#670: huile de petrol(le)

opened by thuchacz

GLOSSARY: Petrolle (m., mod. pétrole) = keep Fr. Cotgrave: Naphte, "held to be liquid, or soft, Bitumen (or the strayning thereof, is in truth) a soft, & sulfurous earth, or mould"; DMF does not have "petrol" but does have "bitumen," as does the OED, with first usage in the 15th c. (MBR 6/27/2017)

PROBLEM: 4 instances of "petrol(le)" that are all dealt with differently in the TL:

TO DO: Approve THU suggestion or make alternative suggestion. Implement change.


TillmannTaape commented:

I like THU's suggestions; I don't think we can confidently translate this. @ps2270 ?