Hi folks (native speakers), to some of you this may seem to be a very simple question, but when I just wanted to write this sentence I started "pochybovat". I...
Hello there, a little belated additional thanks to Jamie for his mobile technology advice. I have finally purchased an iPAQ anyway. It seems it's going to be a...
Hello, Can anyone cast some light for me on the origins of the word "dico" used for "dictionary"? Is it used just by ESL speakers? Why does it sound so strange...
Hi List, Yes, we are still talking this financial prospectus. The company does not want to pay based on the below. Would you please comment and explain how YOU...
Por cierto, I know it's summer and half the people are trying to pretend they observe school holidays, plus this is a long weekend so people will be heading...
There was an error in my previous chemical formula: should be HBF4, which is now sensible, because boron fluoride is BF3 and hydrofluoric acid is HF, so that...
Fluoridic acid is CERTAINLY not HF = fluorovodik = kyselina fluorovodikova. It is essentially a solution of boron fluoride in hydrofluoric acid. Called also...
Is there any chemist (?) who might know how to say in Czech: fluoridic (acid) fluoridate (salt) There are some related definitions on Google, but I (being a...
Mam lahudku, potrebuju prelozit Nearer My God To Thee At The Cross Jesus Lover of My Soul Jsou to nazvy 3 nabozenskych pisni a mam pocit, ze uz to asi bylo...
Hello, I´m currently doing proofreading of English texts for a new Internet portal concerning the Czech Republic and I have a few questions about names. When ...
Don't cut your grass until it's about 10cm long, otherwise you'll kill it. And then don't cut it short, or you'll kill it again (that is if you didn't kill it...
Hi there, I was wondering what you might make of the following sentence from a contract for work pertaining to market research: (zhotovitel) dle zadani...
Dear all! Could you help me please? I have been using for years a software by Winged to switch the Russian keyboard to the Czech layout. It worked perfectly....
Dobry den, nevite nekdo, zda a jak se preklada termin Steadicam do cestiny? Vyskytl se v neodbornem textu a tyka se filmovych kamer. Na googlu jsem nasla ...
Try to ask for help at http://praha.netcross.cz Tuesday, July 2, 2002, 1:15:34 PM, you wrote: Cyc> Czechlist: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Czechlist Cyc> Post...
Dear all! As my proofreader decided to leave the Czech Republic (or Czechia or Czecho or CR) I am looking for a new one. A freelancer based in CR (na...
Hi financial gurus! In a spreadsheet giving various data on funds I have "distributor status" - can that possibly mean something like <the date at which the...
Hi folks, Hopefully one of the last questions in finance : Here is the sentence, we are describing what a US-person ist (or not) - nither google nor leo are...
Hi there, I have a friend here who runs an investment company. He quite regularly has a lot of translation work and is beginning to get browned off with...
Hi all, I need a hand or two to help me cope with an influx of orders. This is a one-off project, but if you're competent and reliable, long-term collaboration...
Zdravim, dava nekomu smysl tahle veta? "Peaches 'n cream!Get a load of tall, dark and scaly!" Jirka ... Odchozí zpráva neobsahuje viry. Zkontrolováno...
Hi folks, Still talking financial - thanks to everyone who so far supported me - here' s something else. An exchange by a Shareholder, effected by way of an...
Just a little joke from Google (yes Melvyn, I try ..) I searched the above phrase: Google suggested: Buchstabe der Leitung - which means: pismeno vedení ...
Dear Jamie, thanks for your response to my iPAQ query. I obviously want to buy an iPAQ for my work of a translator while on the go. Two top reasons for my...
Hi everyone, It may well be that this is the beginning of Alzheimer - but at this moment I have problems understanding the exact meaning of the below. We are...
Our client is an eleven year old, rapidly growing outdoor advertising firm in Prague, Czech Republic now transitioning from entrepreneurial to systematic...
Hello all, is there a baseball fan out there? Could anyone help me with translating the following baseball terms into English? I need the exact terminology....
