Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
perkulator
English translation:
perculator
Added to glossary by
Ingar A. Milnes
Sep 10, 2002 14:33
22 yrs ago
Swedish term
Excellence and Quality since 1992
Native in: German 
, English , Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, Norwegian to German, and 11 more.
perkulator
Non-PRO
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Här är köket. Här är min
perkulator.
Men har du den inne i hytten?
Ja!
Some refrigerating device?
perkulator.
Men har du den inne i hytten?
Ja!
Some refrigerating device?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | perculator |
swisstell
|
| 5 +4 | percolator |
Mats Wiman
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| 5 -1 | coffee perculator |
Arthur Borges
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Proposed translations
+4
5 mins
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm) 
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
Related KudoZ points
:
1826
percolator
a coffee filter device
perkulator should be perkolator
perkulator should be perkolator
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Eva Gustavsson
1 hr
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| agree |
Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
: That ''thing'' makes good coffee !!
2 hrs
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| agree |
Kimberli Mäkäräinen
: Main Entry: per.co.la.tor Pronunciation: 'p&r-k&-"lA-t&r, %-ky&- Function: noun Date: circa 1842 http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi
2 hrs
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| agree |
Mario Marcolin
13 hrs
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-1
2 hrs
Arthur Borges
China
China
China
Non-ethnocentric, Concise & Punctual
Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
83
coffee perculator
I would add "coffee" here, for the scent of it!
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Kimberli Mäkäräinen
: No need to. In English, this specifically refers to coffee and is thus implicit. Cf. the above yourdictionary.com link.
19 mins
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I agree! No need. As noted above, it's a matter of underscoring the scent or not.
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