o sobě známých

English translation: no

15:08 Dec 8, 2007

Czech to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Science (general)

Czech term or phrase: o sobě známých

... charakterizovaný tím, že je tvořen 50 až 98 % obj. uhlovodíků pocházejících z ropy a 2 až 50 % obj. uhlovodíků pocházejících ze surových rostlinných olejů, zejména řepkového oleje, popřípadě za přídavku **o sobě známých** aditiv.

Is "o sobě" there just for emphasis?

Dylan Edwards KudoZ activity Questions: 1844 (11 open) (62 closed without grading) Answers: 1033 United Kingdom
Local time: 15:05

English translation:no

Explanation:
To answer the question - no, it is not just for the emphasis. There is not a lot to emphasise anyway... The words used here explain that possible additives are or would be well known to anyone familiar with the industry. The meaning is "not needing any more explanation", just as in related Czech phrase "(to se rozumi) samo sebou"...
I hope this answers your question.

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-12-08 15:41:29 GMT)
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Sorry, I pasted a wrong reference. Here is the one I had in mind - it is Czech/Spanish as I could not find Czech/English - just search for "rozumi se samo sebou":
http://vojtisek.tripod.com/hasek/17101_cses.htm

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Note added at 35 mins (2007-12-08 15:44:17 GMT)
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Well, here it is: http://vojtisek.tripod.com/hasek/17101_en.htm
In this case it was translated as just "of course"... Enjoy the read!

Selected response from:

Lubosh Hanuska
Australia
Local time: 00:05

Grading comment

Thank you for your answer and the reading matter, webguru! I had a feeling it might imply something like "of course you, the reader, know them already", but I wasn't sure. Thanks for making this clear.
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4 +2

of itself known (well-known), or its kind of...

Jan Bouda

Lubosh Hanuska

individually known

Igor Liba

Discussion entries: 4

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

of itself known (well-known), or its kind of...

Explanation:
It refers to the kind of aditives.

Jan Bouda
Local time: 08:05
Native speaker of:

Czech

25 mins confidence:

Lubosh Hanuska
Australia
Local time: 00:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Slovak
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

1 day 1 hr confidence:

individually known

Explanation:
here is the sentence from the bellow link:

a known base-material with both a thickener and a further additive as essential ingredients, which may be individually known or not, is classified as a mixture of thickener and additive

Reference: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/fulltext/new_ipc/ipc7/ec...

Igor Liba
Slovakia
Local time: 16:05
Native speaker of:

Slovak
PRO pts in category: 4

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