Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 16, 2009 01:01
15 yrs ago
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German term
United States
Literature & Scholarship
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
Vorlauf
German to English
Other
Cooking / Culinary
distillation
From a description of how a brand of absinthe is distilled:
Bei der Destillierung werden Vor- und Nachlauf abgeschieden, um nur das Mittelbrand zu behalten.
I'm also not sure how to translate "Mittelbrand" and have entered that as an additional question.
Bei der Destillierung werden Vor- und Nachlauf abgeschieden, um nur das Mittelbrand zu behalten.
I'm also not sure how to translate "Mittelbrand" and have entered that as an additional question.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | heads |
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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| 4 +1 | foreshot |
Lonnie Legg
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| 4 -2 | influx |
Ivan Nieves
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Proposed translations
+3
24 mins
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Israel
Native in German
Israel
Scientist and Translator
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, Hebrew to German, Latin to German, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
heads
and "Nachlauf" is called tailing. You can google the terms absinthe heads heart and tailing and will find a lot of references about distilling absinthe
http://www.wikihow.com/Drink-Absinthe
http://www.wikihow.com/Drink-Absinthe
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks again!"
-2
5 mins
Ivan Nieves
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
Works in field
Switzerland
Accurate, reliable, experienced
Native in: German (Variant: Swiss) 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to German, German to Spanish, Portuguese to German, and 2 more.
influx
:-)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Cetacea
: "Vorlauf" is a specific technical term in distillation, which has nothing to do with "Zufluss", which is what influx means. Besides, an answer with a CL of 4 should be backed by more than just a smiley...
10 hrs
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| disagree |
Lonnie Legg
: I second Cetacea's motion.
18 hrs
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+1
19 hrs
Lonnie Legg
Germany
Germany
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
Germany
25 years in film industry
Native in: English , German
Works in: German to English, English to German
Related KudoZ points
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22
foreshot
...as an alternative to "heads":
"The first liquid to emerge from the spirit condenser as the spirit still is heated is the undesirable foreshots..."
"The first liquid to emerge from the spirit condenser as the spirit still is heated is the undesirable foreshots..."
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