Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

reprezentacyjny charakter (budynku)

English translation:

the stately/grand/majestic character of the building

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Oct 27, 2017 14:10
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Polish term

reprezentacyjny charakter (budynku)

Polish to English Other Architecture
"Gmach Muzeum ukończony dwa lata później odróżnia się w sposób znaczący od siedziby Rejencji. Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau nadał mu charakter wzorowany na XIX-wiecznej tradycji muzeów – pałaców – gmachów muzealnych o formach nowożytnej architektury rezydencjonalnej i reprezentacyjnym charakterze."
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Nov 10, 2017 05:47: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

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the stately/grand/majestic character of the building

stately
having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner; maajestic in manner and appearance.
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Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic: stately mansions.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/stately

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grand
b. Characterized by splendor or magnificencee
a. Dignified or noble, as in appearance or effect:
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/grand
Peer comment(s):

agree Joanna Carroll : That’s precisely the meaning😊
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Thank you, Joanna. I read enough examples of "reprezentacyjny charakter" to infer its meaning.
agree Grzegorz Mysiński
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Greatly thankful, Grzegorz.
agree magdadh : Yes, representative = reprezentatywny (typowy), not reprezentacyjny. I'd go for something along the lines of ''grand stately residences'' here.
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A valuable lesson, Magda. A lovely way of amplifying the adjectives.
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representative character

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(building) of a representative type/kind


Some of these plans have been selected because the building was of a representative type - https://goo.gl/9685YA

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... for what is considered a representative type of building stock in Portugal .. - https://goo.gl/qcFPzo

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They are truly the only real representative kind of building we possess. - https://goo.gl/KcWxtU

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Yhat the Roman architecture (in the time of the empire) was entirely of the representative kind - https://goo.gl/9dRH7X
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