máquina de escribir contrachapada en plateado

English translation: silver-grey Olivetti typewriter

14:14 Mar 13, 2014

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Experimental Essay

Spanish term or phrase: máquina de escribir contrachapada en plateado

Contexto:

Estoy frente a un Toshiba de 2001 sin internet, cuyo teclado emite un sonido que me recuerda al pasado communista del este de Europa, a una máquina de escribir Olivetti contrachapada en plateado, a las piedras.

Muchas Gracias,

Barbara

Barbara Cochran, MFA KudoZ activity Questions: 1895 (7 open) (3 without valid answers) (234 closed without grading) Answers: 3899 United States
Local time: 22:15

English translation:silver-grey Olivetti typewriter

Explanation:
Not sure what to do with "contrachapada" which usually refers to wood. I think the idea is to evoke the typewriter's vintage old-school quality.

Selected response from:

Charlie Higgins
United States
Local time: 22:15

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3 +1

silver-grey Olivetti typewriter

Charlie Higgins

silver plated typewriter

Cecilia Barraza-Mukherjee

Discussion entries: 2

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peer agreement (net): +1

silver-grey Olivetti typewriter

Explanation:
Not sure what to do with "contrachapada" which usually refers to wood. I think the idea is to evoke the typewriter's vintage old-school quality.

Example sentence(s):

"Poems Are Made For People” was the title of my collection of poems transcribed through the means of my mother’s trusty silver-grey Olivetti typewriter from the 80s, when I was 9 years old.

Reference: http://corporatehousekeeping.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/meande...

Charlie Higgins
United States
Local time: 22:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7

32 mins confidence:

silver plated typewriter

Explanation:
contrachapado es en madera por lo que entiendo.

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Note added at 45 mins (2014-03-13 15:00:12 GMT)
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINIATURE-Vintage-Silver-Plated-Old-...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINIATURE-Vintage-Silver-Plated-Old-...

(picture no.24 with a geen typewriter has a comment on silver-plated models).

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Note added at 46 mins (2014-03-13 15:00:54 GMT)
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wrong link.

http://writingball.blogspot.ch/2013/12/sf-bay-area-type-in-r...

Cecilia Barraza-Mukherjee
Switzerland
Local time: 04:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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