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parking en infrastructure

English translation: underground car park

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French term or phrase:parking en infrastructure
English translation:underground car park
Entered by: Charlotte Allen

17:48 May 6, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Real Estate / Mortgage document
French term or phrase: parking en infrastructure
"Un parking en infrastructure, comportant cinq niveaux de sous-sols, situé principalement sous le « Grand Ilot » et la rue XXX, et en débordement sous le « Petit Ilot »"

I'm not sure exactly what this means...
Charlotte Allen
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:09
integral underground parking
Explanation:
For a mortgage, it probably does matter that this is under the building and not somewhere else. However, it may or may not be treated as "private" and it could even be partly non-private.

".. Old Tolbooth Wynd and the company's new development on the old Brown Brothers site at Broughton Road have integral underground parking. ..."
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is.../ai_n13956562/ -

"Rem Koolhaas went a step further than just an integral underground parking garage, but an integral curved ground level. ...
academics.ewi.tudelft.nl/..."/Proceedings%20UD%202003%20-%20R.Sebastian.pdf

"... safe for storing small valuables, secure entryphone system and integral underground parking. The building is one of a collection of old listed buildings ..."
www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/Portugal/Algarve/.../p73703.htm?....
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:09
Grading comment
Thanks! Of course, Matthew is right that strictly-speaking it actually means 'sub-structure' as in it's below the structure (ground) rather than above it.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2integral underground parking
B D Finch
4underground parking facility
cc in nyc
3substructure parking
MatthewLaSon


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
integral underground parking


Explanation:
For a mortgage, it probably does matter that this is under the building and not somewhere else. However, it may or may not be treated as "private" and it could even be partly non-private.

".. Old Tolbooth Wynd and the company's new development on the old Brown Brothers site at Broughton Road have integral underground parking. ..."
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is.../ai_n13956562/ -

"Rem Koolhaas went a step further than just an integral underground parking garage, but an integral curved ground level. ...
academics.ewi.tudelft.nl/..."/Proceedings%20UD%202003%20-%20R.Sebastian.pdf

"... safe for storing small valuables, secure entryphone system and integral underground parking. The building is one of a collection of old listed buildings ..."
www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/Portugal/Algarve/.../p73703.htm?....

B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 271
Grading comment
Thanks! Of course, Matthew is right that strictly-speaking it actually means 'sub-structure' as in it's below the structure (ground) rather than above it.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
38 mins
  -> Thanks Phil
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Thanks Alistair
neutral  MatthewLaSon: Whilst I see your point, I have serious doubts about the meaning being anything other than "below the structure". Again, I can't disagree with you because I am not sure that I am right myself.
1 day 21 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
underground parking facility


Explanation:
Or underground (parking) garage.

Just to add some variety – different words, same meaning.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking
cc in nyc
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: The mortgage provider wants to record the type and location of the property, not to park their car.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you for that clarification
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
substructure parking


Explanation:
Hello,

You pretty much got it! You might to translate it and sound a bit more technical in this sort of document, right?

en infrastructure = substructure


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070420115724AA...


Best of luck!

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2011-05-08 16:56:54 GMT)
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94 emplacements de parking en infrastructure ... 94 substructure parking places. • a high-quality Bouyges Immobilier office programme ...
www.marseillegrandest.fr/maj/upload/promoteurs/fichier_22.p... -

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2011-05-08 16:58:23 GMT)
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My link above, although not complete proof, shows that it's been translated as "substructure", just like I thought it would probably would be.

I just don't think "integral" is the right here.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: While "substructure" is one technical translation of "infrastructure", they are not necessarily equivalent. The context here is, in any case, conveyancing rather than construction and engineering.
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Thank you for your comment. I'm not sure, but I still think "substructure" is the right translation here in this particular context.
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