This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Italian to English
  3. Aerospace / Aviation / Space

speculare

English translation: in exactly the same way (in context)

08:53 Mar 16, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / design of doors on aircraft
Italian term or phrase: speculare
Più piccola di dimensioni, la Fwd Galley Door (chiamata anche Fwd Service Door) è pressoché uguale alla Fwd Passenger Door. E’ però speculare, quindi per l’apertura dall’interno si deve ruotare la leva in senso antiorario e la porta stessa si spalanca in senso antiorario.

grazie
Lorraine
Lorraine Abbey
Ireland
Local time: 06:05
English translation:in exactly the same way (in context)
Explanation:
An attempt to try a literal translation with "specular" of "mirror image" will probably confuse an English reader here. In exactly the same way is in fact ambiguous, but in the context, the reader will focus on the explanation which follows and eliminates all possible ambiguity.
"It opens in exactly the same way and therefore the handle must be turned anticlockwise to

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 hrs (2007-03-17 07:24:15 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

Fame at last
Selected response from:

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 09:05
Grading comment
Really starting to like you Jim.
Thanks AGAIN!

Lorraine
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1in exactly the same way (in context)
James (Jim) Davis
2 +2mirror image
Shera Lyn Parpia
3 +1symmetrical
Chiara Righele
4specular
roni_roni


  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mirror image


Explanation:
I think this is the idea

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chiara Righele
7 mins
  -> grazie!
agree  WendellR: My bad: I didn't understand what you were saying. Yes; I think this is the idea: it's the mirror image of the other door.
7 hrs
  -> excatly! ... or you could say one door's opening mirrors the other....
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
symmetrical


Explanation:
I think this could also work here

Chiara Righele
Italy
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gian: [i:Vibes] - your guide to electronic dance music (trance, techno ...- [ Traduci questa pagina ]The area behind the entrance looked rather classy by the way: two symmetric doors leading to the main area, with the 'coins-desk' right in the middle of ...
4 hrs
  -> Grazie Gian
neutral  WendellR: Doors & windows, almost by definition, are symmetrical. Not sure this gets at what the description is trying to say.
7 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
specular


Explanation:
specular
adj.
Of, resembling, or produced by a mirror or speculum.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/specular

roni_roni
Local time: 08:05
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in exactly the same way (in context)


Explanation:
An attempt to try a literal translation with "specular" of "mirror image" will probably confuse an English reader here. In exactly the same way is in fact ambiguous, but in the context, the reader will focus on the explanation which follows and eliminates all possible ambiguity.
"It opens in exactly the same way and therefore the handle must be turned anticlockwise to

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 hrs (2007-03-17 07:24:15 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

Fame at last

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
Really starting to like you Jim.
Thanks AGAIN!

Lorraine

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  WendellR: I tend to agree about not rendering "specular" literally; this is best, but I could see "mirror image" working, with a bit of tweaking.
5 hrs
  -> Speculare always brings to mind a particularly complex explanation in the accounting polices part of an Italian financial report for interest swap contracts. An eight or nine line sentence with "speculare" in the middle. A nightmare.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search