OI inkt

Dutch to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting picture descriptions

Aquarel met pen en O.I. inkt

it may stand for Ons Inzien - but it seems odd that it is in caps without dots

thanks

Proposed translations (English)

4 +6	Indian ink	Christopher Smith (X)
4	Oost-Indische	sindy cremer

Change log

Oct 19, 2008 16:14: Christopher Smith (X) Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

16 mins

Christopher Smith (X)

United Kingdom

249 answers

Native in English

Selected

Indian ink

Assuming that OI does stand for 'Oost Indische' (which seems highly likely), then the English term will be the well-known 'Indian ink', a type of waterproof ink commonly used in art.

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-10-01 14:05:18 GMT)
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Check out 'Oost-Indische inkt' on Wikipedia and the corresponding article in English.

Note from asker:

thanks

Peer comment(s):

agree	Max Nuijens : this should be it. 29 mins
	Thanks Max
agree	Jennifer Barnett : I agree 32 mins
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agree	Willemina Hagenauw : Agree with that! 1 hr
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agree	Jacqueline van der Spek 1 hr
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agree	Saskia Steur (X) 18 hrs
agree	bertvandermoer : no doubt about it 4 days

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3 mins

sindy cremer

503 answers

Native in Dutch

Oost-Indische

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oost-Indische_inkt

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-10-01 17:43:23 GMT)
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Sorry for omitting the English translation...!

Glossary entry (derived from question below)

Dutch term or phrase:

OI inkt

English translation:

Indian ink

Dutch term

OI inkt

Proposed translations

Indian ink

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Oost-Indische

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