titolo alcolometrico 12,5° (degree sign or %?)
English translation: 12,5º / % vol.
| 12:28 Nov 15, 2008 |
| Italian to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Wine / Oenology / Viticulture | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Traducendo Co. Ltd Malta Local time: 06:23 | ||||||
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| 5 | It will depend on the country |
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| 4 | 12,5º / % vol. |
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| 4 | 12.5% abv |
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| 4 | alcohol content 12.5% - nfg |
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4 mins confidence: 
12,5º / % vol. Explanation: i think you can say in both ways, but surely with the vol. at the end.......... actually think that the symbol º and the % mean more or less the same..... |
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29 mins confidence:
12.5% abv Explanation: %. abv or ABV (alcohol by volume) alc. by vol. NOTE: if it is a US edition you are editing, alcoholic proof or ABW, alcohol by weight. titolo alcolometrico ProZ reference: ita.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/nutrition/664982-titolo_alcolometrico.html |
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30 mins confidence:
It will depend on the country Explanation: Actually, it will depend on the country the book is destined for. France and Italy, for example, use 12,5°, because they use the degrees Gay-Lussac scale, while other countries use the % mark, and a period (12.5%) because they use the ABV percentage scale. My advice: find out what the client wants! Here is a definition of the two scales: Measurements of how much alcohol in an alcoholic beverage is measured by a standard ABV or Alcohol by Volume measured as a percentage alcohol. Two different measures of ABV are alcoholic proof (twice the alcohol by volume) and degrees Gay-Lussac where the direct measure of alcohol by volume. For example, a wine with 12 percent alcohol would be listed as 12°. http://chemistry.about.com/od/famouschemists/p/gaylussacbio.... |
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6 hrs confidence:
alcohol content 12.5% - nfg Explanation: I agree with what you suggest - definitely % or per cent and not a degree sign (you see those on spirits) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2008-11-15 18:52:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- for UK, anyway |
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