Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 4, 2006 12:50
18 yrs ago
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Croatian term
vijek trajanja
Croatian to English
Other
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Međutim, navedene kemikalije mogu se koristiti dok ne postanu otpad ili dok uređajima u koje su punjeni ne prođe vijek trajanja.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | lifespan |
Petra Potočnik Vukelić
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| 4 +3 | lifetime |
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
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| 4 | expiry date......./use by........ |
Mihailolja
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| 3 -1 | shelf life |
Mark Daniels
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Proposed translations
+6
48 mins
Petra Potočnik Vukelić
Croatia
Croatia
Native in Croatian
Croatia
The passion for language
Native in: Croatian 
Works in: English to Croatian, Croatian to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
lifespan
budući da se radi o aparatima, a ne o kvarnim proizvodima, obično se govori o expected ili estmated lifespan
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you"
11 mins
Mihailolja
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Путін хуйло = Putler is a dickhead
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Ukrainian to English, Croatian to English, Bosnian to English, and 10 more.
expiry date......./use by........
2 options ;-)
+3
20 mins
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
United States
United States
United States
linguistic expert
Native in: Serbian (Variant: Montenegrin )
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Croatian, English to Bosnian, and 5 more.
lifetime
Zavisno kako cete prevesti gornju recenicu, mozete upotrebiti i 'expiration date'
na pr. '...or until the chemicalas' packaging expiration date.
ili tako nesto.
na pr. '...or until the chemicalas' packaging expiration date.
ili tako nesto.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Maida Berbic
10 mins
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| agree |
V&M Stanković
: (equipment) lifetime ( http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lifetime ; http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q="equipment ... )
11 mins
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| neutral |
pike
: da, ali nije riječ o vijeku trajanja pakiranja, već uređaja koji koriste dotične kemikalije...
1 hr
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| agree |
Slavica Kosca
1 day 2 hrs
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-1
9 hrs
Mark Daniels
Native in English
Professional Serbian-English translation
Native in: English
Works in: Serbian to English, Serbo-Croat to English, Croatian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
shelf life
If I understand right, we ARE talking about chemicals, i.e. kvarljiva roba, not equipment. Not disputing the other suggestions, but i quite like "shelf life".
In the second link, there is an interesting distinction made between "shelf life" and expiration date, so careful!
In the second link, there is an interesting distinction made between "shelf life" and expiration date, so careful!
Reference:
http://www.ecu.edu/oehs/LabSafety/shelflife.htm
http://www.ivstandards.com/tech/articles/consumer/shelf-exp.asp
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Kornelija Karalic
: It's not about chemicals, it's about equipment filled with chemicals.
12 mins
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