carta vergatina

English translation: laid paper

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Italian term or phrase:	carta vergatina
English translation:	laid paper
Entered by:	Barbara Toffolon (X)

09:33 Feb 24, 2012

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Paper / Paper Manufacturing

Italian term or phrase: carta vergatina

Describing packing up boxes of t-shirts, the text says that the boxes are sealed with tape and then further secured using: "l'apposizione di due fascette di carta vergatina per ogni scatola, apposte sul lato apribile superiore e inferiore". I've been searching and am still not sure about what the straps are made of - are they essentially paper/card, or something more specific? Many thanks in advance for any advice.

Lydia2011

laid paper

Explanation:
Laid paper is a type of paper having a ribbed texture imparted by the manufacturing process. Laid paper is still commonly used by artists as a support for charcoal drawings.

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Barbara Toffolon (X)
Italy
Local time: 02:02

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Thank you - this links to the research I have carried out as well.
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laid paper

Barbara Toffolon (X)

flimsy paper

Umberto Cassano

tissue paper

Neptunia

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laid paper

Explanation:
Laid paper is a type of paper having a ribbed texture imparted by the manufacturing process. Laid paper is still commonly used by artists as a support for charcoal drawings.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laid_paper

Barbara Toffolon (X)
Italy
Local time: 02:02
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Native speaker of: English
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Thank you - this links to the research I have carried out as well.

5 hrs confidence:

flimsy paper

Explanation:
That's the way 'carta vergatina' is usually translated into English

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Umberto Cassano
Italy
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of: Italian

7 hrs confidence:

tissue paper

Explanation:
From what I can google, it looks like the old onionskin typewriter paper used for making carbon copies was called carta vergatina in Italian. It is also called manifold paper but that seems like an even less well understood term. I doubt that this wrapping paper is really the same thing, but I think the important part is that it is thin and lightweight, perhaps like a glassine, not thick like a card or like a heavy writing paper. It is a little hard to imagine how this paper is being used but perhaps a more generic term like tissue paper would apply? I have seen it (in google books - see link) as being a subcategory of carta velina.

Reference: http://books.google.it/books?id=3kXpf3o0FZkC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA1...

Neptunia
Local time: 02:02
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