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channel letter

German translation: Leuchtbuchstabe

09:41 Jan 15, 2002
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: channel letter
Es geht um Werbung mit Lichtfasern. Die Buchstaben von Schriftzügen sind hohl und werden von innen mit Lichtfasern beleuchtet.
Ina
German translation:Leuchtbuchstabe
Explanation:
Die einzelnen Buchstaben einer Leuchtreklame werden so genannt. Anstatt Leuchtreklame habe ich im Internet auch Lichtwerbung gefunden.
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Evi Zierlein
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Leuchtbuchstabe
Evi Zierlein
4Rillenbuchstabe
Kathi Stock
4Lichtkanal
Carsten Behrend


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Rillenbuchstabe


Explanation:
would be my explanation.


    Reference: http://www.tecnologix.net/laixicon/
Kathi Stock
United States
Local time: 06:20
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 930
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Leuchtbuchstabe


Explanation:
Die einzelnen Buchstaben einer Leuchtreklame werden so genannt. Anstatt Leuchtreklame habe ich im Internet auch Lichtwerbung gefunden.


    Duden - Bildw�rterbuch
Evi Zierlein
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 38

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carsten Behrend: Forget my below version. Letter is correctly determined!
5 mins
agree  RWSTranslation
22 mins
agree  Geri Linda Metterle: Yes, Leuchtbuchstabe is the correct word.
36 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Lichtkanal


Explanation:
It doesn't seem to be any fixed term.

Letter is to me tautological. The text will indicate that we are talking about letters. For this reason I choosed this version. It returns at least one good return on google.

Schriftkanal is negative, no Google return.


    Reference: http://hhtp://www.mpq.mpg.de/lpg/kern.htm
Carsten Behrend
Germany
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 68
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