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communicative street

English translation: A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport

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English term or phrase:communicative street
Selected answer:A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport
Entered by: Peter Skipp

06:19 Dec 24, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Real Estate
English term or phrase: communicative street
...a nice house located on a very quiet but communicative street in the centre; nice and well-maintained yard, belonging to the house...
http://www.imotibg.com/en/bulgarian-property/apartments-2-be...

How would you define "communicative street" in this context?
Egil Presttun
Norway
Local time: 22:02
A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport
Explanation:
The Bugarian link gives it away. "Komunikativno" is Bulgarian estate-agentese for a location which has good connections by road and public transport. The term has now made the transition from Bulgarian to "Bulgish" through simplistic rendering. (There are many more Bulgish estate agent jewels, inclusing "closed-type residential complex" for "gated community", etc, ad nauseam...)

Example: "2BRS apartment in a new three-storey building with amazing architectural and interior performance and most communicative location."
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Peter Skipp
Bulgaria
Local time: 23:02
Grading comment
Thanks a lot! Great help from Bulgaria this time.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +4A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport
Peter Skipp
1 +1friendly neighbors
Demi Ebrite


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
friendly neighbors


Explanation:

This is a complete guess: quiet, but not lonely - the neighbors are communicative (watch out for each other.) As opposed to, quiet, and you never see anyone around . . . HTH



Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot, Debrite! You have given me a better understanding of how native english speaking people would interpret this phrase in an unusual context.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Yes, I hadn't noticed it was a BG site, which explains everything!
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Tony ~ 'communicative street' is an unusual description for real estate . . . it causes one to pause and wonder!
agree  David Moore (X): Too right it does; but I'd incline to this one...
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, David. Peter's 'komunikitivno' makes sense, though the 'gated' and 'closed' has often translated into 'private' and 'frosty', referring to the neighbors!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
A location which is well-connected in terms of walking, road, and public transport


Explanation:
The Bugarian link gives it away. "Komunikativno" is Bulgarian estate-agentese for a location which has good connections by road and public transport. The term has now made the transition from Bulgarian to "Bulgish" through simplistic rendering. (There are many more Bulgish estate agent jewels, inclusing "closed-type residential complex" for "gated community", etc, ad nauseam...)

Example: "2BRS apartment in a new three-storey building with amazing architectural and interior performance and most communicative location."

Example sentence(s):
  • Malinova Dolina is favored not only for its communicative location, the quick and easy access to the central part of Sofia, but also for construction of small 3-4 storey buildings with planted yards and controlled access.
  • apartment in a new and modern building, communicative location, quiet region The building is situated in Studentski grad quarter, very near to the Winter palace of Sport on a place with many...

    Reference: http://skybgproperties.com/-act-property-id-12188124469596.h...
    Reference: http://www.bulgarianrealestates.net/en/properties/about-238....
Peter Skipp
Bulgaria
Local time: 23:02
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot! Great help from Bulgaria this time.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, well spotted; I feel sure you're right, and indeed, this was my first instinctive thought; clearly a mis-use of the EN term
26 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ken Cox: not to be confused with a forthcoming street... ;-)
36 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  B D Finch: Probably a better guess than a street that just won't stop yapping. Is Bulgish the new Franglais?
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, though I assure you it is no guess! Yes, Bulgish is a fun non-native English dialect much practised in Bulgaria...
agree  Polangmar
15 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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