Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
dot-matrix inkjet
Swedish translation:
(punkt)matrisskrivare
Added to glossary by
Anders Dalström
Sep 25, 2008 10:45
15 yrs ago
English term
Sweden
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Native in: Swedish 
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dot-matrix inkjet
English to Swedish
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Hardware
referring to old (early 1990s) printers. Looking for a natural-sounding English translation. Doesn't have to be literal.
context: '...than when I put dot-matrix inkjet to perforated paper' - the phrase is contrasting the past with the present.
context: '...than when I put dot-matrix inkjet to perforated paper' - the phrase is contrasting the past with the present.
Proposed translations
(Swedish)
| 3 +4 | (punkt)matrisskrivare |
Birgitta Ostrom
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| 4 | punktmatis bläckstråleskrivare |
Kjelle
|
Proposed translations
+4
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(punkt)matrisskrivare
"punktmatrisskrivare" or "matrisskrivare" refers to the printer (ie dot-matrix inkjet printer), but in this context you might want to use just (punkt)matris (eg. "...satte matrisen till det hålade papperet" jfr "sätta pennan till papperet")
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Comment: "Thanks. Will still have to decide whether to go with a literal translation or not, but at least now I know what the original phrase means. "
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punktmatis bläckstråleskrivare
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