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Carpentry/Joinery term
Hi everybody! I'm struggling to find a translation from a French to an English term. The word is "bandeau" - however it is a very specific term ...
Here's a French definition: "Hanche mince et étroite servant à couronner un lambris de hauteur sur la rive duquel on fait supporter toutes les inégalités des plâtres du plafond - On nomme ainsi toutes bandes de même bois qu'on pose perpendiculairement pour boucher un vide ou cacher un joint, tel que derrière un chambrable de fenêtre, etc."
I'm sorry, I know it's very specific ... Hope you'll be able to help me! Thanks a lot!
March 25, 2020
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Translation from French to English Hello everybody, Not sure I'm doing the right thing here, but I'd like some help. I need to teach some vocabulary to French students but I can't find this one ... It is "pot filtre" in French, but I can't find the English equivalent. Can you help me, please? Many thanks! :-)
November 14, 2019
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French - English translation
Hello everybody,

I need to teach some vocabulary to French students, but I can't find the English equivalent for 'pot filtre', in the plumbing field. Thanks for your help :-).

November 14, 2019
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Picture's description The document is a picture. On this picture, I can see two men. One of them is hurt – there is a bandage on his knee. This man is on the left-side of the picture. He is wearing a yellow jacket which is one of the personal protective equipment. I can see some blood too, on the man’s right hand and on the bandage. Both of the people are wearing a pair of blue jeans and shoes. The man who is hurt is wearing brown shoes. The other man, who is on the right-side of the picture, is also wearing a yellow jacket and a pair of black shoes. These ones don’t seem to be security shoes. The man on the right is helping the one who is hurt – he is placing a bandage on his knee. From what I can see on the picture, the scene takes place on a building site. The picture describes a work accident. Maybe the man on the left was on a basket and fell from it. There is a safety helmet near him – either he was not wearing it, either he was wearing it but it was not fully fastened and it was removed when the man fell.
March 25, 2019
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"Hoy día, irse al extranjero en algún momento de su vida es primordial" Como otras personas han dicho antes, no pienso que es esencial de viajar. Pero, en el caso de los estudios, por ejemplo de una idioma, irse al extranjero es una buena oportunidad mejorar y practicar su idioma. Además, en el marco de una futura profesión en ese sector, estoy de acuerdo que es primordial. Esto puede ser una experiencia genial para descubrir una otra cultura.
October 13, 2017
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Introducción a Nottingham He decidido hablar de Nottingham, una ciudad situá cerca del centro de Inglaterra, en la región que se llama “Midlands del Este” (East Midlands en inglés), porque estuve aquí durante el tercero año de la diploma con ERASMUS. Guardo un buen recuerdo de esta ciudad porque estaba mi primera experiencia en el extranjero, mi primera experiencia sola, lejos de casa, de mi familia y de mis amigos. Por eso, quiero compartir algunas cosas de esta ciudad. A mi me gusta Nottingham porque refleja la cultura inglés y siempre había soñado ir a Inglaterra y ser con inglesas personas. Esta ciudad es particular porque es una ciudad industrial antigua en el Reino Unido, como la ciudad de Birmingham. Hay algunos monumentos históricos como, por ejemplo, el castillo de Nottingham, Wollaton Hall and Park o Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem. Es una ciudad especialmente famosa gracias a la leyenda de Robin Hood como pueden observar en diferentes partes de la ciudad. Sin embargo, hay otras personas más o menos famosas que eran de Nottingham. Esta ciudad es muy activa sobre todo a la tarde. Además, hay muchos estudiantes extranjeros y existe una organización para los estudiantes. Gracias a esta, excursiones o veladas están organizadas para encuentros entre diferentes estudiantes y descubrir Inglaterra.
