German term
dH
0 – 10 °dH:
4 +1 | dH | Sabine Akabayov, PhD |
4 +2 | degrees of hardness | Cilian O'Tuama |
Jun 23, 2016 13:55: Sabine Akabayov, PhD changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (2): philgoddard, Cilian O'Tuama
Non-PRO (3): Bernd Runge, Edith Kelly, Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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Proposed translations
dH
agree |
philgoddard
: It's a German degree of hardness, as opposed to French or British.
5 hrs
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degrees of hardness
agree |
Ingo Dierkschnieder
1 min
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agree |
Edith Kelly
: dH (and then the translation). But: any halfways professional translator should know that.
1 hr
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I wouldn't go quite that far
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neutral |
philgoddard
: Edith: I'm halfways professional, and I didn't know.
5 hrs
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yet you feel qualified to agree
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Discussion
Just because you think it's easy, because it's a term you're familiar with from your work, doesn't make it non-pro.