Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
jirones de gas
English translation:
streamers / filaments of gas
Added to glossary by
DLyons
Jun 10, 2014 15:13
9 yrs ago
Spanish term
jirones de gas
Spanish to English
Other
Astronomy & Space
This appears in a text about stars, galaxies and the universe. The language is not too technical as it is for a voice over to go with a family show at a planetarium.
Nunca nos cansamos de ver las imágenes increibles que los modernos telescopios nos ofrecen de las nebulosas. Diseminadas por toda la bóveda celeste aparecen paisajes espectaculares de dimensiones inimaginables... Algunas son restos de estrellas que murieron. Estos **jirones de gas** incandescentes fueron expulsados en silenciosas explosiones cósmicas, supernovas de tipo 2 que hoy somos capaces de describir.
Would I be right to call these 'shreds of gas' Thank you.
Nunca nos cansamos de ver las imágenes increibles que los modernos telescopios nos ofrecen de las nebulosas. Diseminadas por toda la bóveda celeste aparecen paisajes espectaculares de dimensiones inimaginables... Algunas son restos de estrellas que murieron. Estos **jirones de gas** incandescentes fueron expulsados en silenciosas explosiones cósmicas, supernovas de tipo 2 que hoy somos capaces de describir.
Would I be right to call these 'shreds of gas' Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | streamers |
DLyons
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| 4 | wisps of gas |
George Rabel
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| 4 | filaments of gas |
___jck___
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| 4 | Tufts of gas |
raperez5
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Change log
Jun 16, 2014 15:30: DLyons Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
19 mins
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streamers
This suggests, IMHO, the length and violence better.
Note from asker:
| Thank you - this works well J |
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George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
wisps of gas
OR
wispy gas clouds
OR
wispy clouds of gas
New view of Horsehead Nebula: Ethereal wisps of gas and ...
articles.latimes.com/.../la-sci-sn-horsehead-ne...
Los Angeles Times
by Deborah Netburn - in 840 Google+ circlesApr 19, 2013 - Giant wispy clouds of gas and space dust rise to heights of 5-light years "tall" in this new image of the Horsehead Nebula that comes to us ...
The New Astronomy - Page 104 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0521408717
Nigel Henbest - 1996 - Science
Even with such a large telescope and a two-hour exposure, the wisps of glowing gas hardly show. The brightest of these long, extremely thin filaments lies near ...
wispy gas clouds
OR
wispy clouds of gas
New view of Horsehead Nebula: Ethereal wisps of gas and ...
articles.latimes.com/.../la-sci-sn-horsehead-ne...
Los Angeles Times
by Deborah Netburn - in 840 Google+ circlesApr 19, 2013 - Giant wispy clouds of gas and space dust rise to heights of 5-light years "tall" in this new image of the Horsehead Nebula that comes to us ...
The New Astronomy - Page 104 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0521408717
Nigel Henbest - 1996 - Science
Even with such a large telescope and a two-hour exposure, the wisps of glowing gas hardly show. The brightest of these long, extremely thin filaments lies near ...
1 hr
filaments of gas
The term filaments seems to come up a lot when talking about supernovas...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/witchs-broom-nebula...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131001.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/witchs-broom-nebula...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131001.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula
29 days
Tufts of gas
Tuft is a more lyrical way of describing the nebulosity. It has been used by Carl Sagan in Cosmos
Example sentence:
...surounded by tufts of glowing nebulosity residues...
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