Apr 25, 2003 14:38
21 yrs ago
Swedish term
Angela Valenti (X)
viktoriansk gräddtårtearkitektur
Swedish to English
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Architecture
architecture
Stilen är viktoriansk gräddtårtearkitektur och husets pampiga uttryck var en passande fasad för forne bankdirektören...
Description of riksbankshuset in Luleå
Description of riksbankshuset in Luleå
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | iced-cake style |
Karen Goulding
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| 3 | Victorian cream-cake architecture |
George Hopkins
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| 4 -1 | gothic |
Peter Linton (X)
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Karen Goulding
Native in English
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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iced-cake style
I attended a school from this era (in more ways than one!) and the building is described in a local-history book I have as "an interesting local example of the 'iced-cake' style of the period".
Hope this helps - it keeps the 'cake' imagery!
Hope this helps - it keeps the 'cake' imagery!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! It is definitely the stucco detailing being referred to and I will make that clear to avoid confusion with gingerbread details."
5 mins
Victorian cream-cake architecture
Capital V.
About as close as one can get.
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Note added at 2003-04-26 15:28:07 (GMT) Post-grading
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I agree with Karen, but do not disagree with Lars Peter.
I checked in Collins, which suggests Gothic Revival or neogothic and gives the Houses of Parliament in London as an example.
What could be more iced-cake style?
About as close as one can get.
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Note added at 2003-04-26 15:28:07 (GMT) Post-grading
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I agree with Karen, but do not disagree with Lars Peter.
I checked in Collins, which suggests Gothic Revival or neogothic and gives the Houses of Parliament in London as an example.
What could be more iced-cake style?
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34 mins
gothic
George's answer above is certainly closest to the Swedish, and a good translation. But in English, the commonest word about such architecture is the rather less exciting word 'gothic' - see ref about St Pancras
Peer comment(s):
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Mario Marcolin
: Gothic revival was an early Victorian style(1840s/50s). I think the bldg in Luluå is ca 1900
17 hrs
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Queen Victoria died in 1901 ! But you have a point. Gothic is an earlier style.
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George Hopkins
: Collins, quote: Gothic Revival a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exempified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840). Also called neogothic.
1 day 21 mins
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