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Feb 7, 2019 18:09
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Micrografía por hora

Non-PRO Spanish to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Weights and measures
Another item from the alphabetical list. According to the dictionary, "micrografía" is micro-photography or micro-photograph, but I don't know if that fits with units of measure. Google keeps asking me if I mean "microgray", but I don't know much about them either (Physics was always my worst subject at school). And if it is a mistake, it's repeated in the list.

"Microfarada por kilómetro
Microfarada por metro
*** Micrografía por hora***
Micrografía por minuto
Micrografía por segundo
Microgramo por hectogramo
Microgramo por kilogramo
Microgramo por litro
Microgramos por metro cúbico
Microgramos por metro cúbico kelvin
Microhenry
..."
Proposed translations (English)
5 Micrographs per hour
5 micrographics per hour
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Discussion

neilmac (asker) Feb 8, 2019:
Latest findings I think the answer may be "microgram per hour"... Possibly due to some sort of overgeneralisation error (radiografía -> radiogram / micrografia -> microgram... etc,)
neilmac (asker) Feb 8, 2019:
FWIW Another similar phrase has appeared further down the list I'm translating - "Nanografía por minuto" - which so far has garnered zero hits in a Google search. I might end up just having to invent something… :-)
neilmac (asker) Feb 8, 2019:
My attitude to the PRO/NON-PRO thing is that if I'm supposed to be a professional translator, as I've been doing it for a living for at least two decades, then that should mean that any query I choose to post, however seemingly basic or simple it may be at face value, is still a PRO query. I sometimes post a query to which I already have a solution, simply in order to brainstorm other site users. And I don't see why that shouldn't be perfectly normal on a site like this.
Gabrielle Oke Feb 8, 2019:
I understand completely. This group can be intense sometimes.
neilmac (asker) Feb 8, 2019:
@Gabrielle So do I, but sometimes I post seemingly very basic questions which some of our colleagues vote down, so nowadays I just post everything as "non-pro" to avoid the irritation this causes me.
Gabrielle Oke Feb 8, 2019:
I think this is a PRO question.

Proposed translations

8 hrs
Selected

Micrographs per hour

The right term is micrographs per hour.
A definition from the Wikipedia reads as follows: A micrograph or photomicrograph is a photograph or digital image taken through a microscope or similar device to show a magnified image of an object. This is opposed to a macrograph or photomacrograph, an image which is also taken on a microscope but is only slightly magnified, usually less than 10 times. Micrography is the practice or art of using microscopes to make photographs.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-02-08 03:07:37 GMT)
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I hope this helps.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2019-02-08 08:49:14 GMT)
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I made a typo error on the reference websites. Here are the edited links to the websites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrograph
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572106/

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Note added at 15 hrs (2019-02-08 09:38:59 GMT)
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Also, according to Word Reference.com, microgafía can be translated as micrograph in English. Although, you might need to request more information from the client to really understand what they're trying to communicate. Good luck!
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=mic...
Example sentence:

100 micrographs per hour, compared to, at best, ~20 micrographs per hour collected manually.

Reference:

http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrograph

http://https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572106/

Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : All the other items on the list are units of measurement. I don't see how this justifies a 5.
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone who contributed on this one…"
1 hr

micrographics per hour

Micrographics per hour.
Best,
Maximo.
Reference:

https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/46938/micrographics

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