Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
being laid in a design
Portuguese translation:
tinham sido aplicados de modo a formar um padrão
English term
Ireland
EN>PT-BR translator & transcreator
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese, English to Portuguese
being laid in a design
A) Walls
B) A sense of bathroom
C) A floor of mosaic tiles, which were of a smooth polished stone, possibly marble, that she saw as "being laid in a design".
PT-BR
Proposed translations
Portugal
Responsibility, Quality, Commitment
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese
tinham sido aplicados de modo a formar um padrão
Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, Scottish, British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian) 
, Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
(foram) colocadas num desenho
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
colocados num padrão
Electric Engineer/Military
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
dispostos/assentados como uma invenção artística
literalmente: sendo assentados como um desenho/figura
-design: invenção artística, arranjamento, arte de desenho.
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