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17:06 Sep 10, 2009 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Wine / Oenology / Viticulture | |||||||
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4 +1 | alcohol content of more than 35% vol. |
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3 | alcoholic content in excess of 35° |
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alcoholic content in excess of 35° Explanation: gradazione=gradazione alcolica in this case='alcoholic content' from Zanichelli tech dictionary. From Wikipedia: "Britain, which used to use the Sikes scale to display proof, now uses the European scale set down by the International Organization of Legal Metrology (IOLM). This scale, for all intents and purposes the same as the Gay-Lussac scale previously used by much of mainland Europe, was adopted by all the countries in the European Community in 1980. Using the IOLM scale or the Gay-Lussac scale is essentially the same as measuring alcohol by volume except that the figures are expressed in degrees, not percentages". So maybe '35 degrees' or '35 percent' are interchangeable in this context. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 56 mins (2009-09-10 18:02:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Proof is certainly not the same as ABV (according to Wikipedia proof=ABV*2); probably safest to go with %, then, it certainly seems consistent (35% is about right for a spirit, isn't it). |
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alcohol content of more than 35% vol. Explanation: Oliver is on the right lines. Alcohol content by volume and centesimal alcohol measured on the Gay-Lussac scale are the same thing. Since alcohol by volume (ABV) is the EU-wide standard, I would suggest using the "% vol." notation. "Proof" has more than one meaning. In the US, it is double the percentage alcohol content by volume (80° proof US = 40% vol.) whereas in the United Kingdom, proof was determined by actually "proving" the spirit. This involved wetting a small pile of gunpowder, applying a lighted match and seeing what happened. If the gunpowder ignited, the spirit was "over proof". In practical terms, "100° proof spirit" (ie, just strong enough to ignite) contained about 57% alcohol by volume. HTH Giles Reference: http://apella.ac-limoges.fr/musee-gay-lussac/Experiences/Are... |
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Reference: It seems this has been asked before Reference information: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/food_dairy/1333... |
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