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"muro a sacco"

English translation: opus incertum/cement core wall/faced concrete/double-skin concrete core

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Italian term or phrase:"muro a sacco"
English translation:opus incertum/cement core wall/faced concrete/double-skin concrete core
Entered by: Angela Arnone

17:44 Dec 17, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture
Italian term or phrase: "muro a sacco"
this word refers to a a medieval building
Roberta Spinetta
additional note
Explanation:
I agree with Giles but other ways I have seen it described in English are "faced concrete" and "double-skin concrete core" but, as often as not, it is not translated, unless in brackets.
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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:24
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2opus incertum/cement core wall
Giles Watson
3additional note
Russell Jones
3 -1carried cement in a sac
KRAT (X)


  

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
muro a sacco
opus incertum/cement core wall


Explanation:
"Opus incertum" è il termine latino per questa tecnica di costruire muri in "pietrame di varie dimensioni mescolato a legante", come viene definita in questo sito:

http://www.icec-cf.it/percorso archeologico sotterraneo.htm

Il legante è cemento o qualcosa di simile, come si può vedere da questa illustrazione:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~wilke/aquasite/hulp/tekopusbreed.htm

Veramente, i termini latini (tranne "opus caementicium") si riferiscono all'aspetto esterno del muro mentre "a sacco" descrive la tecnica costruttiva. In inglese, potresti chiamarlo genericamente "cement core wall" o qualcosa del genere.

SSDA

Giles

Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Russell Jones
1 hr
  -> Thanks for adding "qualcosa del genere", Russell.
agree  Angela Arnone: good one Giles
1 day 17 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
additional note


Explanation:
I agree with Giles but other ways I have seen it described in English are "faced concrete" and "double-skin concrete core" but, as often as not, it is not translated, unless in brackets.

Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 364
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1331 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
carried cement in a sac


Language variant: Ελληνικά

Explanation:
Τσιμέντο μέσα σε σακκο για οικοδομή

KRAT (X)
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of: Creek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  gianfranco: Explanations in Greek for a question asked in Ita-Eng are not very helpful. The answer is completely off too.
8 days
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