Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mur faience
English translation:
tile wall or ceramic tile wall
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daniel gwire
Feb 4, 2004 23:08
20 yrs ago
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French term
mur faience
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
for a text about components for a building being constructed. the heading reads: 'local vide ordure' and below: 'sol carrele, murs faience, siphon de sol et point d'eau d'eau'.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | tile wall or ceramic tile wall |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 5 +1 | wall faience-tiled, walls tiled with faience, faience walls |
Bourth (X)
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tile wall or ceramic tile wall
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wall faience-tiled, walls tiled with faience, faience walls
There are many kinds of tiles (faience, grès cérame, grès émaillé, grès vitrifié, etc.) and it is a headache trying to distinguish them from one language to another!
Why make life complicated for yourself and the builder/designer/homeowner when we have "faience" in English:
<<faience - Terracotta that is fired twice, once to vitrify the body fully and then again with glaze. The body is highly porous but has low shrinkage during firing and so can be used for very large clay tiles. Named from Faenza in Italy>>
[Scott/Penguin Bldg Dict.)
<<Faïence - Poterie céramique poreuse, de couleur blanchâtre, terreuse ou teintée, constituée d'une pâte de kaolin, de quartz et de calcaire cuite entre 1000 et 1200°C, et recouverte ensuite, par trempage ou par projection au pistolet, d'un émail incolore our teinté, durci au four vers 1050°C. Le bâtiment est le principal consommateur de faïences, sous forme de carrelages muraux et d'appareils sanitaires.>>
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Why make life complicated for yourself and the builder/designer/homeowner when we have "faience" in English:
<<faience - Terracotta that is fired twice, once to vitrify the body fully and then again with glaze. The body is highly porous but has low shrinkage during firing and so can be used for very large clay tiles. Named from Faenza in Italy>>
[Scott/Penguin Bldg Dict.)
<<Faïence - Poterie céramique poreuse, de couleur blanchâtre, terreuse ou teintée, constituée d'une pâte de kaolin, de quartz et de calcaire cuite entre 1000 et 1200°C, et recouverte ensuite, par trempage ou par projection au pistolet, d'un émail incolore our teinté, durci au four vers 1050°C. Le bâtiment est le principal consommateur de faïences, sous forme de carrelages muraux et d'appareils sanitaires.>>
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Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Yes, though I suspect 'faience' in English conveys an immage of a particular style of decorative ceramics, whereas here this is referring merely to the mundane material...
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Technically, no, but in the minds of mere mortals, yes.
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