Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
brandfarlig og brændbar
English translation:
flammable and combustible
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Michele Fauble
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Danish term
Flammable and Flammable Liquids
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
I'm doing a translation from English into Italian, but the source text was in danish, I'm running into this sentence in a part with very bad English that might have been translated with machine translation and no revision.
I wonder if Flammable and flammable originates from Danish having two slightly different but similar terms that MT might have translated with flammable.
There is a reference to "Executive Order nr. 1639 on "Flammable and Flammable Liquids and related regulations"
I wonder if Flammable and flammable originates from Danish having two slightly different but similar terms that MT might have translated with flammable.
There is a reference to "Executive Order nr. 1639 on "Flammable and Flammable Liquids and related regulations"
Proposed translations
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Change log
Jan 5, 2021 23:07: Michele Fauble Created KOG entry
Jan 5, 2021 23:09: Michele Fauble changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/84556">Michele Fauble's</a> old entry - "brandfarlig og brændbar "" to ""flammable (brandfarlig) and combustible (brændbar)""
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flammable (brandfarlig) and combustible (brændbar)
Flammable and combustible liquids are liquids that can burn. ... Generally speaking, flammable liquids will ignite (catch on fire) and burn easily at normal working temperatures. Combustible liquids have the ability to burn at temperatures that are usually above working temperatures.
Flammable & Combustible Liquids - Hazards : OSH Answers
A combustible material is something that can combust (burn) in air. Flammable materials are combustible materials that ignite easily at ambient temperatures. In other words, a combustible material ignites with some effort and a flammable material catches fire immediately on exposure to flame.
Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia
Flammable & Combustible Liquids - Hazards : OSH Answers
A combustible material is something that can combust (burn) in air. Flammable materials are combustible materials that ignite easily at ambient temperatures. In other words, a combustible material ignites with some effort and a flammable material catches fire immediately on exposure to flame.
Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia
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Discussion
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-78567,...
Example of words changing in the past? and also an example of the old game Telephone, things take on a life of theri own as they are repeated.
Maybe they meant flammable and inflammable,?? which has always been confusing.???