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Dec 16, 2011 10:38
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French term

pourvue de fortins et murailles

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary History History
En 1783 et 1784, les espagnols tentèrent de nouveau d’envahir Alger. Mais la ville est déjà largement pourvue de fortins et murailles.
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Dec 16, 2011 13:45: Yolanda Broad changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Barbara Carrara, Evans (X), Yolanda Broad

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Proposed translations

10 mins

protected with samll forts and high walls...

I think "protected" sounds better than "equipped" or "doted with"...
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1 hr

Equipped with fortified walls (ramparts)

Due to differences of word usage, I would just use 'fortified walls', which says it all in more of an English way.

Or you could always use "ramparts"
Example sentence:

"Other fortified walls"

"Boisseron is a small town equipped with ramparts"

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