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English translation: although it now can be produced through a chemical process
| 01:24 Jan 15, 2003 |
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|  Selected response from: William Stein Costa Rica Local time: 13:32 | ||||||
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7 mins confidence: 
was originally the result of Explanation: Don't know much about steel, but I think it would work if you changed the tenses. I read it to mean that this color, which can now be obtained with a chemical process, was originally obtained by / had its origins in the (older) heat treatment process. All the best. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-15 01:35:56 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- errr, the color is the color is the color, so please let me take back the \"had it origins in\" and, while I\'m at it, replace one of those \"obtained\" with a \"produced\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-15 02:52:19 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \"The beautiful midnight blue of the fastening screws, which is/are again being used for some watches made today, was originally a tempering color, although it can now also be produced with chemicals. The color originates by slowly heating (\'tempering\') hardened steel.\" Grammatically, the first subordinate clause refers to the screws (are), but it distracts from the discussion of the color. |
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18 mins confidence:
even if it is created chemically today Explanation: or: even though... Originally it was a tempering colour, and it can still be produced by tempering, but usually it is produced chemically. |
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18 mins confidence:
in haste sorry if any typos/ good luck Explanation: The beautiful midnight blue of the screws, which today hold quite a few watches together, originates as a tempering color, in spite of the fact that today it can be produced by current chemical means. The color develops by slowly heating (“tempering”) hardened steel. |
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44 mins confidence:
although it now can be produced through a chemical process Explanation: The idea is that the color used to be produced naturally (by heating or tempering) and that now the same color can be attained artificially through a chemical process. |
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48 mins confidence:
even though it can nowaday also be produced chemically Explanation: With this construction both of the "auchs" are taken care of. The first auch goes with "auch wenn" and prduces "even though." The second auch simply means also. |
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1 hr confidence:
even though it can also be produced today by chemical means Explanation: The first "auch" actually belongs with the "wenn" and hence means "even though" or "although." The second "auch" means "also," (see my translation above). |
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