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by Ilka
Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:22 am
Forum: Grammar
Topic: plastic or plastics?
Replies: 3
Views: 26333

plastic or plastics?

Which usage is correct: plastic technology or plastics technology? This is for a company that makes parts from plastic using injection molding.

Thanks.
Ilka
by Ilka
Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: Grammar
Topic: handlebar vs. handlebars
Replies: 2
Views: 12238

handlebar vs. handlebars

I am translating operating manuals for ATVs and motorcycles from German. The handlebar consists of a single bar. Nevertheless, I am aware that the term is often used in plural. Should handlebar be plural or singular? Here are some sample sentences. "Start the engine and let it run idle. Move th...
by Ilka
Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:52 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Chemistry - opposite of turbulent
Replies: 8
Views: 18197

"However, I find it difficult to imagine a "still" spray. Is it supposed to ignite while it is being sprayed? The spray mist is what ignites -- after it's been sprayed. But like you say, I can't really imagine it ever being still. The document just says that still, dense spray mist w...
by Ilka
Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:27 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Chemistry - opposite of turbulent
Replies: 8
Views: 18197

Chemistry - opposite of turbulent

Hi,

I am translating a text about a sprayed mixture of water and alcohol that needs to be "still/tranquil/calm" in order to ignite. Does anyone know which word is used in chemistry in English? Whatever it is, it's the opposite of "turbulent".

Thanks.

Ilka
by Ilka
Sat May 14, 2005 4:53 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Aramaic language
Replies: 8
Views: 20656

I sent the link to a Hebrew-speaking friend who read it with great interest. He pointed out two additional links:

This one contains the New Testament in Aramaic and English in interlinear format: http://www.peshitta.org

Also http://www.assyrianlanguage.com for a lesson in Aramaic.

Ilka
by Ilka
Sat May 14, 2005 4:47 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Parca
Replies: 36
Views: 68971

Of course, the wonder to me of (good) poetry is the subtleties of meaning and suggestion and allusion by the use of different associations contained in words. To me, every word has meanings, nuances and associations that give it it's flavor, much like different overtones give an musical instrument ...
by Ilka
Sat May 14, 2005 6:30 am
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: cynic = cínico, cynique, cynisk, etc.?
Replies: 16
Views: 91266

The Spanish, Portuguese and French meaning apply to the person's behavior, while the other definitions apply to his attitude toward others. According to my Duden Dictionary of Etymology , followers of the school of Cynicism were, in a sense, like dogs (the origin of the word cynic is to be found in ...
by Ilka
Sat May 14, 2005 6:12 am
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Parca
Replies: 36
Views: 68971

I took a look to see if Shakespeare didn't use Parca . No, it seems not, not directly anyway. But remember the three Weird Sisters in Macbeth? Well, not only did the Greeks and the Romans have three figures of fate that weave the course of our lives, so did the Norse. They called them the Norns -- U...
by Ilka
Sat May 14, 2005 5:45 am
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Parca
Replies: 36
Views: 68971

Parca occurs in the lyrics of a song we read in Spanish class by Joan Manuel Serrat called Mediterráneo : Ay, si un día para mi mal viene a buscarme la parca. Empujad al mar mi barca con un levante otoñal y dejad que el temporal desguace sus alas blancas. Apoclima, perhaps you'd like to translate? ...
by Ilka
Sat May 14, 2005 5:41 am
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Parca
Replies: 36
Views: 68971

...the three fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) ...in Roman mythology... were called Parcae Thanks Uncronopio. Of course, your answer just shifted the question to another language. What is the origin of parcae ? Here's a possible answer from The Encyclopedia Mythica : Originally there was only o...
by Ilka
Thu May 12, 2005 4:30 pm
Forum: Languages of the World
Topic: Parca
Replies: 36
Views: 68971

Parca

Hi everybody, I've been learning Spanish for years -- without spending much time on it and therefore without much progress -- but anyway, today I came across Parca , a name used to signify "death". Does anyone know the origins of this name? I thought perhaps from mythology or literature. T...

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