по химии
English translation: working with chemistry
| 21:38 Nov 28, 2009 |
| Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Deborah Hoffman Local time: 19:58 | ||||||
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| 3 | working with chemistry |
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| 3 | experiment with chemicals in my art |
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| 2 | use chemistry in my work |
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| 3 -1 | use a ready-made primer |
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17 mins confidence: 
use chemistry in my work Explanation: I'm guessing that he's a painter who knows his paint chemistry. |
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37 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1use a ready-made primer Explanation: 'работать по' is very likely to refer to the coating. Химия is a common way to say 'a patented substance'. |
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8 hrs confidence:
working with chemistry Explanation: I would think it's more likely he's referring to something like spectometry, given his eventual development of a device called the "optophone" whose keys produced color as well as sound. http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetailPrintable.jsp?... Perhaps "I'm painting studies and working with chemistry." |
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11 hrs confidence:
experiment with chemicals in my art Explanation: yeah, sounds like this flake is full of those chemicals too! |
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