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BANDÔ

English translation: valance (US); pelmet (BR)

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Portuguese term or phrase:BANDÔ
English translation:valance (US); pelmet (BR)
Entered by: edupa

22:47 Sep 30, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / drapery, curtains, window treatments
Portuguese term or phrase: BANDÔ
decoration piece, made of wood and painted on or covered with embroidered cloth, to finish the top of curtains or hide the curtain rod and rings.

Thank you!
edupa
Local time: 05:27
valance
Explanation:
My daughter works in this business, and has always referred to this as a valance. I have never heard the term "pelmet," although perpaps it's used in the UK.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-10-01 17:42:09 GMT)
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I checked Google, and it seems that the references to "pelmet" are all from the UK. So maybe that's the distinction. If your document is British English, go for pelmet, if not, then it's valance.

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Note added at 1 day15 hrs (2006-10-02 14:47:16 GMT)
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Denise, when you mark an answer "neutral," this indicates that you think it is probably not correct.
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Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 05:27
Grading comment
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time. Amy, I did translte it as valance as my doc was in AmE. Thank you ever so much!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2pelmet (board)
rhandler
5 +2valance
Amy Duncan (X)
3 +1pelmet
Paula Pereira


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pelmet


Explanation:
Será isto?

Pelmet - A panel that covers the top of a curtain. Also called a cornice.
www.denverfabrics.com/pages/static/curtains/curtain-window-...

veja imagens em:
http://images.google.pt/images?hl=pt-PT&rls=GGLM,GGLM:2006-0...

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-09-30 23:05:42 GMT)
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Ou então *Valance*
Valance - Short drapery that hangs along the top part of a window, with or without a curtain underneath. It can also be made of wood or metal that is painted or covered with fabric.
www.homestore.com/HomeGarden/HomeImprovement/Tools/Glossary...

Paula Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 09:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Norbert Hermann: pelmet
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Hermann!
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pelmet (board)


Explanation:
pelmet = sanefa.
Veja as imagens no Google, para "pelmet".
Pela sua descrição da peça de madeira, trata-se de um "pelmet board". Veja estes exemplos, com definições:

Pelmet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pelmet is a decorative framework placed above a window & is used to conceal curtain fixtures. ... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelmet" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelmet


pelmet definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
Search for "pelmet" in all of MSN Encarta. E-mail this entry · Blog about this entry on MSN Spaces · Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary ...
encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561506272/pelmet.html





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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-10-01 02:58:18 GMT)
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O link para o segundo exemplo:

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561506272/pelmet.html


rhandler
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Stewart
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Neil.
agree  Denise Miranda
1 day 15 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Denise.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
valance


Explanation:
My daughter works in this business, and has always referred to this as a valance. I have never heard the term "pelmet," although perpaps it's used in the UK.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-10-01 17:42:09 GMT)
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I checked Google, and it seems that the references to "pelmet" are all from the UK. So maybe that's the distinction. If your document is British English, go for pelmet, if not, then it's valance.

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Note added at 1 day15 hrs (2006-10-02 14:47:16 GMT)
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Denise, when you mark an answer "neutral," this indicates that you think it is probably not correct.

Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time. Amy, I did translte it as valance as my doc was in AmE. Thank you ever so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Domeniconi: At least here it's know as valance too.../ This is interesting: http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary/dictionary...
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Fernando!
agree  Edgar Potter: Always heard it called valance (US)
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Edgar!
neutral  Denise Miranda: perhaps, like in Brazil, you have different names in different regions. Check this US site with tons of pelmets http://www.interiormall.com/cat/corporate.html. I did not say your translation was incorrect (see: NEUTRAL). I'm sorry if you understood that.
1 day 30 mins
  -> But this doesn't mean that "valance" isn't correct! Your neutral is not called for.
neutral  rhandler: Have you noticed that the option "valance" was also suggested by Paula, 15 hours before?
1 day 1 hr
  -> Yes, but I felt it was important to stress that this is the most common term used for it. I have been sewing for over fifty years (and as I mentioned, my daughter is in the curtain/slipcover business) and neither of us has ever heard the word "pelmet."
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