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English translation: Carrier

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16:04 Jun 3, 2010

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Science - Archaeology / Rock Art

Spanish term or phrase: Carga

I am really unsure as to how to translate this term. The context is Arte Rupestre, componentes de pinturas.

Una pintura se compone de varias fases: un pigmento o materia colorante, una carga y un aglutinante o ligante.

artsandlanguage

English translation:Carrier

Explanation:
Although the link is to an ingredient of oil paint, the process of making paint is pretty similar.

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Muses Inc
Netherlands
Local time: 03:49

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Carrier

Muses Inc

Filler

Sergio Campo

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liz askew

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Carrier

Explanation:
Although the link is to an ingredient of oil paint, the process of making paint is pretty similar.

Example sentence(s):

New carriers for paint were developed out of organic polymer technology in the twentieth century.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paint#Carrier

Muses Inc
Netherlands
Local time: 03:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 3

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44 mins confidence:

load/loading

Explanation:
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Heavy Body Color Chart
Pigment Load - also known as Pigment Volume Content (PVC), Pigment Load is the amount of pigment in a paint, compared to the amount of binder and other ...
www.goldenpaints.com/technicaldata/glossary.php - Cached - Similar
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Alpamine N41™ : easy way to optimize pigments loadings in coatings ...
Very good paint stability. Ease of use. No formaldehyde generation ... your paint or ink color with less surfactant and lower pigment loading in your paste, ...
www.specialchem4coatings.com/tc/alpamine/index.aspx - Cached - Similar

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

19 hrs confidence:

Filler

Explanation:
In this context, I would refer to "carga" in english as "filler".

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint
(article on both languages)
http://www.nyss.org/media/uploads/workshop_pdf/Workshop_3_Pi...
http://www.informationresearch.co.uk/Proprietary_expertise_P...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3284/is_n254_v67/ai_...
(an article on prehistoric paintings)

Sergio Campo
Belgium
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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