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Jul 13, 2010 10:21
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Norwegian term
edeltre
Norwegian to English
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Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Perhaps I can rewrite to "valuable hardwood" or "fine hardwood" - or is there an established term for this in English?
Proposed translations
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| 4 | fine wood |
Charles Ek
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| 4 | noble timber |
Vedis Bjørndal
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| 3 | precious wood |
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Jul 18, 2010 09:50: Charles Ek Created KOG entry
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fine wood
See the first link for Google results for "fine wood" + furniture + flooring + cabinets. Note also that BMW uses fine wood or fine-wood in describing trim in its cars. Second link is edeltre + BMW + "fine wood".
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Comment: "Since all edeltre is hardwood AND considered "fine", I chose this combination. "Fine hardwood" gives 175,000 hits on Google (while precious wood or precious hardwoord gives much less hits). Thanks, man."
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precious wood
"Edeltre blir brukt om hardt treverk (hardved) som er høgt verdsett, til dømes teak, mahogni, lønn og bøk."
http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edeltre
"Characteristically, Chinese antique furniture is made from precious wood types, such as mahogany, sandalwood or rose wood. It tends to be lacquered, ..."
www.21stcenturyamsterdam.com/chinese-antique-furniture.html
"... called pieces and parts that are a set of accessories manufactured with solid Eucalyptus Wood and/or other precious wood types (Mahogany, Oak, etc.). ..."
http://www.issuu.com/ceprobol/docs/stylish_bolivia
http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edeltre
"Characteristically, Chinese antique furniture is made from precious wood types, such as mahogany, sandalwood or rose wood. It tends to be lacquered, ..."
www.21stcenturyamsterdam.com/chinese-antique-furniture.html
"... called pieces and parts that are a set of accessories manufactured with solid Eucalyptus Wood and/or other precious wood types (Mahogany, Oak, etc.). ..."
http://www.issuu.com/ceprobol/docs/stylish_bolivia
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Vedis Bjørndal
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noble timber
Another suggestion to the term "edeltre".
Edelgran: silver fir, noble fir.
Collins: noble (adj.) 3) If you describe something as noble, you think that its appearance or quality is very impressive, making it superior to other things of its type. ... the great parks with their noble trees.
Edelgran: silver fir, noble fir.
Collins: noble (adj.) 3) If you describe something as noble, you think that its appearance or quality is very impressive, making it superior to other things of its type. ... the great parks with their noble trees.
Example sentence:
built with lesser-used timber species in Ghana and thus help to solve local transportation problems on the one hand and reduce the danger of the overexploitation of the few widely known and used noble timber species on the other.
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