Crystal

23:30 Jan 30, 2001
English to Indonesian translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
English term or phrase: Crystal
name of a person
crystal


Summary of answers provided
5Crystal
ErichEko ⟹⭐
na +1Kristal or Hablur
M. Laut
naKristal
Sugeng Hariyanto
nahablur
John Gare (X)
nakristal
Anton Pramono


  

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1 hr
Kristal


Explanation:
It is a common name in Indonesian. Few persons are Kristal. Kristal usually refers to word "crystal" as a glass thing.

Sugeng Hariyanto
Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of: Indonesian
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2 hrs
hablur


Explanation:
Suggest hablur as alternative to kristal because of the classification "Technical/Engineering". Hablur is the kind of crystal used in the old crystal set radio and I notice from articles like
http://www.lib.usm.my/press/SSU/JARbm.html found by searching for "hablur radio" using the google search engine on the internet, they are still being used to control frequencies


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John Gare (X)
Local time: 22:59
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Native speaker of: English
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11 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Kristal or Hablur


Explanation:
1. It is not original Indonesian name person.

2. Crystal translated into Indonesian: kristal or hablur. Crystal, it is one of several chemical processing results.
Like: sugar and salt crystals, snow and ice crystals, crystal set radio, crystal glass.


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M. Laut
Indonesia
Local time: 18:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Indonesian

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agree  Hikmat Gumilar
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26 days
kristal


Explanation:
a kind of material, like glass

Anton Pramono
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2116 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Crystal


Explanation:
Person names are not converted in Indonesian, except, but not always, when the source character set is not standard Latin.

For example, an Arabic name written as "Mahmoud" in English may be converted into "Mahmud" in Indonesian.

ErichEko ⟹⭐
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Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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