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avlut

English translation: Spent liquor

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Norwegian term or phrase:avlut
English translation:Spent liquor
Entered by: Andy Bell

02:50 Feb 8, 2005
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Poetry & Literature
Norwegian term or phrase: avlut
In a patent document relating to additives to fowl litter to prevent digestive bacterial colonization:

"Med avlut fra et surt eller nøytralt cellulosesulfitkokk forstås avluten som fås etter behandling ave trevirke med en..."

The Norwegian in this document seems to have a Danish influience (although I don't believe it's that old), but my Danish dictionaries and technical books don't help much either.
TIA - PFT
Andy
Andy Bell
Local time: 18:54
Spent liquor
Explanation:
Avlut er Spent liquor
(The general expression for the withdrawn liquor from pulp cooking)
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/Puu/opiskelu/Sanasto/Sanasto_engla...

..og Formatics NO EN teknisk ordbok sier det samme.

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Note added at 1 hr 8 mins (2005-02-08 03:59:19 GMT)
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waste liquor er også brukt
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Tore Bjerkek
Canada
Local time: 06:54
Grading comment
Thanks Roald
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4 +3Spent liquor
Tore Bjerkek
2waste
Suzanne Blangsted (X)


  

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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
waste


Explanation:
http://www.miljoreferanser.no/public/tesaurus/visterm.asp?te...

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 03:54
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Richard Lawson: Norsk Miljøtesaurus is a useful site, and it lists the Norwegian term "avlut", but does it give corresponding English terms?
3 hrs
  -> the site calls it affald which in one corresponding term is waste
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Spent liquor


Explanation:
Avlut er Spent liquor
(The general expression for the withdrawn liquor from pulp cooking)
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/Puu/opiskelu/Sanasto/Sanasto_engla...

..og Formatics NO EN teknisk ordbok sier det samme.

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Note added at 1 hr 8 mins (2005-02-08 03:59:19 GMT)
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waste liquor er også brukt

Tore Bjerkek
Canada
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks Roald

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  brigidm: my dictionary gives both these alternatives
1 hr
agree  Richard Lawson: Lye ("lut") is used in processing wood pulp to make paper, etc. Hence, "avlut" is the spent or waste liquor from this process.
2 hrs
agree  Roald Toskedal
1 day 13 hrs
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