Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look
by seppel on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:21PM
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> How else do you know what they call carbon fiber in German? [0]
> [0] Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff, of course.
Well, it actually not that simple :)
Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff[1] is carbon fiber reinforced polymer[2]. But it seems like carbon fiber is also used as a short hand for carbon fiber reinforced polymer. Similarly, Germans often call Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff just Karbon.
But the translation of the technical term carbon fiber[3] is just Kohlenstofffaser[4] (which is quite a literal translation).
But indeed, it is really nice how transparent that is when looking that the wikipedia articles.
Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look
by egeozcan on Thursday September 24, 2020 @01:34AM
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It's not my mother language but I speak German, and I keep reading "server" when trying to read "Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter". IT sector ruined my brain.
Well, it actually not that simple :)
Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff[1] is carbon fiber reinforced polymer[2]. But it seems like carbon fiber is also used as a short hand for carbon fiber reinforced polymer. Similarly, Germans often call Kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff just Karbon.
But the translation of the technical term carbon fiber[3] is just Kohlenstofffaser[4] (which is quite a literal translation).
But indeed, it is really nice how transparent that is when looking that the wikipedia articles.
[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlenstofffaserverst%C3%A4rkt... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fiber_reinforced_polyme... [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fibers [4] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlenstofffaser