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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Photo canvas 20.5 mil bright white

German translation:

Dicke/Stärke/Tiefe 20,5 mil / thou

Added to glossary by Nico Wagner
Dec 3, 2013 09:51
10 yrs ago
English term

Photo canvas 20.5 mil bright white

English to German Art/Literary Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
"XY uses a matte textured, 20.5 mil bright white, consistent poly-cotton blend canvas."

Photo Canvas = Fotoleinwand, soweit bin ich schon. Für die genaue Beschreibung habe ich leider keine Übersetzung gefunden.

Vielen Dank vorab!
Proposed translations (German)
4 -1 Dicke/Stärke/Tiefe 20,5 mm
4 +2 Fotoleinwand, 0.52 mm, hellweiß

Discussion

Yorkshireman Dec 8, 2013:
Hi Nico THX!
Nico Wagner (asker) Dec 8, 2013:
I did change the glossary entry to "mil / thou" instead of "mm"
Yorkshireman Dec 8, 2013:
Glossary entry Please make sure that the entry (if you make one) includes the information that a "mil" is a thousandth of an inch and is NOT used outside countries that still use the Imperial or US measuring systems.
Nico Wagner (asker) Dec 8, 2013:
I'll leave this as is. Jana's reply came first and gives all necessary info with the addendum she made.

Proposed translations

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10 mins
Selected

Dicke/Stärke/Tiefe 20,5 mm

Das ist wohl die Angabe, wie stark die Fotoleinwand ist, nämlich 20,5 mm.

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Note added at 20 Min. (2013-12-03 10:11:49 GMT)
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Entschuldigung, Autokorrektur ;) Es muss natürlich "mil" heißen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou
Reference:

http://www.rtape.com/claritex/10-mil-bright-white-velvet-matte

Note from asker:
Ist 20,5mm nicht etwas zu dick für eine Leinwand?
Alles klar, diese Einheit kannte ich nicht. So macht es schon viel mehr Sinn, danke!
Peer comment(s):
disagree Yorkshireman : The expression "mil" is not used outside countries using Imperial measuring systems!
5 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Vielen Dank"
+2
23 mins

Fotoleinwand, 0.52 mm, hellweiß

Mil is the abbreviation for a thousandth of an inch - NOT millimetres.

20.5 mil is 0.5207 millimetres

Often confused as a contraction of millimetres, but imagine a canvas being 20.5 millimetres thick!

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Note added at 24 mins (2013-12-03 10:16:03 GMT)
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Would probably be rounded off to 0.5 mm
Peer comment(s):
agree Beate65 : im DE ist die Einheit 'mil' m.E. nicht gebräuchlich. Ich glaube auch nicht, dass ein potenzieller Käufer in D damit was anfangen kann.
2 hrs
Only ever heard as in "Ich fotografiere mit 35-mil" for "Kleinbildfotografie"
agree Antje Schadebrodt
10 hrs
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