Any experience with Global Translations in Miami, FL, owned by David Grünwald? Thank you, K....
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Hana Jarolímová
hjarolimova
Oct 6, 2007 11:55 am
Ahoj, poradi mi nekdo, jak se rika cesky posilovaci rizeni, ktery je "magnetic speed, reduced effort, variable assist, reduced travel rack"? Nekde jsem slysela...
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coilinoc
Oct 6, 2007 4:34 pm
FWIW, I think I'm slightly younger than Gerry, but we always said Don Ki-ho-tay where I come from. Having said that, "Quixotic"; would be pronounced...
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Valerie Talacko
valerietalacko
Oct 6, 2007 6:04 pm
We said Ki-yo-tay or Ki-ho-tay. But as Coilin said, there is the adjective quixotic, and the standard pronunciation of that may have affected the Russians'...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 6, 2007 8:19 pm
So, then, you folks say it the same way we do in the US. Thanks. Jamie ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 7, 2007 9:19 am
When I was at primary school way back in the sixties, our teacher read us the story with the Quick-sot pronunciation. Nowadays, however, I would probably sound...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 7, 2007 11:32 am
... I'm sure no anglophone would go for the French pronunciation of these names, but there is a difference involved. The names Jules, Victor and Hugo have a...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 7, 2007 4:54 pm
... Well OK, that is a good argument, but does Cervantes fit in to this theory at all? I must admit I normally pronounce the name "sir-van-tease" rather than...
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coilinoc
Oct 7, 2007 9:02 pm
Hi there, Does anyone have any idea what we call this in English? It's the type of fancy food service that involves bringing the dish to the diner concealed in...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 7, 2007 10:28 pm
... In the US, it would never be pronounced "therr-van-tess", because our main exposure is not to a lisping variety of Spanish. The normal pronunciation here...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 7, 2007 10:39 pm
Coilin, if there's an English term for this it's highly obscure. I have no idea if we even have a way of saying this. Google searches are not helping, and I...
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spektrum2002
Oct 8, 2007 4:14 pm
Poradte mi prosim, jak se idiomaticky fomuluji vysledky pruzkumu "rozhodne ano", "spise ano", spise ne", "rozhodne ne". Dekuji, Petr Adamek...
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Liz Spacilova
spacils
Oct 8, 2007 4:35 pm
Hi Coilin, I cannot recall ever seeing a term for this method in Czech or English, but the plate covers you are thinking of are called "domes", if that is of...
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Liz Spacilova
spacils
Oct 8, 2007 4:38 pm
Definitely yes, yes, no, definitely no....
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spektrum2002
Oct 8, 2007 5:10 pm
Mockrat dekuju. Petr...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 8, 2007 5:28 pm
Another option might be: Definitely Probably Probably not Definitely not I think that 'spise' with its idea of "if anything" is often actually not an exact...
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spektrum2002
Oct 8, 2007 5:42 pm
Ale na otazku: "Jste pro rozvoj jaderne energetiky?" by se asi "probably"; odpovedet nedalo, ze? Ja jsem uvazoval o "rather", ale to by zrejme bylo Czenglish. ...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 8, 2007 8:05 pm
... No, slo by to IMHO, ale asi to neni nejelegantnejsi reseni. Jak jsem rekl, vsechno zavisi na puvodni formulaci. Tady bych treba navrhl: Definitely in...
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Martin Janda
j_mart22
Oct 8, 2007 8:55 pm
Here is what a client of mine (a US-based market researcher) is using - but you would have to play a bit with the phrasing of the question to make it fit. ...
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Valerie Talacko
valerietalacko
Oct 8, 2007 10:07 pm
Yes - this sounds right. If you wanted to keep it a question rather than a statement, though, you could substitute 'in favour' and 'against' (as per Melvyn's...
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Valerie Talacko
valerietalacko
Oct 8, 2007 10:14 pm
p.s. or 'opposed.' Here you have it in relation to this very topic! http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af264dbe-77f6-11db-be09-0000779e2340.html Only 12 per cent of...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 9, 2007 12:51 am
... I second these. Jamie...
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spektrum2002
Oct 9, 2007 8:46 pm
Dekuji vsem, kdo prispeli. Petr...
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Valerie Talacko
valerietalacko
Oct 10, 2007 10:10 am
What is it that you consume in English when you use air conditioning? This Czech text talks about 'spotreba chladu' and 'odebrany chlad,' but 'consumption of...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 10, 2007 10:16 am
... In the US, we consume electricity or BTUs (British Thermal Units). We talk about cooled air in terms of "output". Jamie [Non-text portions of this message...
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Alena Rysková 2e
alenec62
Oct 10, 2007 10:32 am
spotreba chladu = refrigeration load; odebrany = withdrawn, prip. absorbed (evaporator = Component of a mechanical refrigeration system, also known as a load...
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Valerie Talacko
valerietalacko
Oct 10, 2007 11:01 am
Thank you. So you can talk about measuring the refrigeration load as a basis for invoicing? ... From: Alena Rysková 2e To: Czechlist@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Alena Rysková 2e
alenec62
Oct 10, 2007 11:14 am
For invoicing purposes I would prefer "cold consumption". I would not be afraid of "consuming" not only electricity, but heat and cold too, if I was a building...
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Hana JarolĂmová
hjarolimova
Oct 10, 2007 11:16 am
Tady v shopping parku tomu rikaji "a chill generation unit" - dodava to chlad do klimatizaci v okolnich obchodech. Hanka J...
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Sárka Rubková
srubkova
Oct 10, 2007 12:35 pm
Spotreba chladu u klimatizace je ve stavbnictví cool demand sarka ... From: Valerie Talacko To: Czechlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007...
