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faux - plafond bureaux

English translation: suspended ceiling in offices

17:05 Mar 3, 2009

French to English translations [Non-PRO] Construction / Civil Engineering
French term or phrase: faux - plafond bureaux I'm translating a insurance report for a paper mill claiming against storm damage. In the section talking about the estimated costs of repair, I am struggling with 'faux - plafond bureaux': - faux - plafond bureaux - faux plafond métallique Thanks	LouC1482 KudoZ activity Questions: 516 (none open) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United Kingdom Local time: 10:27
English translation:suspended ceiling in offices Explanation: I would think...	Selected response from: Sandra Petch Local time: 11:27
Grading comment Thank you very much 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
4 +4	suspended ceiling in offices	Sandra Petch
4 +2	false ceiling	Johannes Gleim
4	false ceilings in offices / false office ceilings	Hattie Hill

Discussion entries: 1
Johannes Gleim suspended ceiling vs. false ceiling 18:02 Mar 3, 2009  Bauindustrie und öffentliches Bauwesen [COM] Vollständiger Eintrag EN suspended ceiling FR plafond suspendu http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do Note: sometimes also translated by faux plafond, but less often. Googles shows also less hits for suspended ceiling than for false ceiling. Automatic update in 00:

  

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3 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +4

suspended ceiling in offices Explanation: I would think...	Sandra Petch Local time: 11:27 Native speaker of: English
Grading comment Thank you very much
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  jmleger: office suspended ceilings 4 mins agree  Tamara Salvio: agree with Sandra's formulation 12 mins agree  Bashiqa: Perfect for UK 53 mins agree  Carlos Segura 1 hr
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false ceilings in offices / false office ceilings Explanation: "false ceiling" is another term for this	Hattie Hill Local time: 05:27 Native speaker of: English
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faux-plafond bureaux false ceiling Explanation: Another term used for faux plafond is "false ceiling". Note: No hyphen between faux and plafond. Bauindustrie [COM] Vollständiger Eintrag FR faux plafond DE Doppeldecke abgehaengte Decke EN intermediate ceiling suspended ceiling false ceiling http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc... Compare also: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/construction_civ... (DM/60956) False ceiling / Faux plafond Dépôts publiés selon l'Acte de 1960 / Deposits Published Under the 1960 Act http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/hague/key.jsp?KEY=DM/060956 It may also be necessary to cut and/or reinforce support joists to the false ceiling, Il est également très vraisemblable que les fixations du faux-plafond ne pourront être évitées http://www.krueger.ch/typo3temp/docs/146ff0235f1420fe6745361... Mounting the lift on a false ceiling Montage de la potence motorisée dans un faux plafond http://www.kindermann.de/kindermann.de/content/e135/e4444/e3... (approx. 1000 Google hits)	Johannes Gleim Local time: 11:27 Works in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 189
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman 2 hrs   -> Thank you! agree  swanda 14 hrs   -> Merci !
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