to be restricted to the comprehensibility of the monument in its actual physical context. Umberto needs a more general term that includes historical contextualisation.
FWIW
G.
HTH
Giles
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-11-06 18:30:28 GMT)
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According to Ivana's glossary, "legibility" seems to be restricted to the comprehensibility of the monument in its actual physical context. Umberto needs a more general term that includes historical contextualisation.
FWIW
G.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Mi sembra che la traduzione di Giles vada bene in quel contesto. Grazie anche a te Ivana per l'ottimo suggerimento!"
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7 mins
legibility
Hi Umberto,
I'd stick with a literal translation here - you'll see the term is often used in relation to architecture:
Glossary & Abbreviations. Glossary of Terms ... and the identity of an area. Legibility. The degree to which a place is planned, can ... 57. AUU. Architecture and Urbanism Unit of the GLA ...
www.croydon.gov.uk/environment/dcande/UDP/spgs/carsdocrep/g...
. The Department of Architecture is happy to invite you to its Public Lecture Series 2006/07 on ... as; no place identity, low legibility, no sense of orientation, wrong' definition ...
www.strath.ac.uk/architecture/news.html
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-11-06 18:24:03 GMT)
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This is a much better definition:
The degree to which a place can be easily understood by its users
and the clarity of the image it presents to the wider world.
Legibility
http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/creating-places-appendix-9.pdf
I'd stick with a literal translation here - you'll see the term is often used in relation to architecture:
Glossary & Abbreviations. Glossary of Terms ... and the identity of an area. Legibility. The degree to which a place is planned, can ... 57. AUU. Architecture and Urbanism Unit of the GLA ...
www.croydon.gov.uk/environment/dcande/UDP/spgs/carsdocrep/g...
. The Department of Architecture is happy to invite you to its Public Lecture Series 2006/07 on ... as; no place identity, low legibility, no sense of orientation, wrong' definition ...
www.strath.ac.uk/architecture/news.html
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-11-06 18:24:03 GMT)
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This is a much better definition:
The degree to which a place can be easily understood by its users
and the clarity of the image it presents to the wider world.
Legibility
http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/creating-places-appendix-9.pdf
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