hamishmc Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I have been looking at a property with the advertisement heading "Sluice gate Truss", when I enquired what this meant, I was told not to worry and it is just something lost in translation.Would this be correct? Or can anyone confirm what this means.ThanksHamish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerW Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 It's a mis-translation of 'longère', a long, low farmhouse originally with a semi-detached barn and hay loft in the roof. Anyone over 5' 6" tall standing on the ground floor has to be careful to position their head between the beams. Upstairs the ceilings are lower.It joins 'hair paté' and 'heart attack flats' ('résidence coup-de-coeur') as an excellent illustration of the touching French belief that a bonne note in l'anglais thirty years ago and a battered Larousse qualifies you as a translator.Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamishmc Posted June 23, 2005 Author Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks Roger - just worrying undulyregardshamish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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