shiny vs dark

French translation: brillant (réfléchissant) /sombre

10:14 Mar 20, 2020

English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / Climate system

English term or phrase: shiny vs dark

Shiny aerosols reflect light.
Dark aerosols absord light.

Living things exchange carbon and oxygen with the atmosphere.

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Local time: 10:16

French translation:brillant (réfléchissant) /sombre

Explanation:
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Youssef Chabat
Morocco
Local time: 09:16

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5 +5

brillant (réfléchissant) /sombre

Youssef Chabat

3 +2

brillant / foncé

Tony M

5 -2

(aérosols) lumineux / sombres

Helene Carrasco-Nabih

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

(aérosols) lumineux / sombres

Explanation:
Je suis artiste-peintre aussi, donc sûre des adjectifs choisis. En outre, sur un site pratique comme Alibaba je retrouve les mêmes termes.
+ je présume : faute de frappe - lire "absorb"

https://french.alibaba.com/product-detail/glow-in-the-dark-paint-fabric-glow-ink-luminous-spray-paint-acrylic-wall-brush-photoluminescent-pa

Helene Carrasco-Nabih
Morocco
Local time: 09:16
Native speaker of:

French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Platary (X): Il ne s'agit pas ici de peinture mais de climatologie. Les référence alibaba sont d'autre part à proscrire...

1 hr

-> Les références d'Alibaba sont bien ancrées dans la réalité. Ce site offre une tenue de langue assez satisfaisante.

neutral

Tony M: As AE points out, this is nothing to do with paint! Further, Alibaba is a Chinese site and certainly no liguistic reference. Finally, 'lumineux' is almost never an accurate translation of 'shiny', in any context.

2 hrs

disagree

Lionel-N: Peinture non, Alibaba est le pire site internet quant aux traductions des articles proposés

2 hrs

disagree

Eliza Hall: Lumineux suggests something that is actually giving off light or that is light in color. That's not what this is about.

10 hrs

neutral

traduck: peut-être dans le contexte de peinture, mais pas ici

32 days

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

brillant / foncé

Explanation:
I think the idea here is specifically that they are shiny — they could still be gloss BLACK, for example!
I was tempted to say 'réfléchissant', but I think in terms of paint at least, we'd say 'brillant'

Though of course, it does also depend on what sense 'aerosol' has here — there's no certainty it's actually anything to do with paint at all!

Tony M
France
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

brillant (réfléchissant) /sombre

Explanation:
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Youssef Chabat
Morocco
Local time: 09:16
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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