kolsyrepistol

English translation: carbon dioxide pistol

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Swedish term or phrase:kolsyrepistol
English translation:carbon dioxide pistol
Entered by: Marie Andersson (Allen)

12:56 Dec 10, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Swedish term or phrase: kolsyrepistol
Not quite sure of the appearance, but it shoots "bullets".

Anyone? TIA
Marie Andersson (Allen)
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:13
carbon dioxide pistol
Explanation:
This is a new one to me, but here is a list of sites I found from Google.

It sounds as if such a pistol exists, both in real life (a type of air-pressure gun) and in the comic form!!

Good luck with your translation.

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William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 16:13
Grading comment
Thank you
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3 +3carbon dioxide pistol
William [Bill] Gray
5CO2 pistol
Janis Abens


  

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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
carbon dioxide pistol


Explanation:
This is a new one to me, but here is a list of sites I found from Google.

It sounds as if such a pistol exists, both in real life (a type of air-pressure gun) and in the comic form!!

Good luck with your translation.




    Reference: http://www.google.no/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=no&ie=UTF-...
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Hopkins
1 hr
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agree  Sven Petersson
3 hrs
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agree  Michele Fauble
18 hrs
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3 days 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
CO2 pistol


Explanation:
Neither is wrong, but compare 9 hits to 26 000+ for these exact phrases


    Reference: http://google.com
Janis Abens
Latvia
Local time: 17:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
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