Französisch: adoucitEnglisch translation: rounding/bullnosing (of step end) 
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Tech/Engineering - Architektur / balancing staircases | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: adoucit | *****adoucit*****
Pour éviter la marche rayonnante, la technique de l’*****adoucit***** consiste à modifier l’arête par un arrondi entre la ligne de foulée et le collet.
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The technique is explained here, but I still have no idea what this is called in English - officially or otherwise!
If somebody can tell me the official translation, I'd be delighted!
many thanks.
(and, hurray, I actually know what la ligne de foulée is!!) |
| | Notiz(en) an den/des Fragesteller(s)Tony M: 4:59pm Sep 24, 2007: (perhaps you'd better let us in on the secret, then — it might help!)
Carol Gullidge: 5:11pm Sep 24, 2007: Sorry Tony - no secret, it's all in the context given: the "edge" of the step/tread is curved between the walkline and the edge of the step that's furthest from the wall (or on the inside of the turn). Wish I could draw a diagram...
I'm afraid I don't know the correct terminology for any of this - hence all the questions!
Carol Gullidge: 5:35pm Sep 24, 2007: I should have made it clear that this "adoucit" is a noun, as in "l'adoucit" - which I've very cleverly separated with the asterisks! I can see now that it isn't clear at all.
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| | bullnose | Erklärung:
According to Dicobat:
"Une marche adoucie a ses contours arrondis, pour faciliter l'enchaînement des foulées, ou dans un but esthétique.
GB: bullnose (step).
L'adouci est un artifice utilisé pour la construction de paliers d'angle, en incurvant le tracé des nez de quatre marches entre le limon et la ligne de foulée."
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-09-24 17:15:03 GMT)
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Penguin Dict. of Building:
"Bullnose: The rounding of an arris; in general any rounded end or edge of a brick, a step, a joiner's plane, etc."
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-24 17:25:17 GMT)
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Note the spelling: "adouci". |
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David Goward
Frankreich
| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den Antwortendenthanks a lot David for all your help! I think you hit the nail on the head with "rounding of an arris" and this checks out!
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|  liz askew
Vereinigtes Königreich
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| Hinweise an den Beantworter der Frage
Fragesteller: thanks, Liz! I see where you're coming from, even though it doesn't quite fit here
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| adouci bullnose
Erklärung:
According to Dicobat:
"Une marche adoucie a ses contours arrondis, pour faciliter l'enchaînement des foulées, ou dans un but esthétique.
GB: bullnose (step).
L'adouci est un artifice utilisé pour la construction de paliers d'angle, en incurvant le tracé des nez de quatre marches entre le limon et la ligne de foulée."
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-09-24 17:15:03 GMT)
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Penguin Dict. of Building:
"Bullnose: The rounding of an arris; in general any rounded end or edge of a brick, a step, a joiner's plane, etc."
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-24 17:25:17 GMT)
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Note the spelling: "adouci".
| David Goward
Frankreich
Muttersprache: Englisch
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| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den Antwortenden| thanks a lot David for all your help! I think you hit the nail on the head with "rounding of an arris" and this checks out! |
| Hinweise an den Beantworter der Frage
Fragesteller: This loks promising! I've only come across these at the base of a flight of stairs, but your 2nd entry appears to indicate use on a quarter turning staircases. Thanks!
Fragesteller: unfortunately "bullnosing" seeme to mean something different, so I can't use that as the technique!
Fragesteller: interesting about the spelling _ mine definitely has a "t" on the end - twice!
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Do you have Dicobat? (if not, get it).
The illustration shows that the two steps above a quarter landing could indeed be said to be bullnose steps, given their curvature, but the two steps below the landing are not, since they curve the other way (the "air space" created by the step is bullnosed, but not the step itself).
Again, I suspect it's a technique not used outside French, so any attempt at translating it is likely to leave the reader more mystified than if you simply leave it in French, enabling the reader to say 'Well, that's a Frog thing I'm not expected to know about, innit".
| Bourth
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Fragesteller: thanks, Bourth! I think David hit the nail on the head with his "rounding of an arris", but leaving this - or some of the other terms - in French is also a good option.
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Dicobat 2006
L'adouci, ou adoucissement, est un artifice pour la construction de paliers d'angle en incurvant le tracé des nez de quatre marches entre le limon et la ligne de foulée.
It gives an illustration, but no translation.
I think that Bourth is right that this a French method of avoiding winders.
| | Hinweise an den Beantworter der Frage
Fragesteller: thanks, Miranda! this confirms part of David's answer "rounding of an arris" - which checks out
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