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выборочная лакировка

English translation: spot gloss


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Russian term or phrase:выборочная лакировка
English translation:spot gloss
Entered by: Susan McDonald
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09:43 Jan 19, 2012
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Printing & Publishing
Russian term or phrase: выборочная лакировка
This appears in an agreement between a print shop and a company looking for photoalbums. The product specification lists the various information about the photoalbums (size, paper weight, etc.) but then this phrase appears:

цветность блока: цветная, 4 краски, выборочная лакировка;

The best I could come up with is "spot varnishing" but that doesn't sound right at all! Your help would be most gratefully received...
Susan McDonald
Local time: 04:55
spot gloss
Explanation:
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Alex Marshall
United States
Grading comment
Consulted with the client and this was indeed the term. Many thanks for your input - much appreciated!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1selective varnishing
Dmitry Kornyukhov
3 +2spot gloss
Alex Marshall


Discussion entries: 1





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
spot gloss


Explanation:
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Alex Marshall
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Consulted with the client and this was indeed the term. Many thanks for your input - much appreciated!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jinglebob
30 mins

agree  cyhul
5 days
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
selective varnishing


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 mins (2012-01-19 09:52:14 GMT)
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I looked at a Bonnard street scene which had selective varnishing in a few areas but the rest was matt finished but it didnt seem to make sense ...
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-392037.h...

Also, cut and dry way application accompanied unlimited possibilities for selective varnishing. In compositions can be used gloss, matt varnish, as well as their ...
http://yqyq.net/15124-Oblagorazhivanie_poligraficheskoiy_pro...

What is selective varnishing?
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2011103009145...

Dmitry Kornyukhov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Jack!

agree  Vaddy Peters: partial glossing
9 mins
  -> Thank you, Vaddy! Partial could be even better in this context

disagree  Jinglebob: I'm with Alex on this one. Selective sounds like a russianism.
31 mins
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