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Jul 25, 2017 16:53
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Spanish term

piedra careada / pedra carejada

Spanish to English Art/Literary Architecture traditional architecture/construction
This is about a course teaching traditional construction techniques, like muros de piedra seca, muros de pieda careada, etc.

Discussion

maryblack (asker) Aug 2, 2017:
Indeed. It is.
Marie Wilson Aug 2, 2017:
Which is what Neil said....
maryblack (asker) Aug 2, 2017:
Marie I sent the question to the client and they confirmed facing stone walls.
Marie Wilson Aug 2, 2017:
Mary Out of interest, can you tell us how you translated this?

Proposed translations

11 mins

stone facing/cladding

This is the same term, in Spanish and Catalan.
From the pictures it looks like stone facing/cladding.

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facing stone

I'm more familiar with "facing brick" myself, but "facing stone" is a thing too:

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Note added at 14 mins (2017-07-25 17:08:32 GMT)
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DRAE: Carear: 7. intr. Dar o presentar la faz hacia una parte.

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Note added at 15 mins (2017-07-25 17:09:46 GMT)
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Stone facing is the technique; facing stone the material.
Example sentence:

This category contains our slate and granite wall facing stone

Our precision cut natural stacked stone veneers take stone cladding and facing stone to a new level.

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