Dec 27, 2009 16:45
14 yrs ago
Russian term

Прошивать суровой ниткой

Russian to English Tech/Engineering Manufacturing Book manufacture
Листы прошиты суровой ниткой. How to render? These are real sheets of paper made into a copy book.

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pages are stitched/sewn together with a twine

This is what they use for books and documents. Also, baseballs, footballs, etc.

E.g.:
The finished leaves were given numbers, and two long twines were threaded through each end through wooden boards. When closed, the excess twine would be wrapped around the boards to protect the leaves of the book. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-12-27 17:02:41 GMT)
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Современные переплетчики используют суровую льняную нить, вот такую, как показана здесь: http://www.quietfiredesign.com/byhandproductswaxedlinen.html

Ее тоже называют общим словом twine, но если вы хотите сохранить слово "нить", то можно написать "coarse thread", что тоже передаст ваш смысл.
Peer comment(s):

agree David Knowles : "with twine" or "with coarse thread"//it's thread in general, treating it as uncountable, like other materials (cloth etc). Even "gold thread" would have no article. It's a nightmare!
1 hr
articles! they are the worst for a Russian, aren't they? :-) Thank you, David.
agree Judith Hehir : Yes, articles are a nightmare. Agree with David about "course thread," too. You're welcome. Don't feel bad, Angela. The best of the best never get those blasted things right all the time. They're impossible.
5 hrs
Ha-ha, Judith. It's truly funny. I've spent most of my life trying to figure out the proper use of articles, and the more I read the more mistakes I make. I should just omit them altogether. :-)Thanks for your support!
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