lak

English translation: varhish or lacquer

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Danish term or phrase:lak
English translation:varhish or lacquer
Entered by: Charlesp

15:27 Jul 20, 2007
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Printing & Publishing
Danish term or phrase: lak
a printing press prints in colors and with "lak"

perhaps a coating?
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 23:51
varhish or lacquer
Explanation:
you hear matt or gloss varnish
and
UV-varnish
'coating' could be any coating you apply in the printing process and not necessarily varnish.


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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-07-20 19:52:56 GMT)
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Birthe Omark
Denmark
Local time: 23:51
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1lac, lacquer, varnish
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
5varhish or lacquer
Birthe Omark


  

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lac, lacquer, varnish


Explanation:
take your pick, all coming from the grafisk/digital ordbog L&H as translation from the Danish lak.

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 15:51
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
varhish or lacquer


Explanation:
you hear matt or gloss varnish
and
UV-varnish
'coating' could be any coating you apply in the printing process and not necessarily varnish.


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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-07-20 19:52:56 GMT)
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Sorry a typo... I would of course vanish

Birthe Omark
Denmark
Local time: 23:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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