zpevnění vápence

English translation: stabilizing of limestone

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Czech term or phrase:zpevnění vápence
English translation:stabilizing of limestone
Entered by: Jiri Lonsky

14:22 Sep 11, 2012
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Science - Law (general) / restoration of limestone
Czech term or phrase: zpevnění vápence
Jedná se o restaurování sochy z vápence. Jinak než "consolidation".
Sarka Rubkova
Czech Republic
Local time: 05:14
stabilizing
Explanation:
stabilizing or stabilization is the proper term, unless "zpevnění" is meant in a specific sense of "making harder"
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Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 05:14
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1stabilizing
Jiri Lonsky
3 +3hardening
Vladimír Hoffman
4strenghtening
EvaVer (X)


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strenghtening


Explanation:
or reinforcement, but this would rather mean adding some kind of props.

EvaVer (X)
Local time: 05:14
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Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in FrenchFrench
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stabilizing


Explanation:
stabilizing or stabilization is the proper term, unless "zpevnění" is meant in a specific sense of "making harder"

Example sentence(s):
  • Later attempts at stabilizing the original limestone had coated the original soft stone with a much harder coating of a
  • We sealed the cracks and filled and stabilized the front surface.

    Reference: http://www.preservationarts.net/index.php/huntington_gallery...
    Reference: http://www.restorationservices.com/sculpture.html
Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 05:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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díky

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agree  Vladimír Hoffman: Nuz, pán kolega, preveril som si to a máte pravdu, stabilization je v danom kontexte správne. Ja som strielal na trochu iny terc. Ako vyraz uznania, zaujimavy link, co som pri overovani nasiel: http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/glossary.html
1 hr
  -> Děkuji, Vladimíre, jste formát - a dík za ten glosář, to je opravdu zajímavé
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hardening


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-11 15:46:50 GMT)
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http://www.onepetro.org/mslib/servlet/onepetropreview?id=000...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/00119164918...

Mimochodom, zmkenil by som kvalifikaciu, toto skutocne NIE JE pravna otazka:-))

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-09-11 17:59:53 GMT)
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Sťahujem odpoveď, v danom kontexte sa skutočne spomína skôr stabilization, ako uvádza p. Lonský.

Vladimír Hoffman
Slovakia
Local time: 05:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michal Fabian
6 mins
  -> Ďakujem.

agree  Maria Chmelarova
1 hr
  -> Ďakujem.

agree  Lucie Maruniakova
2 hrs
  -> Ďakujem za podporu, ale mne to teraz naozaj vychádza lepšie ako stabilization:-))
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