Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
参加型家づくり・土佐材の家
English translation:
Tosa-timber house with owner involvement during construction
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Sergey Lev
Mar 24, 2018 15:33
6 yrs ago
Japanese term
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参加型家づくり・土佐材の家
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Can't get my head around it at all; moreover, it should be rendered as succinctly as possible.
I think the first part is about the owner family participating in the construction and the second part is about the locality of used materials, but I'm not sure how to put all of this together.
This is a caption in a marketing article targeting mainly American audience.
I think the first part is about the owner family participating in the construction and the second part is about the locality of used materials, but I'm not sure how to put all of this together.
This is a caption in a marketing article targeting mainly American audience.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Tosa-timber house with owner-involvement during construction |
Port City
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| 3 | Participatory type house construction with materials from Tosa |
Ravi Kumar
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Mar 24, 2018 15:34: Sergey Lev changed "Restriction (Native Lang)" from "eng" to "none"
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Tosa-timber house with owner-involvement during construction
I know why you find it difficult to put the 2 two parts together.
If 土佐材の家 is more important, you can possibly translate it as "Tosa-timber house with owner-involvement during construction" and if 参加型家づくり is more important, something like "Owner-involved construction of Tosa-timber house" would do.
A literal translation would be "Owner-involved house-building - Tosa-timber house".
If 土佐材の家 is more important, you can possibly translate it as "Tosa-timber house with owner-involvement during construction" and if 参加型家づくり is more important, something like "Owner-involved construction of Tosa-timber house" would do.
A literal translation would be "Owner-involved house-building - Tosa-timber house".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Good one. Sorry, I forgot to specify that it's a caption for a picture of an already-built house."
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Ravi Kumar
India
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Native in: English
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
Participatory type house construction with materials from Tosa
Tosa (土佐) a place in Japan
Note from asker:
| Thank you; it's a good translation as well, but it fits the case less, partially due to my failure to specify the context sufficiently. |
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