Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

pantă variabilă

English translation:

variable pitch

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Oct 30, 2020 11:54
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Romanian term

pantă variabilă

Romanian to English Tech/Engineering General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Building news report
O altă provocare a proiectului pentru care au fost importante, atât soluția de cofrare, cât și cea de beton, a fost acoperișul din beton cu o pantă variabilă de până la 29 de grade.

I don't know what is meant here. WHat is variable?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 variable pitch

Discussion

Lara Barnett (asker) Oct 30, 2020:
@ Peter and Gabriela I have already made use of pitch, having used "slope" for "pantă", and adding in "pitch" to enhance the description of 29 degrees:
"...creating the sloping concrete roof with its pitch of 29 degrees"

It is really "variable" that I find confusing. Do they use it in the sense of "gradual" maybe? The use of "variable" in Gabriela's link seems to describe a way of assembling roof panels that offers different pitch settings for the purpose of building a roof. I can't see how this can describe a sloping roof that is already fitted in place. That is to say that you wouldn't want to vary the settings of your roof pitch after you have constructed it.

Rocsana Guignaudeau Oct 30, 2020:
Pentru "panta", as folosi termenul "gradient", care mi se pare mai general.
Traducerea ar fi: the concrete roof with a gradient varying up to 29 degrees.
Peter Shortall Oct 30, 2020:
@Gabriela De acord cu cea de-a doua propunere a ta, chiar i se zice "pitch" atunci când vine vorba de acoperișuri. De ce nu o și postezi ca răspuns?
Gabriela Raț Oct 30, 2020:
the inclination(slope) of the (concrete made) roof is variable
I also found this: variable pitch roof https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO19...

Proposed translations

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variable pitch

How I would translate it: "concrete roof with variable pitch of up to 29 degrees"


I have found an image which I believe illustrates how the pitch can be variable for the same roof: http://www.chieftalk.com/attachment.php?s=0809edc73e6b6af4b2...

@Lara, I believe variable is important in this context and you shouldn't leave it out
Peer comment(s):

agree Peter Shortall
9 mins
Multumesc!
agree Adrian MM.
2 hrs
Multumesc!
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