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Sep 5, 2005 14:42
18 yrs ago
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English term

dissolution

English Tech/Engineering Computers (general)
The total view indicates the scanned picture with a dissolution of pixel of ca.100µm.

Any chance this might be resolution instead of dissolution? The English text has been translated from another language.
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4 dissoluzione
4 +2 resolution
4 dissoluutio
4 dissolve
Change log

Sep 5, 2005 14:54: Jonathan Widell changed "Language pair" from "French to Finnish" to "English"

Discussion

Jonathan Widell (asker) Sep 5, 2005:
Or maybe I should do a literal translation. Is it my problem if the source text is poor?
Ken Cox Sep 5, 2005:
In that case, I hope you charge more for creative translation (aka guessing the original meaning).
Non-ProZ.com Sep 5, 2005:
Some more context: "In the total view, the scanned part is indicated. No evaluations from this picture are referred, because the dissolution is sampled."
Non-ProZ.com Sep 5, 2005:
The translation is a bit iffy across the board, which is why I am asking.

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dissoluzione

Alhough possible that it should have been "resolution" it could well be "dissolution" ("dissoluzione" in Italian).

Dissoluzione: La dissoluzione di un'immagine digitale dipende dal numero dei Pixel salvati. Tanto più alta è la dissoluzione quanto più acuta sembra l'immagine. In Toy Story le 3-D-immagini constano normalmente di 1,536x 922 Pixel.



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Note added at 46 mins (2005-09-05 15:28:04 GMT)
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There are lots of hits on google/yahoo for dissolution, which appears to be a synonimous of "resolution" in this context. However, they may all be wrong. The term "dissoluzione" appears often in the Italin language instead of "resolution" so it could simply be a bad translation...

DISSOLUTION in English
Reference:

http://www.noemalab.org/sections/specials/tetcm/animazione_digitale/toy_story/info_tecniche.html

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, it may be wrong, it may be right. If dissolution is right and I change it to resolution, they can blame me. If dissolution is wrong and I don't change it, they can blame themselves."
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20 mins

resolution

It must be 'pixel resolution' (ignorant translation).
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agree ooooo (X) : i agree with you, unless they mean the opposite!
40 mins
Given the quoted reference in Ivana's answer, it appears it can very well be a mistranslation. 'Picture dissolution' sounds pretty unlikely in English (more context would of course help to determine whether something else might be meant).
agree Alexandra Tussing
6 hrs
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21 mins

dissoluutio

Dissoluutio eli hajoaminen on yleisessä käytössä pikseleistä puhuttaessa.

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Note added at 42 mins (2005-09-05 15:24:42 GMT)
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http://www.ids-pcb.de/ENG/pages/hilfe.html

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Note added at 44 mins (2005-09-05 15:26:24 GMT)
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First your question was from French into Finnish, that's why I answered in Finnish. Pixel dissolution is used, for instance in the link.
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dissolve

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