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Auspinseln

English translation: Cleaning with a brush

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German term or phrase:Auspinseln
English translation:Cleaning with a brush
Entered by: Samuel Henderson

05:53 Jul 11, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-07-14 12:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / PC Reinigung
German term or phrase: Auspinseln
Tastatur:
•***Auspinseln***, Druckluftbehandlung und Absaugen der Zwischenräume
•Reinigen mit antistatischem Reinigungsmittel und Desinfektion der ges. Tastatur
•Reinigen des Anschlusskabels und des Steckers mit speziellem Kontaktspray
•Reinigungszeit: ca. 15 Minuten
Yuu Andou
Local time: 14:16
Cleaning with a brush
Explanation:
Basically "to apply or remove with a brush", but in this case would refer specifically to the widely-recommended practice of cleaning the keys with a paintbrush. I'm not aware of a clean one-to-one translation for this in English.
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Samuel Henderson
United States
Local time: 00:16
Grading comment
Danke schoen!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Cleaning with a brush
Samuel Henderson
4 +1brush off
Mack Tillman (X)
4to brush lightly
casper (X)


  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Cleaning with a brush


Explanation:
Basically "to apply or remove with a brush", but in this case would refer specifically to the widely-recommended practice of cleaning the keys with a paintbrush. I'm not aware of a clean one-to-one translation for this in English.


    Reference: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/18/clean-key...
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=34WwLLaTR7UC&pg=PA33&dq=%2B...
Samuel Henderson
United States
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Danke schoen!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser
4 hrs
agree  Michael Harris
1 day 3 hrs
agree  GT-Translations
1 day 7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to brush lightly


Explanation:
http://shortify.com/10658


The term occurs in the reference I've cited in a different context (viz., cookery), but the meaning would be the same in the asker's context.

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 83
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
brush off


Explanation:
The first thing that automatically came to my mind was to brush out...
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/05/be-clea...
But when I really think about it, I just might say brush off your keyboard. Of course you could say brush out the dust between the keys. Then again you could just go ahead and say: Dust off your keyboard using a duster pen.
http://www.thefind.com/crafts/info-computer-duster-pen

I doubt you will find a one-word expression. I would go with: Dust off keyboard as it gets the meaning across and that is what it is all about.


    Reference: http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/05/be-clea...
Mack Tillman (X)
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Lewin
3 hrs
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