Nov 22, 2005 21:51
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term
charrete
Portuguese to English
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can this only mean "chariot". Seems like my dictionary is failing me....
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | coach, wagon | PatPat |
4 +4 | cart | Susana Galilea |
5 +1 | cabriolet / gig | Vidomar (X) |
3 | chariot | Claudio Mazotti |
3 | carriage | Miguel Tavira |
Proposed translations
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coach, wagon
stagecoach (for Western), wagon (as in the kind of wagon used in hayrides),
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Comment: "Thanks all, I'm going with wagon. Happy thanksgiving!"
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cart
What is a Charette?
The term “charette” evolved from a pre-1900 exercise at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. Architectural students were given a design problem to solve within an allotted time. When that time was up, the students would rush their drawings from the studio to the Ecole in a cart called a charrette. Students often jumped in the cart to finish drawings on the way. The term evolved to refer to the intense design exercise itself. Today it refers to a creative process akin to visual brainstorming that is used by design professionals to develop solutions to a design problem within a limited timeframe.
www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ ArchArch/Charette/what.html
The term “charette” evolved from a pre-1900 exercise at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. Architectural students were given a design problem to solve within an allotted time. When that time was up, the students would rush their drawings from the studio to the Ecole in a cart called a charrette. Students often jumped in the cart to finish drawings on the way. The term evolved to refer to the intense design exercise itself. Today it refers to a creative process akin to visual brainstorming that is used by design professionals to develop solutions to a design problem within a limited timeframe.
www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ ArchArch/Charette/what.html
Peer comment(s):
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rhandler
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Enza Longo
14 mins
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Shane Engel
: modern use: i agree with cart. This totally depends on the context though.
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Eugenia Lourenco
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Vidomar (X)
: A cart is used for loads, while a charete is a vehicle for the transport of people.
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my apologies, I assumed this was a French into English question
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Henrique Magalhaes
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23 mins
chariot
I would go for "chariot"
Estilo Chariot (Charrete Romana) Ideal para 2 pessoas Tamanho: 170x147cm 4 pegas acolchoadas Superfície em Nylon reforçado Válvula tipo Boston. ...
www.filipemotoshow.com/loja/details.clab?cPath=22& products_id=44&PHPSESSID=a147081f37232b44fc5e53...
Estilo Chariot (Charrete Romana) Ideal para 2 pessoas Tamanho: 170x147cm 4 pegas acolchoadas Superfície em Nylon reforçado Válvula tipo Boston. ...
www.filipemotoshow.com/loja/details.clab?cPath=22& products_id=44&PHPSESSID=a147081f37232b44fc5e53...
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6 hrs
cabriolet / gig
O site http://www.bbno.freeserve.co.uk/carriages_glossary_waggon.ht... tem uma série de definições para veículos puxados por cavalos. Entre os vários de duas rodas, creio que o termo charrete equivale a cabriolet ou gig. Cart, apesar de ter duas rodas, não corresponde às charretes que conheci. Pelo menos aqui onde eu moro, a charete (ainda vi algumas na infância) é um veículo para transporte de passageiros. Assim, eu acho que cabriolet ou gig são mais apropriados que cart. Eis as definições para os três termos, retiradas do site acima:
Cabriolet
A light, two-wheeled, hooded one-horse chaise. Replaced the curricle as a fashionable vehicle for society men in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign
Cart
A two wheeled waggon with the advantage of being more manoeuvrable, suitable for hilly districts and drawn by only one horse rather than a team. A general-purpose trade or farm vehicle with no suspension. Special versions had a tipping mechanism and were often used for carting manure (dung carts) or building materials.
Gig
A light two-wheeled, one-horsed vehicle for two people. Used by commuters, it was the most common vehicle on the road. See a real Kinross Square Gig and a Cab Fronted Gig here.
Cabriolet
A light, two-wheeled, hooded one-horse chaise. Replaced the curricle as a fashionable vehicle for society men in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign
Cart
A two wheeled waggon with the advantage of being more manoeuvrable, suitable for hilly districts and drawn by only one horse rather than a team. A general-purpose trade or farm vehicle with no suspension. Special versions had a tipping mechanism and were often used for carting manure (dung carts) or building materials.
Gig
A light two-wheeled, one-horsed vehicle for two people. Used by commuters, it was the most common vehicle on the road. See a real Kinross Square Gig and a Cab Fronted Gig here.
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Claudio Mazotti
: After Liza's additional info, "gig" is the most appropriate word for it...
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carriage
I'd probably translate it as carriage, however it would depend specially on the context as well as on the type of vehicle. A carriage, acording to Wikipedia, is a "four-wheeled horse drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century)"; if this is the approximately the context, I would definitely go with this one
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