October 6, 2017
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Proyecto escrito Nottingham es una ciudad industrial antigua en el Reino Unido. He decidido hablar de esta ciudad porque fui aquí durante el tercero año de la diploma con ERASMUS. Estaba mi primera experiencia en el extranjero. Por eso, he querido compartir algunas cosas de esta ciudad. Hay nueve regiones en Inglaterra, Nottingham es en la que se llama “Midlands del Este” (East Midlands en inglés). Se situá en el norte de Londres, cerca del centro de Inglaterra. Las regiones se constan de condados y, por ejemplo, la ciudad de Nottingham se situá en Nottinghamshire o generalmente llamar “Notts”. Esta ciudad tiene más que 300 000 habitantes y tiene un río que se llama Trent. Una de sus universidades tiene su nombre del río : Nottingham Trent University. Es una ciudad especialmente famosa gracias a la leyenda de Robin Hood y se puede le notar en Nottingham. Hay una estatua de él, abajo del castillo de Nottingham. También, existe una visita guiada de la ciudad con un personaje que representar Robin Hood. Algunos edificios, como “The Nottingham Building Society” tienen como insignia una representación de la cabeza del personaje legendario, reconocible especialmente con su sombrero. Además, puedo mencionar “Wollaton Hall and Park”. Es una casa de campo de la época de la reina Isabel I y es rodeado de un grande parque donde hay algunos gamos en libertad. Esta casa es muy famosa desde 2012, luego del film Batman, “El caballero oscuro: la leyenda renace” porqué la casa fue usada como la residencia de Bruce Wayne. En Nottingham, existe un bar llamado “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem” que feche del año 1189 y sea el más viejo bar en Inglaterra. Esta ciudad es muy activa donde hay muchos estudiantes extranjeros.
October 6, 2017
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Dissertation viva (2) Through the books I had as well as through my researches on the Internet, my understanding of the witch-hunt seemed clearer. Before I began to write my dissertation, I collected some informations both on the Internet and in the different books I had. I chose to set a background for my first part as I wanted to have a clearer understanding of the period. I figured out that some laws have been enacted by Congress in order to limit the rights of the Communists. I also found interesting to get through two famous cases that were the Hiss' case and the Rosenbergs affair. I chose not to deal with the affair of John Stewart Service or the one of Igor Gouzenko even if I briefly mentioned them during my first part. As my dissertation was focused on the United States, I did not want to include the affair of Igor Gouzenko which took place in Canada. I prefer the Hiss' case to the one of John Stewart Service as I thought it was most famous but also because it would be more interesting as the Hiss' affair contributed to the speech of McCarthy. Indeed, Alger Hiss was founded guilty just a month before McCarthy made his speech at Wheeling. I also thought that it might be interesting to talk about some testimonies of former Communists. Through the testimonies founded, I tried to understand how people – and more precisely Communists – lived under the fear presents in the United States. I chose Elia Kazan because he was one famous screen producer of that time. Also, I chose Arthur Miller because I read that people linked the film On the Waterfront produced by Elia Kazan to Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Indeed, people thought that as Miller denounced the informers, Elia Kazan wanted to answer him by making a film which was an apology of informing. For the play The Crucible, I read it as well as I watched the film in order to get a clearer idea.
June 26, 2017
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Dissertation viva (1) Today, I'm going to present you my dissertation about McCarthyism. I have always been interested in history and since my English degree, I've been particularly concerned with American civilization. I prefer more specifically the analysis of the twentieth century. That's the reason why I wanted to write my dissertation about a subject concerning American civilization. At first, I hesitated between two subjects as both were interesting. I thought about World War II and more exactly the representation of women during World War II. However, as I have studied a lot this period in school, I wanted to broaden my horizons, to learn something else, something that has been studied during my degree but not before it. That's why I finally chose the subject of McCarthyism. I wanted to deal with this subject in depth as I did not know a lot of things about it. This period was really interesting. Many works have been done on the World Wars and the Communist anti-crusade seemed peculiar. I first borrow some books at the library and made some researches on the Internet to get a general idea of what I was dealing with. Then, I discussed with my director in order to define my subject and my problematic. He told me that there were different opinions about McCarthyism, that's why I began my research on that point. I wanted to understand why there were some opinions completely different – as I understand later through my readings. That is how I formulated the problematic: How did some doubts establish face to McCarthyism? First of all, I wanted to remind me what was “McCarthyism” and I searched the definition on the Internet as I did not find it in my dictionary. I wanted to clearly understand what it meant. The first thing that stroke me was that the definition was a negative one. “McCarthyism” derives from the name of the Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy. The name is used to describe the witch-hunt of the 1940s and 1950s. The senator was then extremely related to the anti-Communist crusade. Fortunately, my problems have been limited as my director gave me some advices concerning my readings. Through them, I developed my outline since the opinions seemed to be mostly divided into two as a binary division of thoughts. However and mostly important, even though the name given was McCarthyism, the witch-hunt began before Joseph McCarthy made his speech at Wheeling. However, the senator revived the fear of American people and even increased it.
June 26, 2017
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