German to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical: Cardiology
German term or phrase:"um"??
Die Schicht aus dem hydrophilen Polymeren und dem darin eingelagerten Steroid ist im allgemeinen etwa 2 bis 50 um dick; vorteilhaft betraegt die Schichtdicke 5 bi 10 um.
Grimmer (asker): 2:18am Mar 14, 2004: Actually, thisis not exactly how this measurement is spelled. It is not a "u," but I have no clue how to type this particular letter.
Who knows what this measurement refers to and, if I can leave it, what symbol do I use? Kim Metzger: 2:49am Mar 14, 2004: Does it look like this øm? -
Explanation: One millionth of a meter is micrometer. It is actually mu, with a vertical line below the left arm of u.
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Mu looks like this: µ
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um is actuallly µm
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Copy paste this symbol in your translation. If you are handling a word document, the short cut key is alt+cntrl+M, see \"symbols\" in the \"insert\" menu of the word document.
Thanks so much, Narasimhan. Great explanation, I was already getting nervous because I couldn't get anywhere with finding an answer.
Thanks to the others as well. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Explanation: One millionth of a meter is micrometer. It is actually mu, with a vertical line below the left arm of u.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2004-03-14 03:04:39 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Mu looks like this: µ
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2004-03-14 03:05:00 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
um is actuallly µm
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2004-03-14 03:07:47 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Copy paste this symbol in your translation. If you are handling a word document, the short cut key is alt+cntrl+M, see \"symbols\" in the \"insert\" menu of the word document.
Thanks so much, Narasimhan. Great explanation, I was already getting nervous because I couldn't get anywhere with finding an answer.
Thanks to the others as well.
1 hr confidence:
s.u.
Explanation: Ich nehme an, dass das "um" wie hier im Text aussieht?:... Die so ermittelte Schichtdicke wurde in µm angegeben und ... Die Reproduzierbarkeit dieser
Methode ist an einem Laminat des ... und Wel- lenzahl bis zu 2 µm tief in ...
sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/ diss-online/03/04H019/t5.pdf
Why not copy and paste it from the source text into the translation, you don't have to translate it.
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
