This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
inredningslängd
sampass
Mar 19, 2014 06:54
10 yrs ago
2 viewers *
Swedish term

Ryggåstak

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering Architecture
Timmerstuga 58 kvm med stor överbyggd solaltan i väster.
Ryggåstak i storstuga och kök
Proposed translations (English)
4 full height ceiling
3 +1 Cathedral ceiling
3 vaulted/pitched/open beam ceiling/roof
3 ridge beam/board/pole roof design

Discussion

George Hopkins Mar 19, 2014:
Roof or ceiling? I assumed, rightly or wrongly, that there is no ceiling (ie, that the construction has no 'innertak').
Sven Petersson Mar 19, 2014:
Roof or ceiling? The "i" in "Ryggåstak i storstuga och kök" strongly indicates that "-tak" should be translated to "ceiling", and not to "roof".
George Hopkins Mar 19, 2014:
Living room and kitchen open to the ridge.
Jan Schauseil (asker) Mar 19, 2014:
No hits for "full height ceiling". Images also do not look like the images for "Ryggåstak". Thanks, but I'm not convinced that's the proper term.

Proposed translations

9 mins
Selected

full height ceiling

:o)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 12 mins (2014-03-19 07:07:43 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://komma-hem.blogspot.se/2011_06_01_archive.html

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 16 mins (2014-03-19 07:11:04 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://www.vebra.com/vebra/property/23169239

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 39 mins (2014-03-19 07:33:58 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Probably "ceiling with exposed ridge beam".
Reference:

http://www.france-vacances.co.uk/page160.html

Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 hr

vaulted/pitched/open beam ceiling/roof

usually ryggåstak would refer to an open beam type of ceiling in an inverted V shape, this is also called vaulted or pitched ceiling/roof

Are you heading for EN-GB or US or something else?
Example sentence:

Our California cabin has an "open beam ceiling" since my husband tore out the sheet rock and left the redwood beams and the redwood ...

A pitched roof is a roof made up of two angled pieces that meet in the middle with gables at either end.

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roof_shapes

http://blog.armchairbuilder.com/5453/vaulted-ceiling/

Something went wrong...
1 hr

ridge beam/board/pole roof design

Seems the Swedish term isn't really used consistently, so your context will determine what is meant. The Swe reference here is an indication (http://www.byggahus.se/forum/tak-vind/32828-ryggastak.html).

What this answer indicates is the your term fits with ridgepole design. This is my guess since your context is a 'timmerhus'. Otherwise, the supporting beam at the roof peak can be called 'ridge beam' or 'ridge board'.

Otherwise, if you are describing the ceiling or inner roof, the Swe reference gives you an idea 'öppet till nock' -- which seems to fit Tania's 'open beam' or similar.

Hope this helps!

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_roof_construction

Something went wrong...
+1
2 hrs

Cathedral ceiling

This is what I've heard it called. I can't find any particularly good sources for the term, though.
Reference:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cathedral%20ceiling

Peer comment(s):
agree Lars Jelking
9 hrs
Thanks Lars
Something went wrong...
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search