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Plastering and painting
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sesanna
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Plastering and painting
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Hi everyone,
I was asked to
translate some sentences. They are connected with the repair works and I am not
sure about the terminology. If you see any mistakes please point them out.
Have a good
Sunday!
Plastering and painting
We offer all kinds of plastering and painting works of different
difficulty: plastering of the walls,plastering of the walls on the beacons, pytting of the walls and ceilings,
painting with all kinds of pain, glueing of all kinds of wallpapers.
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29 Apr 2012
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yanogator
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For an ad, we usually use the word "services". I have no idea what you mean by "beacons" here, so I can �t help with that one. I assume you mean "puttying" instead of "pytting". Here �s my version: We offer all kinds of plastering and painting services, of all degrees of difficulty: plastering walls, plastering walls on the ________, puttying walls and ceilings, painting with all kinds of paint, applying all kinds of wallpaper. Bruce |
29 Apr 2012
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sesanna
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Thank you Bruce once again for your help. I was not sure about the use of the word beacons also but I found it here http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bavun.ru%2Fclassifieds%2Fa244806.html&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8
In Russian it was штукатурка стен по маякам. But even in Russian I don �t know what it means so it is hard to translate. |
29 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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You know what, now that I �ve given it some thought, I think, I was mistaken the first time. Actually, now that I �ve consulted my husband, I �m almost sure that what the Russians here called маяк is some sort of a level which they place on the wall to make the plaster coating nice and even. I �m still looking for a word in English Sorry to have made you confused. Could be batten -a long strip of wood that is used to keep other building materials in place on a wall or roof... or plaster grounds - (building construction) A piece of wood used as a gauge to control the thickness of a plaster coat placed on a wall; usually put around windows and doors and at the floor.
Native speakers, any suggestions, please. Sophia
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29 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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Nope, definitely not spirit level. Have you seen the pics, Lynne? Those long things on the wall are those we need the word for. Sophia |
29 Apr 2012
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ldthemagicman
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Sesanna and Members,
In the UK, when a Plasterer plasters a brick wall, he first nails long pieces of wood, (called �screeds�), vertically up the wall. (In the past, they used to use �screeds� of vertical lines of plaster). The wood pieces are about half-an-inch, (13 mm), thick, and are about one-and-a-half yards, (metres) apart. He wets the wall. He then plasters in between two of the screeds. This is the �render � coat of plaster.
He makes the render plaster the same thickness throughout by pressing a straight board, (a �screed board �), with two handles on it, up the wall from bottom to top. The plaster is thus a uniform thickness up the wall.
He repeats around the room.
Finally, he removes the screeds and plasters the long, narrow strips left by the wood.
The �render � coat is scratched with a wire brush to give the next coat, the �finish coat �, a �key �
This rendered wall is now covered with a uniform thickness of �finish � plaster. He does this by spreading a VERY thin layer of wet, creamy finish plaster on top of the render, using a steel�float� trowel. When it is almost dry, he polishes this finish smooth, using water as a lubricant.
Les
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29 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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So, "screeds" it is.screed -
A strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a wall or pavement as a guide for the even application of plaster or concrete. Thanks, dear Les. How about that passage? what then should be the wording? Sophia
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29 Apr 2012
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ldthemagicman
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Sesanna,
�We offer every kind of plastering and painting service, of all degrees of difficulty --- plastering walls; rendering walls using metal screeds; making good damaged walls and ceilings; painting and decorating with a wide variety of materials; and applying every type of wallpaper�.
Les |
29 Apr 2012
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sesanna
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Thank you all for your help =) I couldn �t manage without you.
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30 Apr 2012
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