GR translation: the long rain in silicon and freezing descent

[Paul Mackin]

On 7/9/2011 8:45 AM, alice wellintown wrote:
> Sorry, that should be silicon vs. silicone. A confusing pair in
> English. Silicon is a natural part of the Earth while Silicone is
> man-made; this distinction is rather important in GR.
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> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 8:41 AM, alice wellintown
> <alicewellintown at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> That is ironic. The difference, silicon vs, silicon,  is fairly
>> important in the novel. Why not use the word for  "silicon" in the
>> language?

i agree.  The Chinese reader will make that connection on REreading the 
book. (as we here have done)

P


>> 2011/7/9 János Székely<miksaapja at gmail.com>:
>>> Well, when I translated it I half-deliberately misread it for "silicone"
>>> which would suggest  a transparent, viscous oil or gel.
>>> J
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>>> 2011/7/9 Mike Jing<mikezjing at hotmail.com>
>>>> P95.27-28  Outside, the long rain in silicon and freezing descent smacks,
>>>> desolate, ...
>>>>
>>>> What is "silicon" referring to here?  Sand?
>>>>
>>>>