Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
plafond à l’italienne
English translation:
Italian style ceiling
French term
plafond à l’italienne
| 4 +4 | Italian style ceiling |
Nathalie Beaudelot
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| 3 +1 | Renaissance ceiling; ornate ceiling |
Andrew Bramhall
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Feb 1, 2022 11:30: writeaway changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Marketing" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "in the description of a mansion"
Feb 15, 2022 07:00: Nathalie Beaudelot Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): Yvonne Gallagher, AllegroTrans
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Proposed translations
Ireland
Tourism, food industry, pharmaceutical
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French
Italian style ceiling
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writeaway
: If no other information is forthcoming from Asker, this will do
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Anastasia Kalantzi
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Yvonne Gallagher
: N/A as explanation? An Italian-style ceiling may consist of plasterwork
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AllegroTrans
: Yes, without further context but what is "N/A" intended to mean??
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Non applicable - no further explanation
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philgoddard
: But with a hyphen.
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United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Renaissance ceiling; ornate ceiling
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Anastasia Kalantzi
: Il s'agit bien d'une belle demeure vieille et surtout privée et rien ne pourrait pas très bein exclure le plafond stule-Renaissance, et pourquoi pas donc?
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Yep, thanks;
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Yvonne Gallagher
: how do you know it's renaissance? No useful context given
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Thank you!
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AllegroTrans
: Ornate quite probably, but Renaissance?? That is just a wild guess
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Yes, could well be stucco, amongst other things;
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Reference comments
Greece
EnFrGreek Medical/Mechanical/Legal
Native in: Greek (Variant: Modern) , Greek (Ancient) (Variants: Ionic, Aeolic, Koine (common), Doric, Homeric)
Works in: French to Greek, Greek to French, English to Greek, and 5 more.
Plafond à la Française et Plafond à l'Italienne
https://natlegillon.wordpress.com/restauration-de-decors/pan...
Discussion
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The problem is with the "Italian (ceiling)" as there are many types of ceiling that could be considered Italian style
The very least I'd have expected in the answer is the word "painted" to distinguish it from coffered, stucco etc. But what type/era of painted? Baroque? Renaissance? Medieval as in Anastasia's ref.?
If I put N/A as an "explanation" I'd be crucified and have comments like "where are your refs?" More context is needed as asked for by Barbara:
what period, what type of painted ceiling, preferably a pic, as "Italian" covers a multitude.
Otherwise let's just call it non-pro if it's really that simple!
Thanks