monumental light court

French translation: puits de lumière monumental

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English term or phrase:monumental light court
French translation:puits de lumière monumental
Entered by: Cyril B.

18:12 Mar 10, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
English term or phrase: monumental light court
Le contexte:

The staggered tower scheme described above has one obvious advantage for our neighbors, as compared with the more usual composition of towers on office buildings grouped about a monumental light court, the advantage of turning our light courts out so that they furnish light and air to our neighbors as well as to ourselves.

Franchement, le cœur de la phrase me parait assez énigmatique (notamment du point de vue grammatical, non ?)

Merci pour votre aide.
Alcime Steiger
France
Local time: 17:42
Puits de lumière monumental
Explanation:
"light court" = "puits de lumière"

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Note added at 24 mins (2013-03-10 18:36:31 GMT)
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"A light court is an open shaft of space surrounded entirely by a building's walls, which provides extra light to a building's interior, but which does not have a courtyard at the bottom.

français: puits de lumière"
http://standards.phorio.com/?t=definition&code=8331992611

"light court
puits de lumière"
http://termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i...
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Cyril B.
France
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Puits de lumière monumental


Explanation:
"light court" = "puits de lumière"

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Note added at 24 mins (2013-03-10 18:36:31 GMT)
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"A light court is an open shaft of space surrounded entirely by a building's walls, which provides extra light to a building's interior, but which does not have a courtyard at the bottom.

français: puits de lumière"
http://standards.phorio.com/?t=definition&code=8331992611

"light court
puits de lumière"
http://termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i...

Cyril B.
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 23
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