Re: German translation

[Tor-Einar Jarnbjo <tor-einar@jarnbjo.name>]

Christina Z. Anderson schrieb:
> Thanks for this, Tor and Hans; will check on wiping or smearing chalk..
I might even have confused you with the use of the word "chalk". Even 
though the German word "Kreide" surely means chalk (as in some kind of 
colouring mineral compound), it might also be used as a more generic 
expression for a drawing util, like a crayon. I suppose this is the text 
you're referring from:

http://www.muenzberg.symmedia.net/gumkuehn.htm

Later in the text, the author refers to Wischkreide as beeing soot 
dissolved in some greasy compound, making it easier to use for rubber 
printing than dry soot dissolved directly in the rubber solution. I 
wouldn't bet on it, but my 2-cent-guess is that it is an old German 
expression for "conté crayons".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conté

Tor