English translation of "en retour d'équerre au fond" - "an adjoining two-storey building raised on a platform, set at right angles in the back"

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30 months ago

Rosa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Law / Certificates
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	en retour d'équerre au fond
Context:	In a real estate context: Un bâtiment contigu en retour d'équerre au fond, élevé sur terre plein d'un rez de chaussée et d'un premier étage So, this is what I think..."en retour d'équerre" meaning at right angles, but then I'm not getting "au fond"...in the back? Or on the bottom? Ugh, in theory simple words but still unclear

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30 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

A conjoined at right angles to the rear building raised above ground level with ground & first floors

My comment:

Various ways of saying this but this I personally think is the best way

30 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

an adjoining two-storey building raised on a platform, set at right angles in the back

My comment:

I think it can only mean in the back since it is on a "terre-plein" (there should be a hyphen between terre and plein). it is like a perpendicular wing.

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30 months ago

CMD wrote:

at right angles at the rear

My comment:

-> "building adjoining at right angles at the rear ..."
-> "building adjacent at right angles to the rear /to the back ..."

[le retour d'équerre = angle droit => surface perpendiculaire à une autre]

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