English to Spanish translating

[MT4]

Hi all,

 

I have found, both by myself (native Spanish speaker) and from questions from other members, that sometimes the original post on a thread (in English) is difficult to understand to someone abroad, either because of brand names, or because of a very specific vocabulary.

 

Just as a humble try to figure this out, I have written my Spanish interpretations to most usual English terms below. If this thread is completed with both more terms and more languages (sorry, but my French is quite rusty, my Italian is limited to about ten words, all the remaining 150 languages are even worse), it can be useful for all of us non-English forum members.

 

Pen parts:

Body: "Cuerpo"

Breather tube: "Tubo de respiración"

Cap: "Tapa" or "Capuchón"

Clip: "Clip" (or, less often, "Traba corbatas")

Feed/Feeder: "Alimentador"

Nib: "Plumín" or "pluma"

Sac: "Saco" or "Vegiga"

Section: "Sección" or "Boquilla"

 

Nib terms:

Broad: "Gruesa" or "Trazo grueso"

Medium: "Media" or "Trazo medio"

Fine: "Fina" or "Trazo fino"

 

Breather hole: "Orificio de respiración"

Shoulders: "Hombros"

Tipping: We don't use a specific Spanish word for this. We still call them "iridios" informally.

 

Flexible: "Flexible"

Stub: The Spanish word for this would be "romo", but when speaking specifically about fountain pens we use the English "stub" most of the times.

Italic: "Itálica" or "Caligráfica"

 

Filling systems:

Button: "A botón"

Cartridge: "A cartucho"

Converter: "Convertidor" or "adaptador"

Crescent: "Medialuna"

Lever: "A palanca" or, less often, "Leva"

Piston: "A émbolo" or "A pistón"

Squeeze/Twist: Both English terms could be written as "retorcer" (as a verb). I don't think that there is any usual terms for this referring to fountain pens.

Vacuum: "Vacío"

 

Materials:

Celluloid: "Celuloide"

Gold: "Oro"

Gold plated: "Plateado en oro" or just "dorado"

Hard rubber: "Vulcanita", "Ebonita", or "Caucho vulcanizado"

Shellac: "Goma laca"

Silver: "Plata". Sterling Silver would be "plata esterlina"

Stainless: "Inoxidable"

Steel: "Acero"

Wood: "Madera"

 

Other terms:

Lacquer: "Laca"

Polish: "Pulir" as a verb or "Pulimento" as a noun.

Rod: "Vástago"

Screw: This is a term with a few different meanings in English. We call "Tornillo" in Spanish to the tiny threaded sticks you manage with your screwdriver. "Rosca" would be the meaning for "Thread" as in "Screw cap" for example.

Seal: "Sello"

 

HTH

 

Martin

 

 

 

[MT4]

Some more terms to be added to this confusion:

 

Brushed: "Cepillado"

Slit: "Hendija"

Crack/Cracked: "Rajadura", "Rajado"

Solvent weld: "Soldadura por solvente"

Nipple: Though there must be some Spanish word for this, we call this just "Niple", spanish-izing this by deleting a "P"

Tines: We have no words for this! Just leave it open in case there are other languages where this apply.

 

I'll keep adding more English terms, as soon as they show up in my weak memory...

 

Native ... (Mandarin, Swedish, German, Italian, Arabic, Ukranian...) speakers are welcome!

 

Rgds.

 

Martin

Edited November 30, 2009 by MT4

[mompus]

Some more terms to be added to this confusion:

 

Brushed: "Cepillado"

Slit: "Hendija"

Crack/Cracked: "Rajadura", "Rajado"

Solvent weld: "Soldadura por solvente"

Nipple: Though there must be some Spanish word for this, we call this just "Niple", spanish-izing this by deleting a "P"

Tines: We have no words for this! Just leave it open in case there are other languages where this apply.

 

I'll keep adding more English terms, as soon as they show up in my weak memory...

 

Native ... (Mandarin, Swedish, German, Italian, Arabic, Ukranian...) speakers are welcome!

 

Rgds.

 

Martin

 

 

For what it's worth... the Spanish (well ok, Catalan) antiquarians, who sold me my first vintage pens, used the term "plumilla" for the nib. Later, in Latin America, I learned to say "brillar" (to shine) rather than "pulir" (to polish). May be merely shibboleths.

[bernardo]

Hello

 

I'm a native Spanish speaker too, but I'm not from Spain. Spanish is a very diverse language, because it is spoken in many different countries. So, here in Mexico we use different words for some of the English names listed above. They are not necessarily literal translations from English.

