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Takoyaki-English Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

show-through

0Hello.02br
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00"These voting slips are non-show-through sheets of paper."02br
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"02font 02br 02br 01font 00Does this sound natural? 02br 02br 01font 00Could you rephrase it, please? 02font 00You can't see through these voting slips.

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  • 02font 00You can't see through these voting slips.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00These voting slips are non-show-through sheets of paper."02font02br
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01font00Does this sound natural? 02font00Not very.02br
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01font00Could you rephrase it, please? 02font00You can't see thr
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0Clive,02br
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00Thank you.02br
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00How do you describe those kinds of sheets?02br
00"A sheet that you can't see through"?0-
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0If you must use a word, use "opaque." But "You can't see through these sheets" is pretty natural sounding.0-
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0Since most sheets are opaque, making the distinction seems redundant. What is the purpose of the sentence? Were the previous ballots see-through? Or is this a cover sheet which conceals the vote on the ballot?0-
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0 Many cheap papers are not opaque, and printing can be seen through them. 0-
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0Are you talking about something like what the banks use to send you your PIN? Those are called "tamper-evident laser-printed PIN mailers", but for a voting slip, this term certainly does not apply. But why the voting slip needs to be "non-show-through"? Don't you mark on the slip in a booth and then put it inside the ballot box immediately? 0-
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0Thank you, all.02br
00I'm talking about the condition of the sheet. It doesn't matter whether or not it is a voting slip. 0-
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0 High opacity paper?0-
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