Jul 8, 2019 15:56
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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Visto
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
signage fabrication
A website translation and catalogue for a company specialising in External Sign Lettering.... Flat cut, Molded or Built up. Imagine if you will wall mounted signage or signs mounted onto spacers so that the letters appear to float slightly off the wall. My problem is the tech. spec. for one of the hundreds of different letter types on offer.
Problem term: metacrilato visto
Las letras corpóreas retroiluminadas con metacrilato visto están fabricadas por un frente de aluminio lacado soldado a los laterales de aluminio y cerradas por la parte trasera con un metacrilato de 10 o de 20mm para el efecto retroiluminado
Problem term: metacrilato visto
Las letras corpóreas retroiluminadas con metacrilato visto están fabricadas por un frente de aluminio lacado soldado a los laterales de aluminio y cerradas por la parte trasera con un metacrilato de 10 o de 20mm para el efecto retroiluminado
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | transparent |
Simon Charass
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| 3 | acrylic [protruding acrylic] |
Chema Nieto Castañón
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| 3 | Clear |
Reece Anderson
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Proposed translations
37 mins
Simon Charass
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Over 20 Years Freelance Translation
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English to French, and 9 more.
transparent
transparent methacrylate
1. Polymethyl methacrylate. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), a synthetic resin produced from the polymerization of methyl methacrylate. A transparent and rigid plastic, PMMA is often used as a substitute for glass in products such as shatterproof windows, skylights, illuminated signs, and aircraft canopies.
www.britannica.com/science/polymethyl-methacrylate
2. Sign in to download full-size image ... Problems associated with free acrylonitrile have, however, led to the virtual disappearance of ... Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a clear, colorless polymer used extensively for optical applications.
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/polymethyl-methacr...
Google search: is methacrylate used for lighted signs?
1. Polymethyl methacrylate. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), a synthetic resin produced from the polymerization of methyl methacrylate. A transparent and rigid plastic, PMMA is often used as a substitute for glass in products such as shatterproof windows, skylights, illuminated signs, and aircraft canopies.
www.britannica.com/science/polymethyl-methacrylate
2. Sign in to download full-size image ... Problems associated with free acrylonitrile have, however, led to the virtual disappearance of ... Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a clear, colorless polymer used extensively for optical applications.
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/polymethyl-methacr...
Google search: is methacrylate used for lighted signs?
Peer comment(s):
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Diana Claveria
3 hrs
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Thank you Diana.
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: Hi Simon. I would say that visto does not convey the idea of transparent (el metacrilato es un material transparente) but that the material is exposed; that it can be seen (que queda a la vista). Visto refers to the design and not to the material itself.
6 hrs
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Please see my comments in the discussion section. Thank you.
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| disagree |
Eduardo Hojman
: Se refiere a que está a la vista, no transparente.
56 days
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7 hrs
Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Psychologist & Emergency Physician
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish
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Spanish term (edited):
metacrilato visto
acrylic [protruding acrylic]
La denominación inglesa habitual para metacrilato es PMMA, acrylic o acrylic glass. También se utiliza plexiglass y otras denominaciones. Este material es transparente. Visto no se refiere a transparente sino a que queda a la vista. En el caso de las letras con volumen o efecto halo, el metacrilato está por detrás de otros materiales aunque por medio de iluminación resulta visible, produciendo el efecto de dar mayor volumen al objeto en primer plano. O bien se trata de metacrilato visto, que protruye por detrás (que excede los límites del material en primer plano). En inglés hay distintas descripciones del efecto pero no he encontrado ninguna equivalente para referirse al metacrilato propiamente. Tal vez, por ejemplo, sirva la última; Protruding Acrylic Back Trays Illuminated.
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), a synthetic resin produced from the polymerization of methyl methacrylate. A transparent and rigid plastic, PMMA is often used as a substitute for glass in products such as shatterproof windows, skylights, illuminated signs, and aircraft canopies. It is sold under the trademarks Plexiglas, Lucite, and Perspex.
https://www.britannica.com/science/polymethyl-methacrylate
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic, acrylic glass, or plexiglass as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex among several others (see below), is a transparent thermoplastic often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)
Latón retroiluminado con metacrilato visto
https://www.letracorporea.com/es/ficha-modelo/retroiluminado...
Brass Halo Illuminated Sign
https://www.goodwinandgoodwin.com/pages/brass-signs
Protruding Acrylic Back Trays Illuminated
https://www.precision-signs.co.uk/built-up-lettering
8 days
Reece Anderson
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Medical Translation and Subtitling
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Clear
Going off google images, I would say it's just a clear plexiglass / perspex backing.
Discussion
Check out this example though.
Las letras corpóreas retroiluminadas con metacrilato visto están fabricadas por un frente de latón soldado a los laterales de latón y cerradas por la parte trasera con un metacrilato de 10 o de 20mm para el efecto retroiluminado.
https://www.letracorporea.com/es/ficha-modelo/retroiluminado...
They are talking about brass letters (front and lateral) with an acrylic layer on the back and the posterior side of them. The "interior" of the letter is illuminated so that you see a brass front and an halo effect as you can see the light coming out of its side through the acrylic. Check the image -and do please excuse my effortful English here. The acrylic is "at view" even though it is not up front.
Your ref. is "at view" or "apparent", and in this case would mean that the "metacrilato" can be seen, which can or not be the case here, depending if it is colored or not.
Maria's comment does not address the question of "visto".
www.signagekraft.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=...
LED Backlit Glow Signs. ... SIGNAGE WITH BACKLIT 12MM ACRYLIC LETTERS ... SIGNAGE WITH BACKLIT RAISED ACRYLIC LETTERS .