Sunday 23 November 2008

Printing Oaves

The other day I was translating a quote for printing machinery when the word pummel came up. The more general meaning for this Dutch word can be found below, so just imagine my frustration when trying to figure it out in printing terms.




suomi (Finnish)
köntys, moukka, pölhö, pöljä, pölkkypää, pöllö, pölvästi, tollo, tolvana, tomppeli, tonttu
englanti (English)
boor, lout, oaf
espanja (Spanish)
patán m, zoquete
hollanti (Dutch)
pummel
italia (Italian)
bietolone, bifolco m
latvia (Latvian)
amurgalva, cietpauris, lempis, muļķis, rupjš cilveks, stulbenis, tevinš
liettua (Lithuanian)
bukagalvis, mulkis, mužikas, stuobrys
norja (Norwegian)
dust, klossmajor, tølper
portugali (Portuguese)
boboca, burro, imbecil, louco, palerma
puola (Polish)
cham, cymbal, duren, gbur, niezdara, przygłup, tuman
ranska (French)
balourd, balourde, rustre m
ruotsi (Swedish)
bondlurk, drummel, fåne, tölp
saksa (German)
Dummkopf m, Flegel m, Tölpel m
slovakki (Slovak)
hlupák, neokrôchanec, trúba
tanska (Danish)
klodrin, tølper
turkki (Turkish)
ahmak, aptal, aptal kimse
unkari (Hungarian)
bunkó, mafla, mamlasz, tökfeju
venäjä (Russian)
болван, дуралей, неуклюжий человек, тупица, хам
viro (Estonian)
molkus


Pummel is a test which is made to measure the adhesionn between PVB and glass. Who would have guessed...

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