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vijek trajanja

English translation: lifespan

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Croatian term or phrase:vijek trajanja
English translation:lifespan
Entered by: bjuric2

12:50 May 4, 2006
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Croatian term or phrase: vijek trajanja
Međutim, navedene kemikalije mogu se koristiti dok ne postanu otpad ili dok uređajima u koje su punjeni ne prođe vijek trajanja.
bjuric2
Local time: 12:09
lifespan
Explanation:
budući da se radi o aparatima, a ne o kvarnim proizvodima, obično se govori o expected ili estmated lifespan
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Petra Potočnik Vukelić
Croatia
Local time: 12:09
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6lifespan
Petra Potočnik Vukelić
4 +3lifetime
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
4expiry date......./use by........
Mihailolja
3 -1shelf life
Mark Daniels


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
expiry date......./use by........


Explanation:
2 options ;-)

Mihailolja
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lifetime


Explanation:
Zavisno kako cete prevesti gornju recenicu, mozete upotrebiti i 'expiration date'
na pr. '...or until the chemicalas' packaging expiration date.
ili tako nesto.

Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maida Berbic
10 mins
agree  V&M Stanković: (equipment) lifetime ( http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lifetime ; http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q="equipment ... )
11 mins
neutral  pike: da, ali nije riječ o vijeku trajanja pakiranja, već uređaja koji koriste dotične kemikalije...
1 hr
agree  Slavica Kosca
1 day 2 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
lifespan


Explanation:
budući da se radi o aparatima, a ne o kvarnim proizvodima, obično se govori o expected ili estmated lifespan


    Reference: http://www.renovatorsplace.com/dsp_articles.cfm?l_article_id...
    Reference: http://repair2000.com/lifespan.html
Petra Potočnik Vukelić
Croatia
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  pike: estimated.
37 mins
  -> typo
agree  A.Đapo
3 hrs
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
3 hrs
agree  Kornelija Karalic
8 hrs
agree  Branka Stankovic McCarthy
2 days 17 hrs
agree  Franka72
3 days 17 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
shelf life


Explanation:
If I understand right, we ARE talking about chemicals, i.e. kvarljiva roba, not equipment. Not disputing the other suggestions, but i quite like "shelf life".

In the second link, there is an interesting distinction made between "shelf life" and expiration date, so careful!


    Reference: http://www.ecu.edu/oehs/LabSafety/shelflife.htm
    Reference: http://www.ivstandards.com/tech/articles/consumer/shelf-exp....
Mark Daniels
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kornelija Karalic: It's not about chemicals, it's about equipment filled with chemicals.
12 mins
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