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glycopolymannans

German translation: Glucomannane

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English term or phrase:glycopolymannans
German translation:Glucomannane
Entered by: Steffen Walter

15:34 Jan 30, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Cosmetics, Beauty / Biotechnology
English term or phrase: glycopolymannans
Does anyone on this fine Sunday know the German term for glycopolymannans i.e. large complex carbohydrates?
This term appears in a text that was translated from Spanish to English and needs to be in German. There may well be a spelling mistake...
Context: biotechnology.
Thanks.
Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 08:02
Glucomannans
Explanation:
According to the site below, "polymannans" are also known as "mannans". Glyco- as a sugar-related prefix is usually expressed in German as "Gluco-", so I'm fairly sure that the term you need is this one. I recently did a vast translation for a major sugar manufacturer, and this, and similar expressions, came up time after time in connection with saccharides.
www.was-wir-essen.de/fusetalk/ messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=6483

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Note added at 40 mins (2005-01-30 16:14:50 GMT)
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Oops, sorry, I made a spelling mistake myself...should be \"Glucomannane\"
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 15:02
Grading comment
Thanks, David. Your explanation makes sense.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Glucomannans
David Moore (X)
4Glycopolymannane
Jens Mährländer
4Glukomannane
Renate FitzRoy


Discussion entries: 1





  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Glucomannans


Explanation:
According to the site below, "polymannans" are also known as "mannans". Glyco- as a sugar-related prefix is usually expressed in German as "Gluco-", so I'm fairly sure that the term you need is this one. I recently did a vast translation for a major sugar manufacturer, and this, and similar expressions, came up time after time in connection with saccharides.
www.was-wir-essen.de/fusetalk/ messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=6483

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Note added at 40 mins (2005-01-30 16:14:50 GMT)
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Oops, sorry, I made a spelling mistake myself...should be \"Glucomannane\"

David Moore (X)
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks, David. Your explanation makes sense.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Melanie Nassar: 1000's of Googles for glucomannan, only a handful for glycomannan
8 mins
agree  MMUlr: Glucomannans (without "e") is correct: They are polysaccharides, but named only "glucomannans"; see: http://www.scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=glucomanna...
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Glycopolymannane


Explanation:
In der Zusammensetzung habe ich es zwar noch nicht gesehen, aber alle Wortbestandteile sind in anderen deutschen Begriffen aus der Chemie deckungsgleich vorhanden ("glyco", "poly" und "Mannan"). Du kannst es also relativ sicher so übernehmen.

Jens Mährländer
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Glukomannane


Explanation:
ergibt immerhin einige Google-Treffer, meist in Verbindung mit Aloe Vera.

Renate FitzRoy
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: German
Grading comment
Many thanks for your input, Renate.
Antoinette
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Comment: Many thanks for your input, Renate.
Antoinette



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