propano bianco sif

English translation: excluding excise duty

07:30 Jan 4, 2003

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering

Italian term or phrase: propano bianco sif

List of products supplied by a gas company. I'm pretty sure you say "White propane" but I don't get the "sif" bit.

Christopher McConnell (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 28 (1 open) Answers: 25
Local time: 13:56

English translation:excluding excise duty

Explanation:
sif = senza imposta di fabbricazione

HTH

Sarah

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Note added at 2003-01-04 11:00:25 (GMT)
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As for your question about white propane, I\'ve never heard of it but suspect that it may be another name for commercial propane (LPG), which gives off a white vapour. However, LPG is a mix of propane and other liquid gases, so you\'d need to be sure before using it to translate propano bianco:

\'Commercial propane, also commonly known as L.P. Gas, satisfies the above criteria. The com- position of L.P. Gas varies according to its source. In South Australia, commercial propane is principally a mixture of propane (25% to 99%) and propene (75% to 0%) with generally insignificant quantities (totalling less than 5%) of butane and butene.\'

www.tec.adelaide.edu.au/olympic_flames/tds/univ_report.ps

\'LPG and LNG are gases at normal temperatures and pressure. They are liquefied by pressurizing and by cooling. The liquids and gases are colourless and odourless but compounds with odour have been added to enable detection of leakages by smell. The vapour cloud from spilled liquid may have a white colour due to condensation and freezing of the humidity present in the air.\'

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Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 13:56

Grading comment

Thanks very much everyone. I'm still not very sure about propano bianco, even asked the customer but they didn't seem to know (or care) either.
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excluding excise duty

Sarah Ponting

sifter

smarinella

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

44 mins confidence:

sifter

Explanation:
I'm just guessing: coulf "sif" stay for sifter?

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Note added at 2003-01-04 08:16:17 (GMT)
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Sorry! \"sif\" is in Italian text!

smarinella
Italy
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in pair: 46

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

excluding excise duty

Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1626

Grading comment

Thanks very much everyone. I'm still not very sure about propano bianco, even asked the customer but they didn't seem to know (or care) either.

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