La paillasse est vrillée (see below) - What is the English translation? English translators help technical English translators with the translation of La paillasse est vrillée (see below)

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88 months ago

martynback asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	La paillasse est vrillée (see below)
Context:	"Pour tenir compte des faces vues, la paillasse est vrillée". This concerns the construction of a cast concrete staircase. I know that "la paillasse" is "the waist slab" and I presume that the "faces vues" are the "risers", but I don't know how to translate "vriller". It can't be "to twist".

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88 months ago

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Tendrilled

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88 months ago

RTtranslations wrote:

Twisted

My comment:

If the staircase is a spiral one the waist slab has to be twisted. If the staircase is straight, I can't see any situation where "vrillee" would apply

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88 months ago

martynback wrote:

Yes I agree! - the problem is that I haven't been sent the visuals and I don't get the impression from the rest of the text that it's a spiral staircase. Even if it is, the sentence is really strange (see my response to Serge's proposal). To be continued (I hate it when clients send the text without the photos!!!!)

88 months ago

RTtranslations wrote:

In order to give a better perception of the different sides (to be seen) we give you a spiral design of the waist slab

My comment:

"Faces vues" does not mean risers but just faces seen. Although the waist slab is a flat surface the architect has given a spiral perspective in order to show all the faces.

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88 months ago

martynback wrote:

But that's a really weird way of describing it, don't you think? If it's a spiral staircase of course the waist slab is twisted - otherwise it wouldn't be a spiral staircase. I'm waiting for the visuals and will let you know what the staircase looks like.

88 months ago

martynback wrote:

What I mean is that even if the waist slab is straight (for a non spiral staircase) the view itself can be twisted in order to show the various sides of the waist slab. It's a bit like an exploded view for an engine for example. It's just a way of representing things. But I might be mistaken since I haven't got the picture.

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