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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

flax and linen

Spanish translation:

fibra y tela de lino

Added to glossary by Jorge Merino
Dec 12, 2017 20:50
6 yrs ago
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English term

flax and linen

English to Spanish Bus/Financial Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Usualmente "flax" and "linen" se traducen indistintamente como "lino", pero aquí debo diferenciar ambos términos.

Contexto:
"Standard Terminology Relating to Flax and Linen"
https://www.sis.se/en/produkter/external-categories/textiles...

Se me ocurre "planta de lino" y "fibra de lino", ¿qué dicen?

Gracias de antemano,
Proposed translations (Spanish)
4 +5 fibra y tela de lino

Discussion

Charles Davis Dec 12, 2017:
@Jorge "Flax" es la planta y la fibra (del tallo). "Linen" es la tela.

Proposed translations

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fibra y tela de lino

Confirmando lo señalado por Charles en la "discussion box":

Las fibras de lino obtenidas de los vástagos de la planta Linum usitatissimum son usadas principalmente para hacer tela de lino. La planta ha sido usada para la producción de fibra desde épocas prehistóricas. Crece mejor en las latitudes templadas del norte, en donde los veranos húmedos moderados producen lino fino ...
www.naturalfibres2009.org/es/fibras/lino.html
Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Davis
1 hr
agree Mónica Algazi
1 hr
agree JohnMcDove
3 hrs
agree Paulo Gasques
4 hrs
agree Adriana Penco
17 hrs
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