Jul 16, 2012 08:42
11 yrs ago
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Catalan term

casa pairal

Catalan to English Other Architecture
Tipus de masia: casa pairal

Hello! now I've seen casa pairal translated as "Catalan manor" Would you go with this?
Or do you have any other suggestions?

Many thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 (Catalan) manor house

Discussion

Hi, Patrick. I'd definitely go for "Catalan manor", although if the context is clear you can drop the "Catalan" bit.

Proposed translations

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(Catalan) manor house


ca casa pairal, n f
es casa solariega
fr manoir seigneurial
en manor house

<Construcció > Edificis. Espais de construcció>

Masia o casa senyorial adscrita a una finca rústica, seu d'un llinatge amb un patrimoni acumulat i conservat gràcies a la institució de l'hereu.

Source: TERMCAT

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Note added at 12 mins (2012-07-16 08:54:41 GMT)
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http://books.google.es/books?id=6iViPKeIEm4C&pg=PT66&dq="man...

... the customary house of the hereu and his family, a structure that served the function of a small manor house.

http://books.google.es/books?id=huxnWnFqRe8C&lpg=PA138&dq="m...

...Pujarnol manor house. This is a typical country house with fortified ... This is a fortified manor house with a rectangular ground plan and a small central courtyard.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...
Example sentence:

The painstakingly restored fourteenth-century Catalan farm manor house sits among two and a half acres of woods and meadows.

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agree Veronica Lambert Hall
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