 

The main differences are:

 

Body = barril

Nib = punto

Sac = hule

Broad = grueso, ancho

Breather hole = respirador

Stub = chato

Button = botón (no "a")

Cartridge = cartucho (no "a")

Converter = convertidor, cargador (no "a")

Lever = palanca (no "a")

Piston = pistón (no "a")

Squeeze/Twist = apretar, presionar, de presión

Gold plated = chapa o baño de oro

Hard rubber = hule (vulcanizado)

Shellac = laca, laqueado

Sterling Silver = plata 925

Lacquer = laca, laqueado

Rod = varilla

[bernardo]

In Mexico:

 

Slit = rendija

Cracked = estrellado

Nipple = niple (the opposite of "cople")

Tines = laina(s)

[Philip1209]

Excellent, thank you for posting this. It is a useful resources that is difficult to find through other means. I remember running around Madrid trying to find 'plumas autográficas.'

[MT4]

I am not from Spain either, but from Buenos Aires (Argentina). Yes: Countries which had colonies (mainly from XVI century on), as Spain, France, Neaderlands, Portugal, UK, etc, have spread their own languages quite a lot, which has arrived to today's great variety worldwide. Countries which hadn't done so, as Germany, Italy, etc, had limited their languages to a more limited surface, thus keeping it more in it's original shape.

 

I know: People from Napoli might think that people from Torino speak Italian in a very strange way, but that's because they haven't heard the difference between Buckingham's English and Bronx's one (Do you remember? "I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in New York", though not specifically referring to language, it also applies).

 

I keep waiting for native speakers of other languages...

 

Rgds.

 

Martin

[MT4]

Just another issue: We call "estilográfica" in Spanish, both to stylos (Rötring/Tintenkuli-like) and fountain pens. If you ever travel and intend to buy ink, be certain to buy a bottle suitable for fountain pen, and not to Rötring stylos...

 

Rgds.

 

Martin

[carlosjaviercontreras]

¡Aja! Now, how would you say "posted" in Spanish? I usually write "capuchón acoplado al final del cañón", but it is getting tiresome.

[MT4]

¡Aja! Now, how would you say "posted" in Spanish? I usually write "capuchón acoplado al final del cañón", but it is getting tiresome.

 

Where I live, and because of the lack of a specific term, the same as "nipple", "tipping", "clip" aplies: Our Spanish-ized term for "posted" is "posteada", at least locally. I can't find any reference in neither estilograficas.net nor the soloplumas blogspot.

 

Rgds.

 

Martin

[bernardo]

Just another issue: We call "estilográfica" in Spanish, both to stylos (Rötring/Tintenkuli-like) and fountain pens. If you ever travel and intend to buy ink, be certain to buy a bottle suitable for fountain pen, and not to Rötring stylos...

Rgds.

Martin

 

 

In Mexico, fountain pen = pluma fuente. Estilográfica does not exist here.

 

As I pointed out before, it's inaccurate to say "in Spanish" in general. You'd better say "in Argentina" or perhaps even "in Buenos Aires".

 

Best regards

Edited December 1, 2009 by bernardo

[carlosjaviercontreras]

¡Aja! Now, how would you say "posted" in Spanish? I usually write "capuchón acoplado al final del cañón", but it is getting tiresome.

 

Where I live, and because of the lack of a specific term, the same as "nipple", "tipping", "clip" aplies: Our Spanish-ized term for "posted" is "posteada", at least locally. I can't find any reference in neither estilograficas.net nor the soloplumas blogspot.

 

Rgds.

 

Martin

I've thought the same thing about "posteada" for "posted", but people wouldn't get it without further clarification. I was planning to include a Glossary in my FP blog for those "anglisismos". I use "clip" itself for the clip as rae (Real Academia Española) records the term as an proper Spanish word (that came from English). A "tipping" equivalent is still missing.

 

Regards,

 

Carlos Javier.

[MT4]

I've thought the same thing about "posteada" for "posted", but people wouldn't get it without further clarification. I was planning to include a Glossary in my FP blog for those "anglisismos".

 

Hey! We would like to know your FP Blog's address. Would you mind?

 

Tks.

 

Martin

[carlosjaviercontreras]

I've thought the same thing about "posteada" for "posted", but people wouldn't get it without further clarification. I was planning to include a Glossary in my FP blog for those "anglisismos".

 

Hey! We would like to know your FP Blog's address. Would you mind?

 

Tks.

 

Martin

 

It is http://misplumasfuente.wordpress.com/

 

There isn't much already posted, but I'm working on it. The blog contains mostly handwritten reviews and some photos. I'm supposed to transcribe the handwritten reviews but it's so much fun using my pens that I keep procrastinating the keyboard-thingy work.