21:17 Sep 4, 2005 |
Finnish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng Region (target): English (United States) | |||||||
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4 +2 | perpendicular |
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5 | taken at an angle of 90 degrees from the surface of the display |
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taken at an angle of 90 degrees from the surface of the display Explanation: The above translates 'näytön normaalin suuntaisesti kuvattu'. Agree with the comment on allowing syntactic questions. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs 24 mins (2005-09-05 09:42:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- suoran normaali = suoraa vastaan kohtisuorassa oleva suora |
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perpendicular Explanation: Since the text in Finnish reads "näytön normaalin suuntaisesti", one has a few options in English. 1) try to work in the geometrical term "surface normal" 2) use the slightly more manageable, yet still precise term "perpendicular" 3) describe what perpendicular/surface normal means in everyman's words, and arrive at a more unruly, although very understandable text. I personally advocate number 2, "perpendicular". Summa summarum, my suggestion for the full context translation given would be: "..[jolloin] näytön normaalin suuntaisesti kuvatusta videokuvasta etsitään esim. käyttäjän pään ja silmien sijainti." "..user's head and eyes are located in the video image which is taken perpendicular to the screen's surface." Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_normal Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular |
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