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How to scale stencils

Finnish translation: Miten kaavaimia/mallineita/sapluunoita skaalataan

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English term or phrase:How to scale stencils
Finnish translation:Miten kaavaimia/mallineita/sapluunoita skaalataan
Entered by: Gary Raymond Bokobza

07:16 Sep 9, 2007
English to Finnish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
English term or phrase: How to scale stencils
It is a title in a Microsoft Visio manual
Gary Raymond Bokobza
Spain
Local time: 17:17
Miten kaavaimia/mallineita/sapluunoita skaalataan
Explanation:
'Skaalata' is the best equivalent for English 'to scale'. Then there are tens of less accurate ways to say it "in original Finnish".

'Sapluuna' is also the best understood equivalent for 'stencil', but let there be intentionally concocted 'kaavain' or 'malline' so as to defend the sacred purity of the Finnish language against foreign influence.

If this is a title of a chapter, a less anglicismic way to say it might be just ‘Kaavainten skaalaus’.
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Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Local time: 18:17
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3 +1Miten kaavaimia/mallineita/sapluunoita skaalataan
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how to scale stencils
Miten kaavaimia/mallineita/sapluunoita skaalataan


Explanation:
'Skaalata' is the best equivalent for English 'to scale'. Then there are tens of less accurate ways to say it "in original Finnish".

'Sapluuna' is also the best understood equivalent for 'stencil', but let there be intentionally concocted 'kaavain' or 'malline' so as to defend the sacred purity of the Finnish language against foreign influence.

If this is a title of a chapter, a less anglicismic way to say it might be just ‘Kaavainten skaalaus’.

Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Local time: 18:17
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Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 8

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