... I have a vague recollection from high school chemistry class that there actually is a scientific distinction between "mass" and "weight": "Mass" is...
Kdyz se tak bavime o "weight", chtel bych na okraj poznamenat, ze cestina nerozlisuje jazykove mezi "weighed" (vazeny na vahach) a "weighted"; (vazeny...
Morning list, I'm translating a chemistry paper for a conference, and am being unpleasantly reminded of how much I have forgotten since I hung up my lab coat...
Hallo everybody, Would anybody know a proper term for "vlastni rukou" (signature of the Prime Minister on a government order). Thanks Sabina Kralova...
Simon, Thanks - it has helped a lot! Irena ... Od: Simon Vollam <simon.vollam@...> Komu: Czechlist@yahoogroups.com <Czechlist@yahoogroups.com> Datum: 29....
Good people of Czechlist, k nazoru(m) Ustavu pro jazyk cesky (compliments to Hana - hi, Melvyn), plny text stanoviska pripojen na zaver. ... Vazena pani...
Hello everyone, May I your request your input on how best to translate "narezovy plan" (na'r'ezovy' pla'n). To avoid confusion, this has nothing to do with...
Maybe some of the Svepomoc fans would recall the meeting of the late University of U Buvola the other day, when we did the exercise in "EuroSpeak" using the...
Melvyn - many thanks for the help, links and books. I was 'out of station' when the query came up and unable to access net or library. Great help, much ...
Any legal eagles with a moment to spare - can you help with an accurate translation of the following? ''Legal certainty is, together with the guarantee of...
Pred casem jsem objevila, ze nova Pravidla ceskeho pravopisu uvadeji proti vsem dosavadnim zvyklostem vytypovat ve vyznamu vybrat, urcit. Ale Ustav pro jazyk...
Jeste poznamku k argumentaci se Slovnikem spisovneho jazyka ceskeho: prestoze ho povazuji za mimoradne uzitecnou pomucku, je treba si uvedomit, ze excerpce k...
Nalezat vhodne typy reseni (alternativ, atd.). Jak by se to asi vyjadrilo s pouzitim slova "typ" a odvozenych? Zkusil by si to nekdo "tipnout" (nebo,...
... [...snip...] ... Panove mozna pozapomneli, ze minimalne od roku 1998 existuji nova pravidla ceskeho pravopisu, ktera uvadeji obe varianty (tu ohavnou i tu...
Byl bych vdecen za radu v teto veci: prekladam do cestiny jeden text, ktery se zabyva hodnocenim programu pomoci; zde se obcas uvadi, ze je treba uvazovat...
Hi all, I would much appreciate native speakers' comments on the USAGE of "buyer" and "customer";. I'm particularly interested in knowing whether a) the two are...
Just to confirm what has gone before, the British National Formulary (together with MIMS the standard shorter drugs reference for medical practitioners) notes...
Would someone know answers to the following questions? What is better to use for "ucinek, ucinky leku" - action or effect? "pomocna latka" (v leku) - would be...
... Hi Melvyn, thank you for disagreeing with and allowing me to the keep the ball rolling. Although "vytipovat vs. vytypovat" may mean entirely different...
Hi all, Melvyn wrote: Another question. Would you ever use vytypovat in this sense instead of vytipovat? :) Actually, when you mention it, I remember reading...
Ted jsem si jeste vzpomnel, ze jsem prave tento termin nedavno konzultoval se svym superkonzultantem v US (vi absolutne vsechno). Jiste mu nebude vadit, kdyz...
Hi Melvyn, ... You can, in this case. The one that's over here up in "Sudety" (Jirkov u Chomutova) does accept adults into normal courses like piano playing...
FWIW, in Ireland, apart from the fee-paying, rugby playing Christian Brothers schools, we have "Vocational" secondary schools and "Community" secondary...
Many thanks to Petr, Mirek, and Melvyn (who seems to be a bit of an "Airwolf" when it comes to nocturnal ballistics). All of your suggestions made sense when...
