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,

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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
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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

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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
> 

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