On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:03:20 +0100 david <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think that 'coarse' is rather a synonym of 'quick', 'rough', > > 'approximate'. > > In this case coarse is the opposite of fine. > Where coarse is using large steps, and fine is using small steps. > > So yes, coarse will give a quick approximate result. > Heheh, just as I thought. Thank You very much. regards, -- Jaroslaw Gorny [email protected] -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GMU/E/CS d+/-- s+: a- c++ UL++/US P+>++ L+++>++++ E>++ W N++ o? K w--- !O M V- PS+++ PE++ Y PGP>++ t 5 X- R- tv--/!tv b++ DI-- D G- e++>+++ h-- r+++ z+++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20050726/0a4bb09f/attachment.pgp From [email protected] Tue Jul 26 16:30:42 2005 From: [email protected] (Dag Rune Sneeggen) Date: Tue Jul 26 16:31:13 2005 Subject: [sane-devel] translator question In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> I'd have to disagree with the both of you here. ;) Coarse is an adjective, while grain is a noun. Meaning that coarse calibration is a rough/quick operation, coarse being a modifier here. Grain calibration means on the other hand, a grainy result from that operation. Coarse describes the operation directly, grain describes the operation indirectly through the outcome. Cheers, Dag Rune Sneeggen --- dudcore Consulting(http://www.dudcore.net) - Quality state-of-art hosting and IT Consulting. Personal, reasonable, and honest idealism! For geeks by geeks... david wrote: > Jaroslaw Gorny wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm trying to freshen polish *.po file in sane-backend directory. >> I've got one question: >> 'coarse calibration' is translated into polish as 'grain calibration'. >> Is it OK? >> I think that 'coarse' is rather a synonym of 'quick', 'rough', >> 'approximate'. > > > In this case coarse is the opposite of fine. > Where coarse is using large steps, and fine is using small steps. > > So yes, coarse will give a quick approximate result. > > Hope this helps > David >
