類白色

English translation: whitish

00:27 Oct 11, 2008

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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals

Japanese term or phrase: 類白色

化学物質の性状を表記する際の、類白色は英語ではどう表現するのでしょうか。ご教示ください。

Tamezo

English translation:whitish

Explanation:
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農薬製剤に特有な色の表示として類白色と褐色がある。類白色は「おおむね白に似た色」を表し
http://www.acis.famic.go.jp/shinsei/13-3987.pdf
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上記によりますと"off-white"は「類白色」の一つですが、「類白色」は必ずしも"off-white"とは限らないことになります。

「類白色」に相当する英語は口語的表現では"a kind of white"であり、"a kind of white or * powder|granule|granules|crystal|crystals"などのキーワードで検索してみますと「類白色」には様々な色合いのものが含まれることがわかります。

なお、日本語で「類白色」と記されている物質を、該当する英語名で調べてみますとたんに"white"としているケースも数多く見られ、実際の物質の色合いを単純に青とか白とか赤とかの分類に当てはめることはかなり無理があることがわかります。

「おおむね白に似た色」に近い言葉としては下記の"whitish"や"quasi white"が挙げられますが、物質の物理的特性の一つとしての色合いを"quasi white"と表現することはあまり多くないようです:

"whitish powder|granule|granules|crystal|crystals" の検索結果約 9,410 件
"quasi-white powder|granule|granules|crystal|crystals" の検索結果約 4 件

whitish
1. Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/CGI-BIN/WEBSTER.page.sh?page=165...

whitish
almost white in colour:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=90305&dict=CA...

結論:
「類白色」をそのまま訳すとすれば"whitish"、実際の色合いがわかっている場合はoff-whiteとか"yellowish white"などの具体的な表現を用いる。

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whitish

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off-white

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quasi-white (color)

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off-white

Explanation:
I can't find any Japanese pages for evidence, but there are several Chinese pages that indicate that this is what it means.

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quasi-white (color)

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類　： resembling
quasi : resembling

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whitish

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