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Mar 24, 2015 13:56
9 yrs ago
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French term
digues
French to English
Other
Construction / Civil Engineering
repairing covenant in a commercial lease
I have searched extensively and can only find "dykes" which cannot be right here, as this only concerns a shop in a town.
ENTRETIEN - REPARATIONS - Le "Bailleur" aura à sa charge les réparations afférentes à la façade, aux gros murs et voûtes, le rétablissement des poutres et des couvertures entières.
Celui des digues et des murs de soutènement et de clôture aussi en entier.
ENTRETIEN - REPARATIONS - Le "Bailleur" aura à sa charge les réparations afférentes à la façade, aux gros murs et voûtes, le rétablissement des poutres et des couvertures entières.
Celui des digues et des murs de soutènement et de clôture aussi en entier.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +2 | dykes (sic) | kashew |
4 | levees/flood protections/embankments/dykes | Francois Boye |
3 | Dams | Chakib Roula |
2 | buttresses | Mark Bossanyi |
References
Larousse | Ana Vozone |
Some comments on the clause: | kashew |
Proposed translations
3 mins
Dams
Suggestion
Note from asker:
No no Chakib, this is part of shop in an ordinary French town!! |
11 mins
buttresses
I think "buttresses" is preferable to "embankments", as the latter suggests earthworks which would hardly apply to a shop in a town.
+2
30 mins
dykes (sic)
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
B D Finch
1 hr
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Thanks, B
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agree |
narasimha (X)
: Dykes or embankmemts are OK
14 hrs
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2 hrs
levees/flood protections/embankments/dykes
my suggestion
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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-03-24 16:19:20 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee
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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-03-24 16:19:20 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee
Reference comments
3 mins
30 mins
Reference:
Some comments on the clause:
http://droits.leparticulier.fr/reparations-murs.html
Originally dykes and retaining walls and nowadays mostly non- applicable.
Originally dykes and retaining walls and nowadays mostly non- applicable.
Discussion