Si elle n'en est pas l'origine

English translation: If the wall is not the reason for the east/west orientation

19:17 Feb 13, 2016

French to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / Description of the construction technique known as \'rammed earth\'.

French term or phrase: Si elle n'en est pas l'origine

Context:

Nous en sommes en présence d'une construction qui a contribué par son établissement à une structuration forte de la zone.

Si elle n'en est pas l'origine, ce qui est impossible à vérifier en raison de la superficie trop ténue de la zone fouillée cette année, le mur 7626 impose un axe est-ouest respecté par la seconde enceinte de Badr al-Gamali ainsi que par celle de Saladin

La monumentalité de la structure et son installation ex-nihilo permettent d'alimenter l'hypothèse que le mur en pisé 7626 constitue un tronçon de la première enceinte du Caire fondée par Gawhar.

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English translation:If the wall is not the reason for the east/west orientation

Explanation:
It's saying that wall 7626 may be part of the initial defensive wall around Cairo, but that excavations were too limited to be sure - but that in any case it's the reason why the second wall is oriented how it is.

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JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 12:50

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Thanks to Jane. I have reconfigured the sentence.
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If the wall is not the reason for the east/west orientation

JaneD

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Bits of the history

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Si elle n\'en est pas l\'origine

If the wall is not the reason for the east/west orientation

JaneD
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Local time: 12:50
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Thanks to Jane. I have reconfigured the sentence.

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Asker: What is confusing me, however, is the fact it is a feminine pronoun. Does the 'elle' simply refer to the 'construction', i.e. the wall??

Asker: I agree with Parrot... maybe I could use 'create' rather than 'the reason'. I know my rendering is rather verbose.. but I am trying to keep faithful to the source text: Even if this construction (ie Wall 7626) did not create the east-west axis, something which is impossible to verify because of the limited size of the area excavated this year, it did follow such an axis, as did the second city wall of Badr al-Gamali and that of Saladin.

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Reference: Bits of the history

Reference information:
The "fouille" seems to be current, but it should tie in somewhere with the existing structures.

Reference: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/cairowalls.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawhar_al-Siqilli

Parrot
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

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